Travel to Health

Budapest Travel—Visiting City Park How to Live Life to the Fullest Here is the list of inspiration quotes from Tiny Buddha : Live in the moment. Forget the past and don’t concern yourself with the future. —Tanner Christensen Fully embrace the now, no matter what the situation. —Patrick Flynn Do the things you love. —Diego Felipe Villa Serna Learn to forgive and embrace unconditional love. —Ann Glasgow Live every day as if it’s your last, embracing each experience as if it’s your first. —Jennifer Fertado Believe in “live and let live.” —Satyendra Pandey Use quiet reflection, honesty, and laughter. —Erin Rogers Kronman Be other-centered. —Tricia Mc Find calm in making art. —Z.r. Hill Focus on today and how you can do your best to live it to the fullest. —Amelia Krump Participate in life instead of just watching it pass you by. —Lindsey Wonderson Stay healthy, eat right, and most importantly, be kind to all. —Tho Nguyen Forgive yourself, appreciate others, listen to your gut, do things y...

Fever—a Protective Mechanism Getting a fever is no fun. You likely get chills, you sweat, and you’re just generally uncomfortable. You get tired easily and need to rest. But, fever isn’t the real problem . It’s a symptom of something else. You must treat whatever that is to relieve the fever. We know scientifically that fever is a protective or defense mechanism . [10] When body temperature reaches 101.3 o F (38.5 o C) , the immune system shifts into a state of alarm . At this temperature, the level of immune chemicals in the bloodstream doubles, and immune defenses throughout the body increase. Within 6 hours, almost every major defense within the immune system doubles its efforts. [9] Heat by itself has an antiviral effect . When a container of human cells and rhinovirus was immersed in a 113 o F hot water bath, the heat suppressed the multiplication of the virus by 90% , but did not kill the human cells . [11] Fever is usually triggered when monocytes meet p...

Vitamin D deficiency is endemic across the Middle East, including in Israel, where nearly four in five people are low on the vitamin, according to one study from 2011 . [3] By taking supplements before infection, though, the researchers in the new Israeli study found that patients could avoid the worst effects of the disease: [4] “We found it remarkable, and striking, to see the difference in the chances of becoming a severe patient when you are lacking in vitamin D compared to when you’re not,” said Dr. Amiel Dror, a Galilee Medical Center physician and Bar Ilan researcher who was part of the team behind the study. He noted that his study was conducted pre-Omicron, but said that the coronavirus doesn’t change fundamentally enough between variants to negate vitamin D effectiveness. “What we’re seeing when vitamin D helps people with COVID infections is a result of its effectiveness in bolstering the immune systems to deal with viral pathogens that attack the respiratory system ,” h...

Figure 1.  Dr. Eric Berg's cheat sheet on how to fix frequent urination Your  kidneys  are part of your urinary tract – along with your  bladder  and the tubes that connect these organs (the  urethra  and  ureter ). The main purpose of your  kidneys  is to clean the waste from your blood. The good news is that  kidney infections aren’t common . They’re essentially a much more serious urinary tract infection. [1] Video 1.   Frequent bladder infections are tied to breast cancer (YouTube link ) Bladder Infection vs Kidney Infection Bladder infections very rarely progress to kidney infections . You will be pretty sick if you have a kidney infection , and it’s important that you seek treatment right away . Symptoms of a bladder infection are: Urgency and frequency in using the bathroom Burning with urination while symptoms of a  kidney infection  are much more severe and include: [1] Fever and flu-like symptoms Lo...

Even if you have great genes and look much younger than you are, age-related changes in our facial appearance are unavoidable. Those changes reflect our joys and challenges in life. Over time, as stem cells decrease, our skin becomes thinner, which decreases its protection.   How the Face Ages As we age, number of stem cells are reduced.  Dozens of changes take place as the years add up, some of them obvious and familiar: [1] Foreheads expand as hairlines retreat Ears often get a bit longer because the cartilage in them grows Tips of noses may droop because connective tissue supporting nasal cartilage weakens . There are also: Skin wrinkles   Because two components of our skin — collagen and elastin — degenerate By your mid-20s, the collagen in your body starts to diminish, and by the time you reach your 80s, you have around 4 times less  collagen Those deep ones in the forehead and between the eyebrows are called expression lines (or animation lines) They'...