Author: Sophia Elizabeth

Is pain hindering your productivity? Do you feel pain in your back, neck and shoulders during the workday? This may be due to excess strain and tension from an incorrect desk setup. Holding the body in an unnatural position and sitting for long periods can lead to an array of health problems, but can be corrected if properly addressed. Poorly assembled or makeshift workspaces are common today with more and more professionals working remotely. This leads to unhealthy body ergonomics and subsequently to pain, chronic health issues and missed work. Designing a workspace to better fit your body and inspire…

How about you relax your body and mind on the weekend after a hectic and strenuous week at work?? Relaxation is all you need when you think of how hard you worked the whole week. Though there are other ways to rest your body, like sleeping for hours, taking a hot shower after a tiring day at work, meditation, and many more, nothing can be as comfortable as lying on the massage table. Several body massage techniques have been used since ancient times for the well-being of the body. People have been improvising it over the period into therapies and…

Aging is the biggest risk factor for cervical spinal stenosis. The inflammation caused by this disorder can cause pressure on the nerves in the neck, leading to pain that can be debilitating. Regenerative medicine, also known as stem cell therapy, offers hope for managing stenosis pain as well as many other orthopedic conditions. What Is Spinal Cervical Stenosis? Spinal stenosis refers to the narrowing of spaces within the spinal column. The spinal column is like a tunnel housing the bundle of sensitive nerves that connect all the body parts to the brain. Since stenosis causes inflammation, it puts pressure on…

Many ordinary, non-scientific people first became aware of DNA sequencing early in the 21st century, with the Human Genome Project, which culminated in 2003 after 13 years of labor in mapping out the sequence of nucleic acids in a molecule of DNA. That project cost $3 billion. It relied on first-generation DNA sequencing, which scientists call Sanger sequencing. While Sanger sequencing employs capillary electrophoresis, it’s not as powerful as more modern approaches that conduct massive amounts of sequencing in parallel. From the world of computer science, massively parallel computing throws more hardware and processing capability at raw information so you…

Tamanu oil is derived from the seeds of the tamanu nut tree, a tropical evergreen native to Southeast Asia. Tamanu oil has a noteworthy look and smell. In its purest form, it has a thick consistency, a dark green color, and a distinctly deep, earthy, nutty scent.  In many skincare products, it’s often listed by its technical name, Calophyllum inophyllum seed oil. Tamanu oil has a higher fatty acid content than many other oils, making it especially beneficial for addressing dry skin. More specifically, it contains both oleic and linoleic fatty acids, which may give it powerful moisturizing abilities. Couple…

A Gout is a form of arthritis that mainly affects people with a high level of uric acid. The excess uric acid in the blood crystallizes over joints in the body and forms sharp, needle-like spindles. It causes severe pain each time the patient attempts to move. Attacks of gout are often idiopathic in nature, and one usually cannot detect when they occur. There is severe pain, accompanied by redness and swelling of the major joints in the body. One of the easiest ways to fix this condition is diet modification. A healthy balanced diet will ensure that the symptoms…

Without question, the last several decades have brought about a profound interest in women’s sports, from rugby to soccer. While female sports are popular and some of the athletes involved have the highest recognition, alarming trends seem to show that the female brain may be more likely to sustain injury. In fact, women may be more likely to sustain a sports concussion than male athletes, and they may even take longer to recover after they have sustained an injury. Data On Female Athletic Injuries Is Lacking When there was an initial realisation that memory loss, dementia, and other neurological problems…

We all need food to survive and get the energy to run our daily tasks. However, do you know that eating disorders have become extremely common these days? Many people think that an eating disorder is only when you overeat and cannot seem to control your intake. However, that is not really the case. There are different types of eating disorders, including; Anorexia nervosa- This is whereby an individual extremely fears gaining weight. Asa result, they end up ‘dieting,’ which often is starving themselves. This condition usually develops mainly in adolescence, and people who suffer from it are generally underweight.…

What is Thymalin? As an immunocorrector/immunostimulant[ii], Thymalin, also known as the so-called thymus extract, is an endogenous peptide extracted from the thymus. Peptide thymalin enhances cellular metabolism and encourages blood regeneration while restoring immune systems that have been compromised. Despite the fact that it is illegal to consume, thymalin is popular in the bodybuilding industry. Supplementing with thymalin is common in the bodybuilding community because of the supplement’s well-known ability to boost muscle mass and strength. It has also been shown to be helpful in the treatment of cancer, MS, asthma, and immune system depression, according to research. We’ll go…

What is low testosterone? Low Testosterone (Lht) is the absence of testosterone in your body. Testosterone is an androgen which is a natural chemical that is responsible for male characteristics like voice, aggression, sexual activity, and so on. When testosterone levels drop, you get these conditions. Some of these symptoms are: shrinkage of testicles, lowered sperm count, loss of muscle mass, decreased bone density, depression, decreased libido, thinning hair, and so on. Also, low production of testosterone in your body, which is very common in aging men. Some of the symptoms of low testosterone are harder to find, though they…