Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Could a bike be your best health investment ever?


2010
06.24

Many people find excess weight of perennial problem, difficult to address and sometimes impossible to solve. Some have tried jogging every morning, only to find the need to wake up very early burdensome. Going to the gym is an option, but an impossible one if you have deadlines almost every working day of the week. One solution to try is cycling, whether indoor or outdoor. Invest in a good bike for sunny weekends or buy a stationary bike that whole family can use in the morning or early evening.

Cycling is good all-around exercise, improving both endurance and aerobic capacity. It tones various muscle groups like the calves and thighs and strengthens the back. An hour of cycling can burn between 250 and 700 calories, depending on the intensity. It is also an excellent stress reducer. For those who may be

To stop a cold


2010
04.06

In this age of high-tech gadgets, nascent commercial space travel and effective cures for many cancers, it is mind-boggling how science still hasn’t found a cure for the common cold! And the prospects of finding one soon are pretty dim: more than 200 different viruses can cause the common cold and figuring out how to fight each one is a mammoth undertaking that will take researchers ages to complete.

With billions of cold cases occurring worldwide each year, and modern medicine offering only to alleviate cold symptoms, it’s easy to see why there’s a myriad of traditional common cold remedies for people to choose from. But which remedies really work and which one don’t? Remedy #1: Chicken soap has been used at least 12th century as a common cold home remedy. Remedy #2: hot toddies, or mixed drinks that are served warm, can likewise soothe cough and sore throat symptoms and help a cold sufferer fall asleep.

Boron Against Cancer


2010
03.10

The ideal treatment against cancer involves destroying the cancerous tumor cells without affecting the nearby healthy cells in the human body. However, current cancer treatments like surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotheraphy can damage the healthy tissues surrounding the tumor cells. The effectiveness of the treatment is also not assured as the tumor cells may return. The use of boron in an experimental cancer treatment may bring good news in the fight against cancer.

The treatment called Boron neutron capture therapy involves injecting the stable isotope of boron into the patient. As the isotope attaches itself to the tumor cells, a beam of low-energy neutron is then used to disintegrate boron-10. The tumor cells are destroyed in the process, but this leaves the nearby healthy cells intact. Currently, BNCT is being used as an alternative therapy against brain cancer and neck. But scientists have yet to prove that this treatment is better than the current types of therapy.