Health & Fitness

Our ribcage consists of 12 ribs. Between each rib, we have muscles and tendons. Bruised ribs happen when you experience trauma to your torso. The tissue around the rib has been injured, but the bones are not cracked or fractured. Pain accompanies bruised ribs, and there are methods that will help you deal with the...

Nobody wants to see blood clots in urine. Generally speaking, seeing blood in the urine is alarming, no matter the fact that in some cases, the cause is harmless. Blood in urine, or medically called hematuria, can often indicate a serious disorder. There are two types of blood in urine. Gross hematuria is blood seen...

Imagine being allergic to a substance that makes up about 70% of the Earth? Imagine being allergic to a substance that makes more than 60% of our body? That is the life people with aquagenic urticarial live. A rare condition, aquagenic urticarial is known as water allergy and it is a form of physical urticarial....

Candida can refer to a large family of yeasts, or one celled fungi. What you need to understand that these organisms harmlessly inhibit the tissue of your body under normal circumstances. But that is because there is a balanced intestinal tract from mouth to colon that keeps the candida in check. However, when your body...

Sherlock Holmes, played by Robert Downey Jr. says to his friend and colleague Watson the following “I’m not a psychopath, I’m a high functioning sociopath, do your research”. Once you hear it, you will probably wonder what precisely a sociopath is, and what a psychopath is. Psychologists often try to classify sociopaths and what are...

You might think that side fat is just a beauty thing. In other words, people want to learn how to lose side fat because they want a slim body to feel good about themselves. But you are wrong. Carrying weight in the abdominal and side muscles is just as much as a health issue, as...

They may look like they are caused by a long, skinny instrument pierced into your skin, but in reality ice pick scars are caused by acne. If you are afflicted with these small marks marring your otherwise lovely skin, keep reading to find out how to treat ice pick scars. Ice pick scars are more...

A rhinoplasty, which is also commonly known as a nose job, is a plastic surgery procedure for correcting and reconstructing the nose.  Rhinoplasty may change the size or shape of your nose, and may be done for aesthetic purposes. However It may be done for other reasons such as to repair damage from an injury,...

Maeng Da is possibly the most famous type of kratom on the planet. From Thailand, it literally stands for ‘pimp grade’. The point the Thais are making is that this stuff is pretty strong! The potency explains why Maeng Da strains have become so favored in the Western world. Users seeking a stronger experience with...

As a parent, you want what’s best for your child, and that desire begins long before your little one is born. While parenthood doesn’t look the same for everyone, one thing nearly all families share is that early childhood involves a lot of doctor’s appointments. In fact, most infants visit their pediatricians a minimum of...