The louse (plural: lice) is a parasite that attaches itself to human hair and feeds on human blood. The most prevalent kind of lice is head lice. An infestation with head lice is medically known as Pedicurists capitis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that up to 12 million lice infestations occur every year in the United States. Female… Read More »
As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Queen Elizabeth is set to make Windsor Castle her main home and not return to Buckingham Palace for “the foreseeable future”. According to a report in The Sunday Times, the Queen usually returns to Buckingham Palace in London by October after her summer break in Scotland. This year, however, she would be moving back to… Read More »
You hang up a wet towel and, when you come back, it’s dry. You set out a bowl of water for your dog and when you look again, the water level in the bowl has dropped even though Woofy has been nowhere near the bowl. Where did the missing water go? It evaporated. That means some of the… Read More »
Keeping your back happy Back pain can interrupt your day or interfere with your plans. In fact, there’s an 84 percent chance that you will develop low back pain in your lifetime. But back pain isn’t always something you can ignore or wait for it to resolve on its own. Thankfully, there are several ways to treat back… Read More »
After recording the particulars of Oranian burials in a complete chapter, in fact in a complete section, Rieux now takes up the situation of those who were living during the period of lethargy. The first half of Chapter 19 describes more fully the drugged state of general despondency, and brings us up to date on the principal characters.… Read More »
Whenever we’re about to lose faith in humanity (which is something that’s depressingly easy to accomplish – all you need to do is turn on the television), someone comes along to give us hope and prove that humans are indeed capable of greatness. From the man who spent decades struggling against apartheid and then forgave his persecutors, to… Read More »
What Is Viagra? Viagra (sildenafil) is a phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitor used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. What Are Side Effects of Viagra? Side effects of Viagra include: warmth or redness in the face, neck, or chest, stuffy nose, headaches, stomach pain, upset stomach, nausea, diarrhea, memory problems, back pain, an inability to differentiate between the colors green and blue, loss… Read More »
Praise be to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon the Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.) and his sanctified and dedicated Companions (R.A.), as well as all their followers till the Day of Judgment. The life of Al Farooq Umar ibn Al-Khattab (R.A.) is a shining page of Islamic history, which outshines and supersedes all other histories. The history of… Read More »
Robert Wadlow (1918-1940) was the tallest man in medical history, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. He stood 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, thanks to gigantism, a rare condition in which too much growth hormone makes a child unusually large. He was more than 50 percent taller than the average man. Also known as giantism, or… Read More »
polyandry, marriage of a woman to two or more men at the same time; the term derives from the Greek polys, “many,” and anēr, andros, “man.” When the husbands in a polyandrous marriage are brothers or are said to be brothers, the institution is called adelphic, or fraternal, polyandry. Polygyny, the marriage of a man and two or more women at the same time,… Read More »