Everything there is about it is wrong. You either run or you walk. Jogging as a warm-up - NOT!; Jogging as a workout - NOT!! In my opinion jogging should be outlawed. Jogging is something the English invented and America adopted and eventually created a compulsive passion for in their attempt to get. Do you get the idea I have an opinion on this matter. You have no idea. There have been times of near madness that while observing the bad posture, painful looking, laboring, pounding foot strikes of a bad jogger running alongside the slanted, pitted edge of the road in a cloud of car exhaust as I drove up on them and for that brief moment I actually believed I would be doing them a favor by running...

What defines a chronic headache? - Headaches that occur regularly - Lasts over a period of time, meaning months with only temporary relief. - Not usually relieved completely with over-the-counter medicines. Having chronic headaches does not mean you have a terrible illness such as a brain tumor or other terrible disease. Chronic headaches are usually caused from a less severe medical condition. There are many different types of headaches and although they are painful there is help out there. Because of the different types your doctor can help figure out what kind of headaches you are suffering from. Chronic Migraine Headaches Many people will say that they are suffering from chronic migraine...

Brain cancer We all know the function of brain. It is the main control center of our body that monitors/instructs everything thing in our body. Any disease that affects this central control system is really a big problem. And the worst thing to happen is brain cancer. Brain cancer is the development of brain tumors i.e. tumors in the brain. These could either be benign or malignant; the latter being the really harmful one Types of brain cancer As most other types of cancer, brain cancer is also classified as primary brain cancer and secondary brain cancer. Primary brain cancer is the one that originates from the brain itself i.e. that originates in the brain cells. Secondary brain cancers is the one...

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be any injury where a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI is one of two kinds of acquired brain injury, with the other type manifesting itself in acquired brain injuries, such as brain damage caused by a stroke, meningitis or any form of anoxia (lack of oxygen to the brain). Traumatic brain injuries affect a wide variety of Americans every year, causing a multitude of symptoms that can vary from mild to extreme. An important part of understanding TBI is to understand its causes and how it can affect those most at risk. There are varying statistics between some research studies, but there is a generally accepted view that at least 1.4 million American sustain a...

In alternative medicine, the term 'Natural Therapy' refers to an eclectic self-care system that is primarily concerned with building and restoring health through prevention techniques and healthy lifestyles. In natural therapy, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders is undertaken by the therapeutic use of natural methods and materials. The philosophy underlying natural therapy is that all living things have an innate ability to heal. This innate ability flows through us as energy or 'vital force' and it promotes self-cleansing, self-repair and self-healing. If the path of this vital force is blocked, external symptoms appear and a 'dis-ease' is diagnosed. Once the flow of this energy is...

Caffeine is the modern drug of choice in the work world, easily accessible, socially acceptable, readily affordable, and of course perfectly legal. As for the health effects, caffeine is addictive, and because it is acidic, it creates an environment in the body that is favourable for the development of cancer. If you already have cancer, GIVE UP THE COFFEE TODAY!!! There are gentle ways you can do this: You can switch from coffee to tea. You still get the caffeine from tea, but not as much. Enjoy some good quality tea. Next, make the transition from regular tea to caffeine-free (not decaffeinated) herbal tea. Herbal tea isn't really tea, but it's close. Celestial Seasonings offers a wide variety of...

Back when I first started my online home business I didn't havea clue concerning how to go about it. I had never done any Internet marketing, and didn't know anything about websites orsearch engines or any of that other online business stuff...inshort, I was a complete rookie. In retrospect, the two majorthings that really helped me was that I refused to be intimidatedand I kept a realistic perspective (both in terms of initialfinancial results and the time frame necessary to becomesuccessful). I know from my own years of experience that relatively fewbusiness ventures are started on the Internet by people withthe experience, motivation, determination, backing, and supportthat it takes to even have...

There is a famous saying, "All is well that ends well." So even if I teach you the art of making wise decision, there is a chance that your decision will end up in a failure. But if you master this art, it will help you in reducing the factor of making wrong decision. The model, which I will explain, is "Adaptive" in nature. If you have Electrical Engineering background you must be familiar with "Adaptive Filter". For Layman consider "Adaptive Filter" as a machine having ideally zero efficiency the time it was designed but once you put that machine in a real working environment its efficiency will increase and a time will come when it would be working ideally at 100% efficiency. Regular machines are...

