Health

  • How to Solve the Organ Donating Disaster

    How to Solve the Organ Donating Disaster

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Exchanging goods and services has been a staple of every functioning society, proving its effectiveness. And yet we’ve failed to implement this economic concept in the organ donor market, which currently lies in a dire state. Although we buy and sell almost everything these days, the idea of selling organs for a monetary value…

  • Female Feticide: A Fatal Folly

    Female Feticide: A Fatal Folly

    When you think of low points in society, especially in the olden times and traditional practices, you stumble upon issues of gender inequality, economic instability, horrid crime rates and even times when fanny packs were an acceptable and legitimate trend. Though we have progressed in much of these realms, it’s a sad truth that…

  • I Think, Therefore I’m full

    I Think, Therefore I’m full

    What if there was an effective method of losing weight out there that required nothing from you but to simply think about the food you’re about to eat? Recent studies from Carnegie Mellon University report that mental eating, also called habituation, prior to actually eating makes you less likely to stuff your mouth. In…

  • Craving to Lose

    Craving to Lose

    Aside from the indisputable religious significance that the month of Ramadan holds, it occasionally triggers a completely unrelated excitement for some people…did somebody say diet? While some lose an inordinate amount of weight in 30 days, others aren’t as lucky. Each year I’ve watched my brother lose on average 10 pounds and not to…

  • Sniff Sniff

    Sniff Sniff

    Everyone has moments of weakness whether it is losing someone close, heartbreak, injury or simply a flood of emotions watching Leonardo Dicaprio die in Titanic. No matter the circumstance, the routine is the same. Overflowing tears, interrupted breathing, throbbing headache and…a runny nose? Why does your nose get stuffy when you cry? I’ve noticed…