Time to get out those boxing gloves… who says women are bigger hypochodriacs but that the “man flu” really does exist? A Cambridge University study has indicated that men might be less capable of fighting disease than women.
With men having long been accused of turning a cold into a bed-worthy illness, the research provides evolutionary support for the existence of the infamous ‘man-flu’. The study states that the male immune system is weaker than that of the female. [continue reading…]
Daily, the most searched term on this blog is “schizophrenia”. (note to self) I really must post more for the people out there who are looking for information.
I came across this video on the Bring Change 2 Mind website.1 in 6 adults and almost1 in 10 children suffer from a diagnosable mental illness. Yet, for many, the stigma associated with the illness, can be as great a challenge as the disease itself. Here Mattie Close Davis shares here experience of living with a brother diagnosed with schizophrenia and a bi-polar mother.
Worldwide, the number of old people is increasing rapidly, so finding ways to keep age-related diseases at bay is an urgent task. Owing to a growing understanding of the processes that underlie ageing, there is hope that, at some time in the future, elderly people will be kept healthy by suppressing the ageing process itself.
