Category: Health

Using common terms, naps are shortened lengths of sleep that are done in either day or night time. Depending on the person, taking naps can either be for health purposes or a sign of sickness or laziness. And of these three, daytime or mid-day naps are usually equated to laziness in most cultures if done…

Even though parents force their little children to take afternoon naps for health benefits, it is somewhat unfair to know that most people think that this doesn’t apply to adults. Whether such thinking is influenced by work or culture, what we don’t know is that just like children, adults need afternoon naps as well. It…

In some countries in the world, napping during mid-day hours is now considered a worker’s right. Due to the fact that people are less productive at mid-day (that is, around 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.), employers in countries like Japan are now allowing their workers to take a nap during these hours. Such naps usually…

Leukemia is a kind of cancer that usually starts in the bone marrow, the place where blood along with different blood cells is produced. In leukemia’s case, however, either the bone marrow produces white blood cells in abnormal pace or the cell responsible for solely producing white blood cells commits the same mistake. Either way,…

Being one of the most common problems nowadays when it comes to health, back pain actually affects at least eighty percent of people starting from ages thirty and above. Back pains are usually obtained after carrying heavy loads and other kinds of hard physical labor. Most back pains are relieved after taking proper medication. However,…

Nowadays, chronic back pain is becoming more common because of the fact that most people are now living an unhealthy lifestyle. If they don’t belong to a group who works until they tire themselves out, they are the one who are lying down on their beds for a whole day doing nothing. And along with…

To those who didn’t know, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a kind of mental health condition where a traumatic event that happened to a patient is actually interfering with the patient’s overall behavior. PTSD effects are usually both physical and psychological, therefore giving the patient a very hard time to accept the event. PTSD is usually…

Because of different disasters that are currently occurring in different countries around the world, those who are affected by the disaster are prone to develop Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is usually triggered by traumatic events such as accidents, natural disasters, conflicts and wars, etc. Whether the person is directly affected or not by these traumatic…

Whenever we experience digestive system problems, most of us only put the blame on the food that we ate just recently. Because of this, chances are that most of us don’t actually know when it is the right time to consider such problems a warning or an indicator that something worse might be happening inside…

If you’re not that familiar with the urinary system, the urinary system is composed of body parts that are concerned with urination. These parts include the kidneys and the urinary bladder as well. The kidney’s work is to filter out waste materials and excess water in our bodies. The urinary bladder, on the other hand,…