Often when we discuss or read about organs and glands to be kept healthy, it is focused on the liver, kidney, or the heart. We rarely focus on the likes of the pancreas, close to the liver or the small thyroid gland that is right in front of our necks. These components are also important for a healthy lifestyle. Our ignorance in regard to the thyroid gland is further highlighted when we consider that 60% of the approximately 20 million...

You may not know that Nootropic is another word for “Smart Drug”. If you’ve ever had a tight deadline to write a 5,000-word essay or need to study for finals after you’ve wasted a large portion of your time on activities that are not very examination friendly. You have probably heard of smart drugs. Nootropics however, are not created for the sole purpose of this aesthetic use. There are wide varieties of these supplementary drugs developed to help fortify frail...

Meditation means different things to different people. After reading a certain clause from a book, a friend decides to ruminate over the clause and call it meditating. Another sees it as a period away from every form of distraction. Different folks, different strokes, but same meditation. People decide to take out time to meditate for different reasons. A preacher can choose to meditate when he is about to give a sermon. A frustrated student can take out time from the...

Mental disorder is often thought of as a subject discussed behind closed doors. This societal view of mental disorder is one of the major setbacks in providing a sustainable treatment for the illness.  Psychosis is a mental disorder that has been misunderstood for quite some time. Despite the stigma that comes with this illness, studies have shown that any person could experience psychotic episodes if subjected to certain trauma or conditions. Psychosis is a mental illness that causes one to...

In a disordered world where many things are out of our direct control, it can be quite difficult to have a disease that makes you feel out of control of your own personal environment. We have seen in movies how OCD is portrayed, often as some cute “disorder” where the only thing we see is that the sufferer is constantly watching their hands or flipping the light switch on and off repeatedly. However, OCD is so much more than that. Sometimes, incredibly...

CBD is one of the most promising natural remedies in the health and wellness industry today. Many users say it helps manage many medical conditions. This could be with or without scientific evidence to back it up, however. It is not uncommon to find parents and caregivers wonder if CBD could also help with autism. If you are also wondering about this, you are reading the right article. You will be learning how much scientists currently know about using CBD...

It doesn’t come as a surprise that bodybuilding emanated from ancient Egypt and Greece. The popular saying “looking like a Greek God” is a well-founded theory. The lifting of dumbbells for bodybuilding dates back to the 11th century and since then, bodybuilding has come a long way. From showmen like Eugene Sandow to Hollywood stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, there seems to be something irresistible about bodybuilding. However, bodybuilding is so much more than lifting weights. Specific diets and dietary supplements...

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, and today we’re exploring how CBD is becoming linked to this condition which effects a staggering 1 in 10 women according to Endometriosis UK. Menstruation involves the shedding of the tissues lining the inner sides of the uterus. The tissue that makes up this lining of the uterus is known as the endometrium. When this tissue happens to line outside of the uterus, it is called Endometriosis. This phenomenon could be easily assumed to be...