Changing Others
Our perception of humanity as a whole is, to a large extent, dualistic. We paint people with a broad brush—some are like us, sharing our opinions and our attitudes, while others are different. Our commitment to values we have chosen to embrace is often so strong that we are easily convinced that our [...]
Botanical Name : Chenopodium olidum (LINN.)
Chenopodium vulvaria (S. WATS.)
Family: N.O. Chenopodiaceae
Synonyms: -Stinking Motherwort. Wild Arrach. Stinking Arrach. Stinking Goosefoot. Netchweed. Goat’s Arrach.
Part Used: Herb.
Habitat: The Wild Arrach, or Netchweed (Chenopodium olidum, Linn.), (syn. C. vulvaria S. Wats.), one of the common Goosefoots, is an annual herb, found on roadsides and dry waste [...]
Alternative Names : Pervasive developmental disorder - autism
Definition :Autism is a complex developmental disorder that appears in the first 3 years of life, although it is sometimes diagnosed much later. It affects the brain’s normal development of social and communication skills.
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Common features of autism include impaired social interactions, impaired verbal and nonverbal [...]
NEW DELHI: The world’s first effective vaccine to protect children against malaria could become a reality by 2011. Scientists on Wednesday announced that trials of a new malaria vaccine, RTSS/AS02, had successfully cut the risk of infection in African children.
For children in the 1-4 age group, the most vulnerable group, the vaccine not only lowered [...]
Botanical Name: Alisma Plantago
Family: N.O. Alismaceae
Synonym: Mad-Dog Weed, Alisma
Part Used; -Leaves.
The Water Plantain, though its name suggests a similarity, is in fact widely different to the Plantago species, and belongs to another natural order, Alismaceae. It is a water-plant, widely distributed in Europe, Northern Asia and North America and abundant in many parts [...]
Barrett’s esophagus is a condition in which the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food and saliva from the mouth to the stomach, changes so that some of its lining is replaced by a type of tissue similar to that normally found in the intestine. This process is called intestinal metaplasia.
While Barrett’s [...]
Economists and psychologists—and the rest of us—have long wondered if more money would make us happier. Here’s the answer :-
All in all, it was probably a mistake to look for the answer to the eternal question—”Does money buy happiness?”—from people who practice what’s called the dismal science. For when economists tackled the question, they [...]
Fragments Of The Self
Sometimes it feels as if we have many different people living inside of us, expressing themselves in voices that seem distinct from one another. There is the inner child with its wants and needs, the angry voice that expresses its opinion and probably several more as well. With all these different [...]
A hernia is a protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained. The hernia has 3 parts: the orifice through which it herniates, the hernial sac, and its contents.
A hernia may be likened to a failure in the sidewall of [...]
Botanical Name:: Alkanna tinctoria (TAUSCH.), Lithosfermum tinctorium (VAH L.)
Family: N.O. Boraginaceae
Synonyms-:Anchusa. Dyer’s Bugloss. Spanish Bugloss. Orchanet.
Part Used: Root.
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The name alkanet generally refers to Alkanna tinctoria or Dyer’s Bugloss (though it may be used for Anchusa officinalis or Common Bugloss).
It is a member of the Borage family Boraginaceae.
Alkanna tinctoria is also known as orchanet, [...]
CHICAGO: Alternative medicine has been touting the health benefits of garlic for centuries, from its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, to its positive effects on the cardiovascular system.
Now US researchers say they have figured out precisely why the pungent clove makes such a valuable health tonic: it boosts the body’s own production of a compound that [...]
Helping The World Every Day
Each of us is more than capable of helping the world, despite our fears and limitations and the uncertainty that holds us back. It is commonly accepted that it is impossible to make a difference without unlimited funding or free time, yet most healing, cleansing, and spreading of joy is [...]
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Botanical Name: Amaranthus hypochondriacus (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Amaranthaceae
Synonyms: Love-Lies-Bleeding. Red Cockscomb. Velvet Flower.
Habitat: The Amaranths are met with most abundantly in the tropics, especially in tropical America, but are not plentiful in cold countries.
Many species are widely distributed as pernicious weeds. Their economic importance is slight, their properties chiefly proteid nutrient. Many abound [...]
Chewing them can give you bad breath but garlic, an essential ingredient in Indian curry, can actually be a boon for your health.
Scientists have now found why garlic can help keep the heart healthy. According to a team from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, garlic boosts the body’s ability to produce a compound [...]
What are foodborne illnesses?
Foodborne illnesses are caused by eating food or drinking beverages contaminated with bacteria, parasites, or viruses. Harmful chemicals can also cause foodborne illnesses if they have contaminated food during harvesting or processing. Foodborne illnesses can cause symptoms that range from an upset stomach to more serious symptoms, including [...]
MELBOURNE: Men, please note: If you think that limiting sex will boost your sperm count, you are wrong. If researchers are to be believed, sex every day will improve your fertility.
Yes, according to a study by scientists in Australia, regular sex not only boosts male sperm quality but also helps those who suffer fertility problems [...]
A simple blood test will soon predict six years before any symptoms appear whether you are at risk of developing Alzheimer’s — a neurodegenerative disease which causes memory loss among older people.
The most disturbing feature of the disease is the difficulty in determining whether mild memory loss is the beginning of Alzheimer’s or just part [...]
Botanical Name : Alstonia scholaris (R. BR.)
Family: Apocynaceae
Synonyms-: Echites scholaris (Linn.). Dita Bark. Bitter Bark. Devil Tree. Pale Mara.
Part Used:-–The bark.
Habitat: -–India and the Philippines.
Description-:–Alstonia (devil tree) consists of about 40-60 species (according to different authors), native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Central America, southeast Asia, Polynesia and Australia, with most species in the [...]
Frozen shoulder, medically referred to as adhesive capsulitis, is a disorder in which the shoulder capsule, the connective tissue surrounding the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, becomes inflamed and stiff. Movement of the shoulder is severely restricted. The condition is sometimes caused by injury that leads to lack of use due to pain but also [...]
LONDON: A new study has identified that smoking during pregnancy is the key factor behind the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot deaths.
A study by the Bristol University’s Institute of Child Life and Health says that nine out of ten mothers whose babies died of SIDS had smoked during their pregnancy.
It also [...]