Back to the Basics Four recommendations from the time-tested healing science of ayurvedato stay well in 2004 Taking control of your own well-being can be daunting at first. Ittakes time, commitment and energy to stay well, especially when thedefinition of `well' is not just `the state of being disease-free'but `the state of being totally healthy in mind and body.' Too often,we reserve the bulk of our time, commitment and energy for makingmoney, or having fun, or even just surviving, and the result is thatwell-being is relegated to going for the annual physical or popping adaily multivitamin. Ayurveda, the ancient healing tradition from India, encourages you to make time everyday for your well-being...

Here's how phobias work. There are two parts to your mind - one that thinks, and one that feels. The thinking part is the conscious, rational mind that you are using now as you read this. The feeling part is the unconscious, emotional mind. It takes care of automatic tasks like regulating the heart, controlling pain and managing our instincts. It's the unconscious mind that is programmed to act instinctively in times of danger. It reacts very fast - making you run or fight - rather than allowing your thinking mind to philosophize while you are attacked by a tiger. This has great survival value. The unconscious mind is also a very fast learner. The same emergency route that can bypass the rational...

Education is the process by which an individual is encouraged and enabled to develop fully his or her innate potential; it may also serve the purpose of equipping the individual with what is necessary to be a productive member of society. Through teaching and learning the individual acquires and develops knowledge, beliefs, and skills. Education is often used to refer to formal education. However, it covers a range of experiences, from formal learning to the building of understanding and knowledge through day to day experiences. Ultimately, all that we experience serves as a form of education. Individuals receive informal education from a variety of sources. Family members, peers, books and mass...

The present article has been read by many of our visitors and greatly appreciated. Hopefully you will delight it likewise. A great many people in the world have at one point or another, experienced headaches. They may say that they have a migraine or a stress headache. Some people will experience headache problems due to their sinuses. While Suffering from headaches is an annoying problem knowing the cause of headaches may help to prevent promote attacks. Headaches can be caused by a multifariousness of reasons. They can be simple problems like eyestrain to the venous sinus cavities being inflamed. They can also rise from life threatening conditions like encephalitis, brain cancer or intellectual...

Ischemia is a decrease in the blood supply to a bodily organ, tissue, or part paused by constriction or obstruction of the blood vessels, and it is the proper medical term for reduced blood flow to the heart. Hardened or blocked arteries us usually the cause of it, and it is the number one cause of death in most western countries. The growth of these tissues is called arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis typically begins in early adolescence but is rarely diagnosed until late in life usually due to a stroke or heart attack. Autopsies of healthy young men who died during the Korean and Vietnam Wars showed evidence of the disease. Early diagnosis and treatment can stop the progression of...

Perhaps one of the worst things that can happen to a survivor of an accident, aside from becoming paralyzed, is sustaining a brain injury. Sustaining traumatic brain injuries is very difficult since the injury is not visible to the ordinary people. Moreover, even though there are machines and computers designed to examine the brain, there is always room for doubt regarding the extent of the injury. Sometimes, the actual physical damage does not show up on the CT scans or MRI's. In these cases, a victim may look normal, but this appearance is deceptive and when the symptoms finally manifest, brings terrible suffering. With all the modern and sophisticated medical technology nowadays, there is no tool...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light." Ironically, we are all much brighter than we think. And the dullness of mind that we often claim for ourselves or observe in other people is only a result of how much stimulation the brain has been exposed to. The human brain is a highly fuel-efficient organ. All it needs is a little oxygen and a little glucose and it becomes a remarkable instrument capable of learning virtually anything and designing unique solutions to any pressing problems. The brain can process up to 30 billion bits of information per second. 100,000 miles of nerve fibers are in...

Studying can be extremely difficult when you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome /Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome /ME. And if you experience severe brain fog, concentration and memory problems, it can be a near-to-impossible feat. But if you **do** feel well enough to study, there **are** options out there which can make things a lot easier for you. So what do you do if you want to study but have CFS/ME/PVFS? Well if your condition is moderate-to-severe then taking a term- or year-out to recover from your condition is definitely worth considering. But for some of us this just isn't an option. In addition, some of us may already be studying a course when we first develop this condition. Not wanting to stop the...

