Is your memory failing you lately? Then it could be that you’re going through a lot of stress, whether you admit it or not. In fact, it happens to be true with pond snails too.
Proprioception is the body’s ability to transmit a sense of position, analyze that information and react (consciously or unconsciously) to the stimulation with the proper movement.
There are three systems in the body that contribute to the function of balance: the visual system, the vestibular system and the proprioceptive system. The proprioceptive system is composed of sensory receptors in the muscles and tendons that inform the central nervous system as to the varying lengths of muscles, as...
When the sensation and condition of our muscles change, this is due to physiological changes within the circulatory and nervous system in our body These systems are very sensitive and are designed to respond instantly to any changes imposed on the body, internal or external Since they consist of blood vessels and nerves which are everywhere in the body we can get to them and have an impact on them by working for the outside, as well as by working with processes within the body.
Food cravings mean that the body has its signals mixed up. When we are exhausted or blue, we have low blood sugar and/or low serotonin, and the body signals the brain that it needs a pick-me-up.
They are sometimes referred to as "intersex" people -- individuals with chromosomes, genitalia or even just characteristics that resemble both the male and female sex -- and for the first time ever, they now have their own gender category on birth certificates in Europe.
A 33-year-old woman, who apparently had grown up on Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets her whole life, just couldn't go another minute without her McFries and McCoke.
Though it hardly receives any mainstream attention, magnesium is one of the most important minerals that you are probably not getting enough of in your everyday diet.
Scientists discovered something new on HIV and it is an 'invisibility cloak' used to hide itself inside cells of the body which doesn't trigger natural defence of the immune system. Latest discovery helps an effective drug which will 'uncloak' HIV to trigger immune response.
Katy Perry’s new deluxe edition “PRISM” album, which is ARIA Chart’s no. 1 album, has been considered a biological hazard (biohazard) by the biosecurity officers of the Department of Agriculture in Australia.
A baby born in Utah with a weight of 14 pounds may be the biggest baby born in the United States in 2013. Joel Brandon Jr., was born on May 9 by Caesarian section in Utah’s Timpanogos Regional Hospital. Doctors said he was 22 inches long and weighed 14 pounds at birth.
Teenagers in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand are being issued a Condom Card with 12 free passes to promote safer sex in a regional effort to curb teenage pregnancies and abortion. The Condom Card scheme involves the use of cards similar to bus cards which enables teens to have access to free condoms in Hawke's Bay. The scheme, first implemented in Hawke's Bay, could go national if proven effective.
A new potential and powerful treatment against HIV has been discovered by researchers which can disable the AIDS-causing virus, impose prevention and better treatment.
With winter rapidly approaching in the northern hemisphere, millions of people will sooner or later rush to the doctor for a prescription against the symptoms of a cold or influenza. But is taking medication, often antibiotics, really a wise choice?
A music video made by two nurses in the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital’s Cancer Unit featuring the patients singing and dancing to the song “Brave” by Sara Bareilles has reportedly gone viral with 949,243 clicks and 7,3222 likes on YouTube.
If you think weight loss may add excitement to your love life, then it is a myth according to a new research.
Yadina Morales was so drunk to ever remember what happened after she latched her 2-month old daughter to her breast for their usual breastfeeding. What she can vividly remember was that when she woke up, her baby daughter was underneath her, was already unresponsive and lifeless.
A compound named AdipoRon is being touted by Japanese researchers as a first step towards making an oral treatment for diabetes a possibility. A study entitled “A small-molecule AdipoR agonist for type 2 diabetes and short life in obesity” conducted by scientists at the University of Tokyo in Japan was published on Oct. 30, 2013 at Nature.com. The results of the study are very promising for the millions of people affected by diabetes worldwide.
A recent study confirms that smoking makes your face grow old faster.
Mexico City is on the final stages of approval of its junk food tax law as part of its plan to fight rising obesity levels in North America. The city is turning to its tax system to impose levies on sugary sodas and fatty foods which were reportedly found to bring more deaths than drug-related violence.
An anonymous American woman from North Dakota plans to give children who will be out for trick or treat this Halloween mean letters instead of the usual candies.
A new study revealed orange and yellow-colored fruits and vegetables may boost male fertility. But eating carrots is found to help develop healthy sperms.
November has turned into Movember as a campaign time for growing a moustache which starts Nov.1 in an endeavour to raise funds in battling out men's health issues like prostate and testicular cancers.
Scientists from Australia, the U.S. and China Thursday confirmed that the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus, which killed more than 750 people worldwide in 2002 and 2003, originated from horseshoe bats in China.
Sex burns calories claimed a lot of researches, but a new report by Canadian researchers has discovered just how many calories on an average person burns during sex.
New York City Council on Wednesday voted 35 to 10 to become the largest city in the U.S. to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. This move by the Bloomberg administration is seen as the latest in public health initiatives being implemented in the city; which had earlier raised the legal drinking age to 21.
They may not be red but black tomatoes are just as tasty and can help ward off cancer, according to a plant expert. A plant expert grew the black tomatoes in a nursery in Devon, UK.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which was documented at the end of February 2003, reportedly comes from Chinese bats, according to a team of researchers and scientists. A study entitled “Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor,” found that Chinese horseshoe bats from the Rhinolophidae family are indeed the natural “reservoirs” of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV).
One may be shocked how the world thinks of women. TIME takes a look at some of the weirdest beliefs about women.
Spa customers often have the choice of a masseur or masseuse for their body massage. However, in the case of the Bali Heritage Reflexology and Spa in Jakarta, Indonesia, it is slithering snakes that crawl on the customer's body.
A 20-year-old woman who was born premature at just under four pounds has died. Brooke Greenberg from Reistertown in the U.S. had an extremely rare condition known only as Syndrome X which left doctors and the medical world scratching their heads for despite her age, she still acted and looked like a toddler.
