We are about to say goodbye to the year and, in addition to welcoming 2013, many of us are thinking of a long list of new and good resolutions to improve our appearance, diet, well-being, languages, etc. If you are thinking of giving your life a change, you may have also considered changing your insurance company. Actually, you do not […]
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Night owls live days longer than 24 hours. This has been revealed by a study from Flinders University (Australia) on sleep habits and their relationship with circadian rhythms. According to specialists in sleep medicine, night owls may suffer from the so-called delayed sleep phase syndrome, which implies a delay in going to bed. Many of those affected are unable to fall asleep before
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Many people do not like to go to the doctor, and having check-ups without anything happening to them is something they see as almost impossible. But a check-up of this type can be very convenient not only to know how you are doing, but to detect any anomaly that you have missed or have not yet shown symptoms.
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Vaccines are the most effective methods to fight diseases, so much so that their effectiveness has been essential to reduce the impact of many pathologies, some of them fatal. Although vaccines are considered to be the greatest achievement in biomedical research, responsible for a historic improvement in the quality of life of human beings, they are not infallible, as the mumps
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Over the years, some brain capacities are lost, especially memory. Most people resign themselves to this mental deterioration considering that nothing can be done over the years, probably equivalent to physical deterioration that is impossible to stop. But lately we have been warned about the need to make an effort to keep an active mind despite the years in
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Have you heard of a current called Earthing? It is about the fact of walking barefoot, without shoes or socks or measures, and doing it in direct contact with nature. This action can be practiced on the sand of the beach, by the sea, in contact with wet earth… Do you want to know why you should start walking barefoot more
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Currently, it is estimated that one in three Spaniards has a problem in their oral health, according to data from a study carried out by Vitaldent. However, part of this population is unaware that many diseases of the body have their origin in the mouth. Poor oral health or failure to treat certain dental conditions can have a
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The Body Mass Index is not the most correct method to determine if a person is obese. This has been determined by a study by the Clínica Universidad de Navarra with 6,000 individuals, of which almost a third of those considered normal were actually overweight. The BMI was devised by the Belgian statistician LAJ Quetelet and is frequently used to
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When we are born, the first things we do by ourselves, without anyone telling us how, are to breathe and cry. Fortunately, we soon understand that the second is just a communication tool, while the first is an essential condition for life. But no matter how instinctive breathing is, not all of us do it correctly.
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Milk teeth or deciduous dentition is the first set of teeth to appear in some mammals, including humans. They are formed during embryonic development and do not break the gum until the first months of the baby’s life. In general, at two and a half years, the complete milk dentition is already in place and it will begin to be replaced by
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