Home remedies may help ease symptoms of a kidney infection when used in addition to prescribed treatment from a doctor. Kidney infections can be serious if not treated. A kidney infection is a serious medical condition that requires prompt treatment. These infections often start as a urinary tract infection (UTI) or a bladder infection and then spreads to affect one or both kidneys. While… Read More »
It was Monday morning and my class had already started for the day. I had given the students a task to complete and they were quietly and busily completing the assignment. Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door and a tall, slim man walked into the room. “I’m a new student”, he said as he burst into… Read More »
The origin and meaning of facial beauty represent a longstanding puzzle. Despite the profuse literature devoted to facial attractiveness, its very nature, its determinants and the nature of inter-person differences remain controversial issues. Here we tackle such questions proposing a novel experimental approach in which human subjects, instead of rating natural faces, are allowed to efficiently explore the face-space and… Read More »
As we journey into eating a more biblical diet, it’s important to pick the right sweeteners that will offer nutritional value as well as sweetness to our dishes. We use raw honey and maple syrup, but, I wanted a different option. This date honey fits the bill! Dates were used in biblical times to make “honey”. When I… Read More »
Tibb-e-Nabawi ~ Healing by ISLAM, both for the body & soul, for the doctor & patient, for the sick & healthy بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ وَحْيٌ يُوحَى عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَى By the Star when it goes down, your Companion is neither astray nor… Read More »
Background: Among the many reported central nervous system effects of long-term caffeine use is improvement in mood. Objective: To examine prospectively the relationship of coffee and caffeine intake to risk of death from suicide. Methods: We conducted a 10-year follow-up study (1980 to 1990) in an ongoing cohort of 86 626 US female registered nurses aged 34 to 59 years in… Read More »
There is a Chinese saying, “When a man reads 10 books, he travels 10,000 miles.” Gorch Folk says: “Good books are not those that kill our hunger, but good books are those that increase our hunger. Hunger to know life.” Aulus Gallius says: “Books are silent teachers.” Franz Kafka: “A room without a book is like a body… Read More »
From Nice to New Delhi, record-breaking heatwaves have struck multiple countries in recent months, with further high temperatures predicted in the coming days. Such extreme temperature events are predicted to occur more frequently as a result of climate change and can be extremely deadly. In 2010, for instance, a 44-day heatwave in the Russian Federation resulted in 56,000 excess deaths.… Read More »
Once when I was shopping for my grandma, I bought some soap powder which she wanted and which was rationed. It was a box of Oxydol. The shop assistant forgot to tick off the back page of my grandma’s ration book confirming that she had had her soap powder quota for the month. I then went back to… Read More »
Wisdom is a quality that many seek but may fail to grasp. We often hear stories where the protagonist journeys far and wide just to search for a sage, a holy man or even the occasional fairy godmother to guide them. In Islam, there is an abundance of wisdom in our treasure trove of tradition. The Quran, the… Read More »