An ancient healing technique, massage is known to have been used as long ago as 3000BC in China, and was recommended by the well-known Greek physician Hippocrates in the 5th century BC. Most masseurs use oil as they rub, stroke and knead various parts of the body. One of the benefits of these actions is [...]
Burns are injuries of the skin caused by excessive heat, by chemicals (acids and alkalis), or by electricity. The seriousness of a burn depends on the size, the location, and the depth of the skin burned. Burns are classified as first-degree (the least serious), second-degree, or third-degree (the most serious). First-degree burns cause reddening of [...]
Alcohol doesn’t just help against the biggest life-threatening ailments. There are scads of research to show that moderate drinking can ward off other common health problems-the kind that can make life pretty miserable sometimes. Here’s a catalog of the conditions you can raise a glass to. Beating the runs: Diarrhea may not be particularly life-threatening [...]
Are screening procedures likely to pick up the diseases that really matter? This is difficult to answer but an examination of the results of ten major industrial health examination programmes in the US found that less than half of the people who subsequently died from cancer had the condition diagnosed at a screening examination, and [...]