What part of you is only 1% to 3% of your body's mass, yet uses 20% of all the oxygen you breathe? Your brain! Here are ten more brain facts. - Your brain needs a continuous supply of oxygen. A 10 minute loss of oxygen will usually cause significant neural damage. Cold can lengthen this time, which is why cold-water drowning victims have been revived after as nuch as 40 minutes - without brain damage. - Your brain uses a fifth of all your blood. It needs it to keep up with the heavy metabolic demands of its neurons. It needs not only the glucose that is delivered, but of course, the oxygen. - Your brain feels no pain. There are no nerves that register pain within the brain itself. Because of this...

Today, it is hard to open an e-mail newsletter, a website, or an offline magazine and not see someone talking up the importance of time management. The time management gurus are going out of their way to teach us how to set priorities in our work week, how to organize those priorities, and then finally stick to our priorities to get more done. I applaud their efforts. Yet in all of the dozens of articles that I have read that speak of the importance and power of priorities in our work day, I have yet to see one person apply this principle to our lives outside of our jobs. Let me show you how this is important. There are in fact 168 hours in a week. Of those 168 hours, we spend about 40 of them...

Today spine surgery can be performed by either a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon. There is an emerging field of "spine surgery" that incorporates both specialties. Although not currently the case, in the future, there may be a well-defined medical specialty of "spine specialists" defined by its own board certification. Neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons get their board certification from two different places. A neurosurgeon will seek certification from The American Board of Neurological Surgery and an orthopedic surgeon will seek their certification from The American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. Currently there is no certification process that recognizes The American Board of Medical...

LASIK, or Laser in-situ keratomileusis, or simply Laser Eye Surgery, is a common eye surgery today and is often the most effective one for deserving candidates compared to alternative methods. However, this procedure is to be treated like a common operation and certain post operative care is essential for the operation to get its intended results. What is to be expected after a LASIK operation? Well, the symptoms differ from person to person, however, a few common ones which are seen in most patients are as follows: Immediately After the Operation * Fluctuation of Vision. The vision will not be very clear in the first couple of hours and will fluctuate from blurred to very clear for certain period...

In the past 5 years or so, cell phone technology has increased and human use of the cell phone has grown rapidly world wide. By the year 2003 it was estimated that 700 million people around the world were using cell phones - and that number only continues to grow. Since the number of cell phone users is at such a large amount, increasing worry about health concerns is becoming an issue. The concern for brain tumors caused by cell phone radiation technology surfaced in the early ninety's when someone claimed that they had a brain tumor caused by cell phone use. This case was however dismissed due to lack of evidence, but extensive research has been going on ever since. Cell phones emit radio...

When someone is suffering from high blood pressure they do not usually know that there is a problem because high blood pressure does not normally display any symptoms - Hence the name given to it - "The Silent Killer". But just occasionally a person may find himself or herself suffering with what can only be referred to as a high blood pressure headache. The medical community has had some problems identifying if there is indeed a link between high blood pressure and headaches. Mainly because many people suffer from headaches, and those that do are more likely to go to the doctors and subsequently have their blood pressure taken. This can skew the statistics and show that more people with high...

Have you ever fully appreciated that marvelous tool for success that each and every one of us has at our command? It is our mind. Theodore Roosevelt "All the resources we need are in the mind." In the novel "Terminal Man" by Michael Crichton, it mentions that at that time (1972) the largest and most expensive computer had the same number of circuits as the brain of an ant. To make a computer with the capacity of the human brain would require the size of a huge skyscraper. Its energy demand would be the equivalent of a city of a half a million. I know computers have come a long way since 1972 but it shows the tremendous capacity of the human mind. Did you know our conscious mind is only one-sixth of...

Affiliate programs have long been very popular for online businesses. But with all of the many programs out there, it can be difficult to narrow your focus and find the right program for your website. One new affiliate program is gaining in numbers every day and that is selling audio book downloads through niche websites. Audiobook downloads are a great way to monetize your website with relevant content that will be a prefect match to the theme of nearly any website out there. Recent trends show why audiobooks are such a hot commodity. In 2004, the audiobook industry which was then in the form of cassettes and CD's was $800 million. By the end of 2005, it is estimated that audio books had become a...

