For me, like Rory, reading was as natural, as necessary, as breathing. Gilmore Girls was the family-friendly show that I could watch with my mother, as we both wished our relationship was more Lorelai and Rory and less Emily and Lorelai. I took pride in understanding more and more of...
If you have a strange feeling in your stomach but no discomfort, you may be suffering from a tight stomach. A tight stomach occurs when your stomach muscles contract for a short period Stomach constriction isn’t a disease, so don’t be alarmed; nonetheless, it could indicate a problem tha...
Wearing a scarf or face mask can help keep the air warmer as you breathe in and out. But, know the feeling of icy air hitting your lungs will likely pass in a few minutes. (One note of caution, though: if you have asthma, you’re at higher risk for something called “exercise-indu...
tasks became more difficult, and they had headaches and a harder time concentrating after losing just1.36% of their body weight after some treadmill walking. In another, men reported feeling tense, anxious, and fatigued and noticed their memory slipping after losing just1.59% of their body weight...
If it feels like the room’s moving when it’s not, it could bevertigo. Sometimes caused by inner ear problems or nerve damage, vertigo can last minutes, even hours. To distinguish vertigo from dizziness, there must be a feeling of motion; other symptoms that may occur include hearing los...
That evening, the members of our party feeling somewhat tired after the strenuous programme of the day, I went alone with Abdul Reis for a walk through the picturesque Arab quarter. Though I had seen it by day, I wished to study the alleys and bazaars in the dusk, when rich shadows an...
Whale respiration is an excellent example of this point. When the ancestors of modern cetaceans took to the water, developing gills and breathing like fish wasn’t an option, because the machinery wasn’t intact… they were already much too far down the evolutionary path of a terrestrial mammal...
Attorney:Did you check for breathing? Witness:No… Attorney:So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? Witness:No. Attorney:How can you be so sure, Doctor? Witness:Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ...
Posted in Crypto creatures, Culture, Monster Of The Week | Comments Off on How Local Merchants Kept The Jersey Devil AliveSpring Heeled Jack: A Fire-Breathing Terror For 19th-Century London Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 Weird Things Culture Researcher Matt Finaly takes a weekly look into the socia...
’ Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) can cause shortness of breath, make asthma worse or even cause chest pains,” Dr. Pedre says. “You might think to look to the lungs for treatment, but the symptoms can have their source in the gut. Stomach acid in the lungs aggravates breathing issues ...