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Health

27/7/2024

Balancing Modern and New Age Medicine

In a world where conventional healthcare seems increasingly impersonal and mechanistic, the allure of New Age medicine is understandable. Navigating New Age medicine and alternative health practices can be challenging. Here’s a guide to understanding and critically evaluating these practices.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

26/7/2024

Walk or Run? Choosing the Best Exercise for You

Both running and walking have their unique benefits and can contribute significantly to overall health and well-being. Both have their merits, but the choice between them can depend on various factors. So, when it is better to run and when to opt for walking?

MINDFULNESS

25/7/2024

Practical Tips for Lifelong Mental Fitness

As we age, maintaining cognitive function becomes increasingly important. Just like physical exercise keeps our bodies in shape, there are numerous strategies to keep our brains young and agile.

Health

23/7/2024

Staying Cool: Health Tips for Rising Earth Temperatures

As global temperatures continue to rise, the frequency and severity of heatwaves are expected to increase, posing significant health risks. This article provides a scientific overview of the health impacts of rising temperatures and offers practical tips to stay cool and maintain health in a warming world.

SLEEP

22/7/2024

Melatonin: Sleep's Secret Weapon

Melatonin, often dubbed the "sleep hormone," plays a pivotal role in regulating our sleep-wake cycles. Understanding its origin, recognizing signs of deficiency, and knowing how to supplement it can help maintain optimal melatonin levels and improve sleep quality.

Health

21/7/2024

Managing Hyperactivity

Hyperactivity, while often associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), can also be a personality trait that presents challenges in daily life. Those with hyperactive personalities may struggle with impulsivity, restlessness, and difficulty focusing. However, with the right strategies, it’s possible to channel hyperactive energy productively and lead a balanced life.

Health

20/7/2024

Ginkgo Biloba: Nature's Memory Aid

Ginkgo biloba, one of the oldest living tree species, has been used for thousands of years in traditional medicine. Today, it remains a popular herbal supplement, with a wealth of research exploring its potential benefits. What is scientific evidence behind ginkgo biloba?

SLEEP

20/7/2024

Sleep Better Tonight

Quality sleep is crucial for overall health and well-being, yet many people struggle to achieve it. Fortunately, numerous scientifically proven remedies can help improve sleep quality. This article explores the most effective, evidence-based strategies to enhance sleep.

Health

19/7/2024

The Interplay of Mental Health and Body Posture

Traditionally, posture has been viewed primarily as a physical concern, while mental health was confined to the psychological realm. However, contemporary research is increasingly demonstrating that these two aspects of human health are deeply interwoven, with each influencing and being influenced by the other.

MINDFULNESS

18/7/2024

The Selfie

What does this modern form of self-representation reveal about the human psyche? Are selfies mere expressions of self-celebration, or do they signal deeper psychological issues?

Health

17/7/2024

How Animals Help Combat Depression

There is growing recognition of the therapeutic benefits of pets in alleviating symptoms of depression. The bond between humans and animals can foster significant emotional and psychological healing, providing comfort, companionship, and a renewed sense of purpose.

MINDFULNESS

17/7/2024

Embracing Shortevity

In a world increasingly obsessed with longevity and the extension of life, the concept of "shortevity" – the acceptance, and even embrace, of shorter life spans – offers a profound philosophical counterpoint. Shortevity challenges us to reconsider our perceptions of time, value, and meaning in life.

Health

6/10/2023

Is flat feet just a foot problem? No.

Flat feet is a fairly common complaint and a hot topic of debate in medical circles. The most effective way to eliminate the causes of flat feet is to perform regular targeted therapeutic movements, according to specialists of the DR. J. Girskis Spine Treatment Centre.

MINDFULNESS

18/11/2022

I smell = I feel

It is clear that perfume is a desirable attribute of modern society – unusually immaterial, difficult to perceive, ephemeral... Why is pampering the sense of smell so important today, yesterday and far back in time? What profound effects do aromas have on the human body?

Health

8/9/2022

Hello, healthy home!

We have long since replaced incandescent light bulbs with LED ones, plastic bags with organic cotton bags and baskets, and unnatural fibre bedding with natural fabrics. Instead of household chemicals, we use more and more natural cleaners, we replaced sponges with loofahs, everything seems to be sparkling clean and orderly. But sometimes the home environment can be as toxic as if you were breathing with a plastic bag over your head... Why?

Health

16/8/2022

The sun. A vitamin or a poison?

Sunlight has a positive effect on a person's health, well-being and performance, but it can also cause a wide range of skin problems, from mild flushing to cancer, and often provokes sun allergies or photodermatoses.

Health

30/6/2022

Smart wellness clothing – from myth to reality?

Clearly, it is no longer enough for everyday clothes to be comfortable, pleasant to wear, to express one's personality or to meet prevailing aesthetic standards. It faces new challenges — tracking bodily activity, recording changes, and archiving health information. In some cases, it can also be used to promote health, alert, or call for help.

Health

19/6/2022

Tattoo – a scar on your skin and body

A tattoo is a temporary or permanent drawing on the body, depending on the methods and means used. In the past, tattoos were used to mark social status, kinship, and maturity in various nations. Now they are an aesthetic means of self-expression, an adornment of the body with a symbolic meaning. But if this decorative solution eventually becomes boring, what if the values it represented change? Unfortunately, this is just one of the drawbacks of tattoos.

