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Why You Should Give Up Smoking

None of the previously highlighted effects of cigarette smoke sound attractive. Why then do people continue to smoke? It is the nicotine in cigarette that make them so addictive. Within 7 seconds of smoking a cigarette, nicotine rich blood travels from the lungs to the brain. In the brain, nicotine causes the release of brain messengers like dopamine, adrenaline, and serotonin.

How to identify febrile seizures on the spot!

What are febrile seizures? Febrile seizures, also known as fever seizures or febrile convulsions, are convulsive episodes that occur...
change

How to deal with change

Have you had to deal with change in the past? Or are you dealing with any kind of change...
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3 Brain Foods for Kids

Every parent wants their child to excel in life, but having a sound mental capacity is vital for that to...

Take a short quiz on mosquito nets!

Mosquito nets are very effective in the prevention of malaria. And particularly in the rural areas, they've been seen to protect many...

How Well Do You Know Headaches?

Suggested Reading: Hypertension: Everything You Need To Know

Why You Should Take Folic Acid in Pregnancy

If you are pregnant, you can take folic acid to help prevent certain birth defects in your baby. Folic acid and folate are two forms of the same vitamin

It’s Quiz O’clock! Inflammatory Bowel Disease Edition

Suggested Reading: Understanding Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Refined sugars not found in some foods, see which ones!

Refined sugars, also known as simple sugars or processed sugars, refer to sugars that have undergone extensive processing to remove impurities and...

Here is a short quiz on blood tonics!

Blood tonics are liquid or tablet formulations taken to enhance production of red blood cells in the...