Archive for the 'Health' Category

Sickle Cell

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Sickle cell disease is a disorder of the blood and, consequently, the circulatory system. Sickle cell affects what is known as hemoglobin in the red blood cell. Hemoglobin’s function is to carry oxygen within the cell and transport to where it is needed. But in an affected sickle cell, the red blood cell is […]

YOGA – an ancient form of Exercise

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices dating back more than 5000 years from India. It is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. In India, Yoga is seen as a means to both physiological and spiritual mastery. Outside India, Yoga has become primarily associated with the practice of asanas (postures).
Yoga as a […]

Fish Oil and Possible Disease Prevention

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

by: Aaron Wilmont
Researchers working at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center state that DPA and DHA, primary components of fish oil, provide substantial protection against coronary heart disease. This study involved more tha six thousand middle-aged men who had samples of their blood taken between 1973 and 1976. During the next seven years, 94 of these […]