There are more treatment possibilities for Mesothelioma cancer than surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy: the clinical trials. They offer no only benefits, but also risks that cancer patients should know before taking part in one of these research studies. The U.S. National Cancer Institute sponsors clinical trials, because Mesothelioma cancer is difficult to control. This research is being performed to find out new treatments and better ways to use the current medical procedures. Clinical trials are performed before the application of any new treatment in human beings, because doctors should know if the treatment is safe for their patients and effective to fight the disease on the stage...

Brain Tumor What is this condition? A malignant brain tumor is a cancer of the brain. It's relatively common - slightly more so in men than in women - and may occur at any age. In adults, it most often strikes between ages 40 and 60. In children, the incidence of malignant brain tumors is generally highest before age 1 and then again between ages 2 and 12. Malignant brain tumors are classified by the type of cancer cell. In adults, the most common tumors are gliomas and meningiomas. Usually, these tumors are located above the covering of the cerebellum - the area in the back of the brain that coordinates voluntary muscle movements. What causes it? The cause of a malignant brain tumor is unknown...

The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs nature has ever made. One of the most interesting aspects of the brain is its power to retain information, which we call as memory. Memory is perhaps the most vital of the aspects that differentiates human beings from other animals. However, memory can become faulty due to several reasons, and in that case the person is not able to make full use of his or her potentials. Since ages, drugs and natural remedies have been prescribed to enhance memories in people. Ayurveda has a treasure-chest of such memory enhancing drugs, which are today popular all over the world due to their proven effective qualities. The following is a list of the most...

Those men and women who choose to serve their country in the military unfortunately run a higher risk of incurring a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than those civilians who might be exposed to less risk. One reason for this is that military personnel are under a high risk for being involved in car accidents, which are the most common cause of all TBIs. In addition, military personnel are consistently at risk of being injured by powerful munitions, which can also cause a brain injury through concussive force. Though military service does exposed personnel to the risk of a penetrative brain injury, such as caused by a bullet or shrapnel, an even greater risk exists for a TBI caused by a concussive blast...

Many Science Fiction authors have discussed in many works the issues with robotic assistants and companions. Today we see DARPA awarding a contract to a group of artificial intelligence software gurus to put together a computer assistant, which can read any manual and then explain in human terms what it says. This assistant would be near a human during equipment repairs or preventative maintenance during operations. In the movie Artificial Intelligence you will remember the boy robot was read certain words in a certain order to activate a love program for bonding to the human. In Isaac Asimov's novels he often had long dialogues about the very subject of human bonding, love and companionship amongst...

The term brain cancer although often used by the general public is actually not the term often used by the medical community. Primary brain tumor is the term used by the medical community for tumors arising form the brain. In children, most brain tumors are primary tumors. In adults however, most tumors in the brain have spread from the lung, breast, or other parts of the body. When this happens, the disease is not brain cancer. The tumor in the brain is a secondary tumor and it is named after the organ or tissue fromch it began. A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either found in the brain itself, in the cranial nerves, in the...

A cancer is a malignant tumor of cells that replicates itself excessively so that the cancer cells begin to overtake the body. At this time, there are only two known types of tumors that cause brain cancer. The first are called primary brown tumors,and the second is known as secondary metastatic brain tumors. Metastatic tumors are caused by cancerous cells that have moved up from other locations in the body. It is possible to have a brain tumor without that tumor being cancerous. Primary brown tumors can be either cancerous ornon-cancerous. That is, the cells of the tumor may multiply but then stop or continue to multiply uncontrollably. Both types of primary brown tumors can cause complications...

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE SURGERY? Physical and mental damage usually occurs whether the ruptured brain aneurysm is repaired with coils or clips. The effects are very similar to what a stroke victim suffers. Collateral damage, others that are affected, will take its toll. They have to adjust to the fact that the person they have come to know and love no longer recognize them or is acting strange. The recovery process can take months or even years to restore normal everyday functions. 1... Do you recognize everyone in your family? 2... Can you button your shirt? 3... Did you remember to zip up your pants? 4... You got your shoes on okay, but did you remember to put on your socks? 5... Can you walking...