Hypertension is recognised as the biggest contributor to the global burden of disease, but it is controlled in less than a fifth of patients worldwide, despite being relatively easy to detect and the availability of inexpensive safe generic drugs. Blood pressure is regulated by a complex network ...
Light tells the brain it is time to wake up. That's probably obvious to anyone who has had to turn on a light in the middle of the night and then has had trouble getting back to sleep. What may not be so obvious is that exposure to light at other times, particularly in the early...
You don’t need to practice all of them. Just picking up a few of these memorization techniques will make a substantial difference to your memory. And what if you wanted to learn just one method that will make a huge difference to your memory? I recommend the Memory Palace. Click here ...
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You don’t need to be a guru. Just sit, breathe, and come back to the breath when your brain wanders. That’s the whole practice. Coloring Yup, grown-up coloring is a thing. It’s low-pressure, calming, and if you need an excuse to buy new markers—here you go. ...
Blood doping is the practice of infusing whole blood into an athlete in order to increase oxygen delivery to the tissues. A similar effect can be achieved by training at high altitudes. An athlete who infuses his own blood may cause infection or cardiovascular problems because of the increased...
“Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) continues to teach me a lot about the process of practice,” says Iyengar teacherChrissy Carter. “I love the process of building the architecture of this pose because I can absolutely feel the difference in my physical and energetic body when I tap into ...
To be tricky to taste, or to have to pay With their own blood for their evening meal Preferring instead to trick, trap or to steal “For what good is a feast,” they seem to say, “If it’s so hard earned as to spoil my day. ...
April turned out to be a perfect month to practice solitude because the weather was amazing. Weeks ago, the kids asked Greg to hang his camping hammock so they could play in it, and he obliged, stringing it between two trees at the edge of our woods. The hammock has stayed up all thr...
Fracture healing can be divided into three phases. Theinflammation phaseis the first stage of healing. Immediately upon fracture, a blood clot forms, allowing the influx of inflammatory, clean-up cells to the wound area. This is followed by a cytokine cascade that brings the repair cells into...