Some people suffer from weather headaches. Although for the longest time this was not an understood phenomenon it seems to now be a well-recognized headache trigger. They are commonly referred to as barometric pressure headaches. Although it has not yet been proven whether these headaches are caused by the constriction or swelling of the blood…
Author: D.C.Demetre
What is Stress
In technical terms, stress is a disruption of homeostasis, triggered by either real or perceived physical or psychological stimuli. Simply put, action or thought disrupts normal balance. Stress is a term that is often used to describe many feelings or emotions. Anxiety, depression, distress, fear, and exhaustion are all feelings that can be described as…
Women Twice as Likely to Have Sleep Disorders
Women are two times as likely to suffer from sleep disorders, such as falling and staying asleep, than men. Many reasons are behind this. The clinical definition of a sleep disorder is “a unsettling pattern of sleep that may include difficulty falling or staying asleep, falling asleep at unsuitable times, excessive total sleep time, or…
History of Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis has haunted women since the dawn of history. Egyptian mummies from 4,000 years ago have been found with the telltale dowager’s hump. Most young women today can expect to spend their old age standing as straight and tall as they ever were, thanks to recent dramatic improvements in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of…
What is Auditory Hallucination?
An auditory hallucination, or paracusia, is a form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus. Auditory hallucinations need to be distinguished from endaural phenomena in which sounds are heard without any external acoustic stimulation but arise from disorders of the ear or auditory system. A common form of auditory hallucination involves hearing one…
Who Discovered Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis was a disease that has been around since the Middle Ages. Many infants with “salty skin” often died in infancy or young. These babies and children were considered “bewitched” because they died at such an early age. The Swiss pediatrician Guido Fanconi first named the disease in 1936, when he refers to it…
Sex Headaches – Orgasmic Cephalalgia
Whoever would have thought that some men might shy away from having intimate relations because of the intense headache pain they experience as they are about to climax? This is a very real problem and although not common it can be a big issue for men in serious relationships. How do you tell your girlfriend…
Social Anxiety Disorder
Social anxiety disorder is a kind of anxiety people feel when they have excessive self-consciousness in the arena of everyday life. Those who have social anxiety disorder have serious problems carrying out simple tasks in a social setting because they have an over whelming and intense feeling that people are watching their every move, scrutinizing…
What is Anma Massage
There are many different types of massage therapy techniques that are practiced the world over in the hopes that the techniques will help individuals to feel better regarding their health in multiple aspects. In this article, well focus on a very specific form of massage that is known as the Anma massage, which has been…