Like all coetaneous surfaces, the nail can easily become infected.
Psoriasis causes puncture-like depressions in the nail that resemble the pockmarks of a thimble; psoriasis can affect adults as well as children.
Lichen is a benign affliction, the cause of which is not entirely clear. It can develop in the form of longitudinal craters on the nail, [...]

Did you know that well before the “nectar of golden bubbles” had become the most noble and festive of beverages, it was officially considered medicine?
For centuries, champagne was the best digestive aid and also an efficient restorative, and the ideal remedy to brighten up dark moods. Our ancestors considered it as a powerful antiseptic and [...]

One finds glutamate everywhere: in salt, pepper, oil, conserved vegetables, fish, hamburgers, Coca-cola, carbonated drinks, soy sauce, dishes of Asian cuisine…It is an inexpensive additive which increases the tastiness of the food. This product, which resembles salt, is added to industrial baking recipes: bread, cakes, biscuit and cookies, as well as to wines, pre-prepared sauce [...]

Traditionally recommended as a treatment for heavy digestion, skin problems and other diverse inflammation problems, it has just been discovered that turmeric possesses powerful therapeutic properties. Today, it has gained the interest in the research for remedies against cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
‘The saffron of the poor’ could easily become one of the biggest medicines of [...]

Whether you be student, athlete, artist or…doctor, no one is protected from this particular form of emotionalism. Nervousness can become an anxiety attack: throat and stomach in knots, a feeling of suffocation, shivers with shaking legs, sweating, heart beating quickly and loudly, red face with scarlet ears, nausea and vomiting (this was the case with [...]