A ‘parasitic’ twin has been found in the stomach of a three-year-old boy in Peru. Doctor Carlos Astocondor, of the medical team at Las Mercedes Hospital, said the 25-centimetre foetus weights 680 grams, has some hair on the cranium, eyes and a few bones. When the foetus was absorbed by the other foetus inside the mother’s womb, its brain, heart, lungs and intestines never developed, Dr Astocondor explained. According to Dr Astocondor, the condition, known as ‘Foetus in foetus’, occurs in about one of every [...]
Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching. Buy why wait? You can make every day Valentine’s Day by doing yoga. As this annual lover’s day approaches, prescriptions for Viagra and other sexual enhancement drugs rise. According to data provider Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, more prescriptions are written for Viagra around Valentine’s Day than any other time of year. If you prefer a natural alternative to enhance your sexuality and spice things up, try yoga. Research reports that yoga can boost sexual satisfaction while benefiting overall health and well-being. Here [...]

1. Almonds are rich in quality nutrients such as protein and monosaturated fat, and research reveal that eating almonds does not necessarily lead to gain weight. 2. Eating almonds with their brown skin provides dietary fibre and powerful antioxidants that helps defend your body from free radicals . 3. It works wonders if taken on pre and post delivery so as to overcome pregnancy stress and weakness. 4. California almonds are cholesterol-free and low in saturated fat; they may also help maintain a healthy heart with healthy cholesterol levels. [...]

What can you do to become healthy and fit? If you don’t know I’ll give you the answer right now. You have probably heard it a thousand times so you probably don’t wanna hear it again, but I beg you to read it 30 – thirty – times and memorize it. You must expend more calories than you consume. Here are a few tips on how to do it: Drink Huge Amounts Of Water One of the smartest fitness tips I have heard about and practiced [...]

Yes, Coffee Drinking is now the good healthy food, say experts. Coffee, if taken two mugs a day, will be beneficial for us. Here I’m going to tell you why coffee drinking is good. 1) Lower Diabetes Risk: Coffee contains antioxidants that fight cell damage and lower Type 2 diabetes risk by 28 percent. 2) Good for Heart: Coffee cuts heart disease risk by 24 percent stroke by 20 percent. 3) Good for Drinkers: Drinkers 80 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s dementia. 4) Good for Cancer [...]

Who does not enjoy a cup of hot ginger tea? Side effects of ginger tea must be taken into consideration if you are regularly enjoying ginger tea in large quantities. One of the first precautions that you must take while taking ginger tea is that you need to have a timely and healthy amount of ginger tea according to the needs of your body. The drawback of most of the botanical medicines, especially in the form of herbs and roots is that there is a good possibility [...]
How fresh and healthy are the vegetables that you consume daily? Not much, according to the Union health ministry. In a bid to make them look garden fresh and ensure that they grow faster to reach markets, farmers are using chemicals at random that threaten to cause serious health hazards to consumers. Expressing concern, minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi has said, “Eating vegetables — a must for good health — may pose serious threat to health, causing nervous breakdowns, sterility and various neurotic [...]
Scientists have found that those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can enhance their mood with apple juice. In the study, after institutionalized AD patients consumed two 4-oz glasses of apple juice a day for a month, their caregivers reported no change in the patients’ Dementia Rating Scale or their day-to-day abilities. What did change, however, was the behavioral and psychotic symptoms associated with their dementia (as quantified by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory), with approximately 27 percent improvement, mostly in the areas related to anxiety, agitation, and [...]
This is the good news for those who like gobi sabzi. Cauliflower or other cruciferous vegetables like broccoli protect against cancer. In fact, it is being considered one of the best natural weapons against Cancer. The findings, made by scientists in the Linus Pauling Institute at the Oregon State University, are another important step forward for the potential use of sulforaphone in cancer prevention and treatment. Sulforaphane — one of the primary phytochemicals in these vegetables — has been shown for the first time to [...]

