No one had a clue during the early days of television the incredible impact that this device would have over people and their daily lives nearly a century later. I can hardly believe the difference between the television offerings of my childhood and the vast number of quality shows, channels, and information that is available by simply turning on ...
Just in case you've been reading around and researching the many terms and topics that concern surround sound and the many surround sound systems on the market today, I thought it might be a good idea to explain some of the terminology that is floating around. First of all there are many initials names and numbers floating around when it comes to s...
In case you hadn't figured it out by now, surround sound is named as it is because the sound literally surrounds the listener. While there have recently been significant leaps and bounds in this technology there was a huge gap in time between the introduction of this technology and the significant improvements we have seen in recent years. This is ...
Acupressure is an ancient Chinese healing method, which involves applying pressure to certain meridian points on the body to relieve pain. The human body has fourteen meridians that carry energy throughout the body. These meridians start at the fingertips and connect to the brain and then connect to the organ associated with the specific meridian. ...
Arthritis is among the leading cause of disability; there are about hundred types of arthritis. It is connected with the pain of joints. There is swelling, redness, stiffness and heat in joints. It is a chronic disease, which can cause pain and inflammation that cannot be avoided as body ages. It can be predicted through blood tests and x-ray. The ...
For arthritis sufferers, any exercise regimen brings a range of immediate benefits. The problem with arthritis patients is that they may have a tough time deciding what physical exercise regimen to embrace. This is because a majority of arthritis sufferers have to deal with nagging pain and stiffness of joints. In this scenario, walking is a physic...
For the arthritis sufferer, swimming is the ideal form of exercise.
Swimming is an aerobic exercise that also improves physical endurance. To put it
succinctly, swimming allows a full range of motions in joints that are primarily
affected in arthritis. Swimming also confers other allied benefits like better
cardiovascular strength, and supe...
Arthritis is among the oldest known afflictions of human beings. It has
been found in the mummies of Egypt and in skeletons in excavations of other
ancient civilizations. The word arthritis means joint inflammation, but it is
often used more broadly to indicate rheumatic diseases. Such disorders can
affect not only the joints but also other...
Cartilage is made up of protein and acts as a cushion, in between the bones at the joints. Degeneration and loss of cartilage at the joints is called “Osteoarthritis” or “Degenerative arthritis.” It happens at the hands, feet, spine, hips and knees. If the cause is unknown, it is called “Primary arthritis”. It can be attributed to aging and heredit...
In the language of chemistry steroids can be defined as a terpenoid lipid that can be characterized by the skeleton of four fused rings forming the structure. There are different kinds of steroids and each one of them varies in their functional groups attached to those rings. Distinctively hundreds of steroids are also traced and classified in plan...