Definition: Personality disorders are defined by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as “an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it”. These patterns, as noted, are inflexible and pervasive across many situations, due in large part to the fact that such [...]
As Japanese sushi conquers restaurants and homes around the world, industry experts are fighting the side-effects of the raw fish boom: fake sushi bars, over-confident amateurs, poisoned consumers. . Once a rare and exotic treat, seaweed rolls and bites of raw tuna on vinegared rice are now familiar to most food fans. So familiar, in [...]
Is your wife or girlfriend taller than you? Forget shoe lifts. Instead you can try out a two-inch head implant. A cosmetic surgeon in Spain has developed a new way of adding up to two inches to a person’s height by inserting a silicone head implant, British newspaper the Daily Mail reported on Sunday. According [...]
Botanical Name: Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae). Family: Cabbage Description:Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family, and is closely related to cauliflower. Its cultivation originated in Italy. Broccolo, its Italian name, means “cabbage sprout.” Because of its different components, broccoli provides a range of tastes and textures, from soft and flowery (the floret) to fibrous and [...]
Botanical Name: Grindelia camporum (GREENE), Grindelia cuneifolia, Grindelia squarrosa Family: N.O. Compositae. Genus: Grindelia Species: camporum Variety: Cultivar: Common name: Giant Gum Plant. Synonyms: Hardy Grindelia. Gum Plant. California Gum Plant. Scaly Grindelia. Rosin Weed. Grindelia robusta (Nutt.). Parts Used: Dried leaves and flowering tops. Habitat: The western United States. Description: Grindelia robusta, Grindelia procera. [...]
Definition : Sleep disorders involve any difficulties related to sleeping, including difficulty falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at inappropriate times, excessive total sleep time, or abnormal behaviors associated with sleep. .Click to enlarge:->..…… Sleep disorders are a group of conditions characterized by disturbance in the amount, quality, or timing of a person’s sleep. They [...]
The licorice-flavored herb anise contains high levels of health-boosting compounds called phenylpropanoids. .. A team of researchers isolated 22 compounds in anise essential oils, and found some phenylpropanoid compounds that were unique to anise, and four of the compounds had never before been identified in any plant. Aside from effectively controlling aphids and the plant [...]
Biologists have mapped how a deadly class of viruses including dengue, West Nile, yellow fever and encephalitis become infectious in a pair of studies published in the journal Science . “This is possibly the most detailed understanding of how any virus matures,” said study author Michael Rossmann of Purdue University in Indiana. Rossmann and his [...]
Indian farmers do not follow guidelines while cultivating genetically modified crops, exposing them to the danger of pesticide resistance. ……………………………………. Pesticides and resistance are like summer and winter, one following the other with inevitability. When genetic engineering was invented, it gave the farmer some respite from the perpetual cycle of pesticide use and pesticide resistance [...]
There is strong evidence that exposure to pesticides significantly increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease, experts believe. ………………………… Parkinson’s can lead to difficulty in moving arms and legs . It comes as another study, published in the BMC Neurology journal, has made the link to the neurological disease. The US researchers found those exposed to [...]
