When humans are exposed to stressful situations – ie, situations that would cause them to cry or get angry – the body, due to the genetic evolutionary ‘fight or flight’ nature of humans, automatically increases blood flow to vital organs and muscles. Unfortunately, one of the ways the body achieves this is by opening the…
You’re Conscious When You Breathe in Water An excerpt from Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea: “The instinct not to breathe underwater is so strong that it overcomes the agony of running out of air. No matter how desperate the drowning person is, he doesn’t inhale until he’s…
Before answering it, let us get to know death. And before that, life. So, what is life, afterlife, and death? Is life a magical, an illogical ‘out of the air’ crappy nonsense given us by a fair-skinned, white-bearded, senile old man sitting somewhere up there in an illusory biblical heaven – a mere six thousand…
How can I effectively edit my own writing?So, you think you’ve drafted a tweet, an email, a short story, or even a novel. These are different forms of communication, but the process of bringing them to fruition has a nece(Continue reading)First of all “stomach” is the right term only if it refers to the organ.…
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I didn’t realize how sensitive the inner walls of my colon were until I had a colonoscopy, and I turned into the most awful patient I’d ever seen! I was sort of into preventative testing for a couple of years and this was just a routine screening colonoscopy. I knew what the inside and outside…
What is the best way to save on car insurance?This largest online marketplace for insurance shopping in the U.S. helps save you time and money.So a pulsating sensation on the back of your head can be caused by an assortment of different things. Most of the times it’s just your muscles spazzing out after spending…
No, I believe the death by guillotine is not painless. But it is rather quick. Why is it not painless if the body is disconnected from the head, you ask? Well, I’ll give you an example. Some amputated patients still feel their amputated limb, sometimes their “fingers” / “toes” itch, etc – a phenomenom called…
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What are sickness and retching? Retching is a wild reflex that removes the substance of the stomach through the mouth. It’s additionally called “being wiped out” or “hurling.” Nausea is a term that depicts the inclination that you may upchuck, yet aren’t really heaving. Both queasiness and heaving are extremely normal indications and can be…
