It has long been believed that drinking green tea is good for the memory. Now researchers have discovered how the chemical properties of green tea affect the generation of brain cells, providing benefits for memory and spatial learning. The study shows that, EGCG an organic chemical which is present in green tea increases the production of neural progenitor cells. This could be potentially useful in combating degenerative diseases and memory loss. You can read more about this research by clicking the link below http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mnfr.201200035/abstract
These three children look happy and smiling but what you may not know is that, this is actually due to a disease condition called the "ANGEL MAN Syndrome".
Angel Man syndrome is a genetic condition which affects the nervous system. The disease is rare occurring for about 1:12000 people throughout the world.
Children affected by Angel Man syndrome typically have the following features.
1. They have a happy, excitable demeanor with frequent smiling, laughter, and hand-flapping movements.
2..Hyperactivity, a short attention span, and a fascination with water are common
3. Most affected children also have difficulty sleeping and need less sleep than usual.
Adults with Angelman syndrome have distinctive facial features that may be described as "coarse." Other common features include unusually fair skin with light-colored hair and an abnormal side-to-side curvature of the spine (scoliosis). The life expectancy of people with this condition appears to be nearly normal.
There is no specific therapy for Angelman syndrome. Medical therapy for seizures is usually necessary. Physical and occupational therapies, communication therapy, and behavioral therapies are important in allowing individuals with Angelman syndrome to reach their maximum developmental potential.
Why don't birds need to wear a jacket during winter?
Birds are unmatched in their command of the skies. Albatrosses glide through the open airs for long distances, while the minute humming bird dances and hovers motionless in front of flowers. The great Eagles missile down from the vast high skies with pinpoint accuracy to scoop its prey, while the penguins and kiwis who lost their ability to fly learned to adapt to the land and exploit its conditions.
Birds are feathery, egg laying, vertebrate, endothermic species. They have been able to survive and thrive successively throughout most of the ecological niches, throughout most of the climatic and weather conditions.
Birds have a remarkable ability to survive in extremely cold conditions despite being endothermic, relatively small, and fragile. This ability is due to its various physical and behavioral adaptations.
For instance birds have a higher rate of metabolism and produce a relatively higher internal temperature. While their possession of feathers and their ability to fluff up may also aid in the process of insulation. Some birds are able to grow extra feathers which understandably act as a covering and protect them from the cold.
Some birds develop scales in their feet and legs which minimize heat loss.
An interesting feature of birds is the ability to lower there body temperatures, heart rate and general bodily functions. Birds can also control the temperature of their legs and feet separately from their bodies by constricting blood flow to their extremities, thereby reducing heat loss even further.
Birds, just like humans will shiver to raise their metabolic rate and generate body heat as a short term solution to extreme cold.
Many small birds, will gather in large flocks at night and crowd together in a small, tight space to share body heat. They can roost in shrubbery or trees, and empty birdhouses and bird roost boxes are also popular locations to conserve heat. Even individual birds choose roost spots that may have residual heat from the day’s sunlight, such as close to the trunk of a tree or near any dark surface.
Birds are remarkable in their ability to survive the coldest and chilliest conditions thanks to the number of effective adaptations they posses, and birds will continue to triumph the great skies and challenging climatic changes.
The diversity and mysteriousness of the amazing brain in these creatures range from,brains of spiders which split and spill into legs, to brains that are tiny,complex and beyond our comprehension.
These animals may probably have the most strange and interesting brains in the world.
It's not Global warming nor is it an environmental issue
The authenticity of global warming is still a debated issue. Though the fact is that global warming occurs due to two processes. That is naturally by the green house effect and the recent dramatic change in warming that had resulted by our own activities which enhances the green house effect to increase the temperature globally. There are some other theories which are frequently encountered, which claim that earth has always been having these cycles of warm and cold periods and that this is nothing to panic about. while some others claim that global warming is a phenomenon created and fabricated by governments to tax the public.
It is understood that global warming is a direct consequence of the green house effect which can be explained quite simply as follows.
Green house gases produced due to human activities block the sunlight from returning back after reflecting from the earths surface to space, and it is reflected back to earth causing the phenomenon which we know as Green house effect. The consequence of green house effect causes what is known as global warming. Which increases the temperature of earth.
The problem with today's world is that the term "Global warming" has been incorrectly referred to everything ranging from the warming of the earth, the changes in wind and tidal patterns , the change in the patterns of rain and all the climate related effects. The result of this has created a very false picture of the whole issue prompting people to question the authenticity of "Global warming". In fact global warming is just a part of the whole issue, or it could be accurately defined as the main consequence of the accumulation of green house gases. Therefore it is important to inform and educate people to see the complete picture of climate change and make it a point to refer to these events as "CLIMATE CHANGE".
The second misconception associated with the issue of Climate change is the category of concern it has been labelled to. Many affiliate and define climate change as an "Environmental crisis".
"I have my self experienced this situation while conducting awareness programs in schools. Most of the time the administrators, teachers students would introduce me as a speaker of an" Environmental crisis".
This has a significant impact in the loss of interest in general public. That is because we have been conditioned to give importance to economic, social, political and humanitarian issues primarily and then consider the environmental crisis. But the inconvenient truth behind climate change is that it has an undeniable potential to be categorized as Social, Economic and a Humanitarian crisis. In other words its a Socioeconomic Humanitarian crisis. This has to be emphasized and voiced out to the public. The paradigm shift from environmental to humanitarian crisis has an effect on the increase in the interest and enthusiasm of the general public. It sends ripples of subliminal subconscious messages to the public to take precaution and to work towards stopping climate change.
These two misconceptions have to be clearly identified and addressed in order to generate a higher interest of climate change activism and interest in the general public which should ultimately help us as responsible humans to save earth and humanity.
Did you know that many people above the age of 60 have a high risk of getting the disease and that there is no known cure for it yet?
How does a person actually become affected by this Alzheimer's? The disease is of genetic origin and sometimes environmental factors play a role in the progress of the disease. There are namely four genes which are responsible in the onset of AD. These are,
Which when altered form proteins called plaques and tangles which spread through the brain causing disruption of the neurons.This slow but gradual spreading of these proteins cause patients to
1. Tend to forget things easily
2. Have difficultly in language skills
3. Lose the ability of logical thinking
4. Start having extreme mood swings
5. Loss of complete memory
6. Finally die due to the damage done to the breathing centers of the brain(Medulla)
What do we do when we encounter a person who has Alzheimer disease?
PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH THEM AND CARE FOR THEM and GIVE ALL YOUR LOVE TOWARDS THEM.
This is something that every one of us have heard and also maybe used on are children, siblings etc. But does it actually happen? do you actually catch a cold by getting wet? by sleeping with wet hair? walking in the cold?
Being cold and wet does not cause colds. Cold is caused by a virus. There are many viruses which cause the cold, but the biggest culprit is the "rhinovirus". You need to be exposed to this micro organism to get a cold!
The infection is spread when you inhale the droplets containing the virus that are coughed out by a patient. That is why it is important to cover your mouth while coughing to prevent the virus from spreading the disease to others. Viruses also can live on sinks, counters and other surfaces, which means you can catch a cold if you touch an object that was recently handled by someone with a cold, and then put your hands on your nose or mouth.
Going out in the cold can make you susceptible for the disease due to the humidity (which is less) of the cold weather. This causes the drying of the mucus lining of the nasal passages making the virus to easily get into your body.
So yeah..go ahead an have an ice cream in the rain now :)
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