MINDFULNESS

9/6/2022

Diagnosis – highly sensitive person

Do you have strong emotional experiences and often feel emotionally exhausted? Consider yourself to have a rich and complex inner world? Pay close attention to detail? Experience the feelings and moods of others? This article is about you!

Health

16/4/2022

Itching: between reality and illusion

The itching sensation develops in the brain: when scratching the opioids are released, which causes a brief feeling of pleasure, but also increases the itching. It appears that itching bothers at least a third of the population once a week. Explore the link between itching and psyche!

SLEEP

29/3/2022

Goodnight, kids, and parents

In this article, together with a neurologist, sleep specialist, member of the World Sleep Society, we will explore the peculiarities of children's sleep and will try to find the answer to an unsettling parenting question: why kids do not want to go to sleep as if it was the biggest punishment of the day?

MINDFULNESS

5/1/2022

A healthy clothing recipe

The skin is the largest human organ, with thousands of pores and hair follicles on its surface, through which the body breathes, absorbs moisture, releases sweat, and protects itself from dust and bacteria. So, as we increasingly wonder today about the ingredients of our daily food, we should consider the fabrics that we put on our bodies as well.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

15/11/2021

Dermatology by motion

This time we focus on targeted muscle movements that have a dermatological effect on human facial features. Instead of buying new cosmetic serum, magic supplement, or visiting a cosmetologist, motion dermatology inspires beauty and health achieved through targeted exercises.

Health

2/9/2021

Swimming from a medical point of view

There is a widespread myth in society that swimming is an unconditionally beneficial physical activity or even a cure for back pain. Often people exhausted by their spinal problems dive into the pool hoping to help themselves. It's hard to believe that swimming can be one of the most harmful sports. Why?

Health

20/6/2021

Spinal disc herniation: just a tip of an iceberg

Herniation of the intervertebral disc of the spine is a health problem wrapped in legends. It is important to understand that a disc herniation is not a disease, but only the consequence of certain musculoskeletal disorders, and therefore is only the tip of a slippery iceberg.

MINDFULNESS

14/6/2021

The nerve that calms you down

It is responsible for the harmonious functioning of many internal organs. It can calm the body down from physical or psychological stress. It gives the "butterfly effect" in our stomachs. None of our bodies would do without it, but, interestingly, some of you will hear this name for the first time – vagus nerve (also known as wandering nerve).

Health

30/5/2021

Getting to know yourself from the nucleus of a cell

Today, we can buy a wide variety of products online, as well – DNA testing. Which road to choose to know your 23 chromosome pairs - to register with a geneticist or buy a DNA test online with a few clicks of a button? Only you know the answer because your goal dictates the road.

MINDFULNESS

16/5/2021

Learn to manage your anxiety

During these past few years, anxiety became one of the main conditions prevailing in our society. There are several anxiety management methods, practiced by doctors, philosophers, and researchers of the human body. Many of these methods have been effectively applied for decades. Are you searching for ways to manage your anxiety?

Health

11/5/2021

Pregnancy: prepare your body

Pregnancy is a massive test for a woman's body. During pregnancy, your weakest points will most likely become apparent. So, ideally, you should prepare your body in advance for this challenge. How do you do that? Well, keep on reading.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

2/5/2021

Am I ready to exercise? (Part II)

Physical activity is vital to every human being, but on the other hand, it can also cause injuries. Physical exercise just like any prescription drug – can be harmful or cause side effects. That is why you need to ask yourself: "Am I ready to exercise?"

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

19/4/2021

Muscle relief: find your own way

Today there are plenty of ways, tools, and tips to relax your muscles. These include muscle stretching exercises, hand massage, massagers for individual body segments, massage rollers, heating pads, massage vacuum cups. Too many choices? Let us help you to correctly navigate muscle rehabilitation.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

7/4/2021

Am I ready to exercise? (Part I)

It is generally accepted that exercising is healthy. However, sometimes sports can be harmful. So, keep in mind, before engaging in any intense physical activity, you must get your musculoskeletal system evaluated.

Health

24/3/2021

Healthy sitting – mission possible?

The invention of a chair and the wheel fundamentally changed human lives, but in addition to the obvious benefits it also caused some damage – it became an enemy of the human natural movement bringing a lot of confusion to the biomechanics of the body. Today we are looking for new ways to sit, the internet is loaded with various products and tips, and yet, how should we sit?

Health

27/2/2021

Long sitting hours - how to stay healthy?

Sitting at work for long hours, in front of a computer, and performing the same movements over and over again, eventually will cause pain and serious damage to the musculoskeletal system. Why? Because your body needs movement, balance, and variety.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

1/2/2021

Is yoga a good fit for everyone?

Human biomechanics have been programmed into humans as early as the era of Neanderthals and Australopithecines, when yoga was not even around! Today many of yoga practitioners do not take into consideration the genetically programmed biomechanics of the human body. According to Spine treatment centre professionals, to stay healthy, everyone must keep biomechanical physiology intact.

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