As you sip your morning coffee you can comfort yourself with the knowledge that it is not doing you much harm. Depending on how it is made, the 70 to 180 mg of caffeine it contains will help ward off drowsiness and perk you up. In the process it will pump up your blood pressure, [...]

We’ve forgotten the value of sadness. We don’t pause for it anymore. When we come across someone who is sad, we try to distract them, or worse, we tell them to cheer up and get on with it. We do this as much for our own comfort as for theirs. But we are misguided. Sadness [...]

Heart attacks are the great thieves of men’s health. Not only can they creep tip and rob a man of his physical health but they can also steal his confidence and psychological wellbeing. Because they strike directly at the centre of his being, they can leave him vulnerable and insecure. After a heart attack, many [...]

There are three men in the United Kingdom who wish they’d never had their haemorrhoids treated. These men went in for a fairly standard haemorrhoid procedure and came away permanently impotent. According to the British Medical Journal, which reported their cases, all three felt immediate pain when their haemorrhoids were injected. Within a few hours [...]

There is a small pleasure in store for partners of the average homegrown male. As he ages, he will probably become a quieter bedmate. While fit young men don’t snore much, by the time they have broadened out and hit their forties, they are often extremely noisy sleepers. Between the ages of 40 and 60 [...]

Doctors may refer to a stroke as a cerebrovascular accident. Strokes are due to a blockage or haemorrhage in a brain artery. They are caused, chiefly, by arteriosclerosis and hypertension. The best way to prevent strokes is to prevent these diseases. Are strokes always fatal? No. And many severe strokes clear up completely without any [...]

Whooping-cough starts like an ordinary cold, with a runny nose and perhaps a little dry cough. Sometimes hours, days, or even weeks go by and nothing further seems to happen. But then the child feels chilled; he begins to vomit; his temperature rises; and the coughing spells become longer. Soon he is coughing a great [...]

This is a device worn by the woman to prevent sperm cells from entering the uterus and to prevent the fertilized egg cells from being embedded in the uterine wall. The type that covers the cervix, or mouth of the uterus, is called a diaphragm. I consider the diaphragm the best mechanical method that women [...]

Immunization will protect you from developing certain diseases even after the germs have gained a foothold in your body. For example, tetanus germs can be conquered by injections given between the time they start to grow and the time they cause the symptoms of illness to appear. Never delay getting treatment if you have any [...]

If you place your left hand over the lowermost ribs on the right side of your chest, it will cover the liver, which is the largest internal organ in the body. It has a multiplicity of functions that are concerned with the processes of digestion, nutrition, and the development of red blood cells. It produces [...]