Too little sodium ๐งin the blood can cause all sorts of problems from cramp to death. We generally associate too much salt with high blood pressure๐ฉบ but too little can be just as dangerousโ ๏ธ It allows water to enter the brain cells๐ฆโก๏ธ๐ง which makes them swell. This can cause headaches, confusion and (sometimes) deathโ ๏ธ Marathon […]
I never forget when I was 8 years old my budgie (George) fell off his perch๐ฆโ ๏ธ The death of Snowy, Spot or Fluffy is always a traumatic time in a childโs life๐ญ Do pets help teach children about death โ or does it just increase fear and worry about what will happen to Grandma or
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Pope Gregory the Great (590AD) denounced leprosy as a punishment for sinful behaviour. Actually it is caused by a bacteria, and spread by inhaling droplets from someoneโs nose.The bacteria prevents the suffer feeling pain in their extremities โ which can become permanently damaged (or drop off) over time due to repeated injuries, infection and unnoticed
Roots that look and smell like parsnips are washing up on beaches in Cumbria. Coastguards have warned people not to touch Oenanthe crocata (or Hemlock Water Dropwort to its friends).The poison attacks the nervous system causing death and seizures in humans and animals. It was fed to elderly pre-Roman Sardinians when they became a burden,
A rare cancer that permeates the bone appearing as a moth eaten effect on x-rays is called Ewing Sarcoma. You can just about make out this moth eaten effect on this x-ray from Dr M Richardson In the UK, an average of only 6 children a year are diagnosed, including a girl from Hull who
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Anger๐คฌ car crashes๐ depression๐ and low energy๐ฅฑ are all caused by insomnia. The Ancient Greeks wrote about it and the modern Greeks devised the official medical measure (The Athens Insomnia Scale in case it comes up in a pub quiz). Insomnia causes misery for millions of people. Sleep is deeply complex and not entirely understood
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A man was attached to an electroencephalogram โ a device that records brain activity โ during a project to study epilepsy. Sadly, during the study โ published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, the man had a sudden heart attack and diedโฐ๏ธData was collected during his death โ and showed that 30 seconds either side of
Frank – the Death & Disease skeleton – is watching the jubilee parade ๐Can you find Frank? He looks like this: ๐ #bemorefrank
