Public Health

How My New Favorite Game Can Prevent Alzheimer's And Save The World

Last week I was introduced to an intriguing little brain game that could very well prevent Alzheimer's disease, with the nice side effect of helping to save the world.  The game was demonstrated no less than three times by a commenter on a previous ar ...

Article - Robert Cooper - Feb 8 2012 - 12:58am

Can we take Ocimum sanctum in medicine? Can dudi make women fertile?

Some time I get queries from the readers of Science2.0 blogs and I feel encouraged that my blogs are read across the world. Some time people ask for advice also for their thesis work or literature etc. Through this I wish to answer in general only and spec ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 7 2012 - 10:33am

Treatment for cough cold and asthama? Try and tell.

If you have developed  cough and cold  and asthamatic symptoms due to excessive exposure to differing temperatures and from dust allergies. If you have tried  allopathic medicines and they have helped  you  cure some part of it but some part of it  still c ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Feb 8 2012 - 12:12pm

An Argument For GMOs- Herbicides Are Poison, French Judge Rules

A French court on Monday said a French farmer suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Lasso weedkiller in 2004. Well, inhaling pesticides and herbicides is bad.  They are poison, even if a French court ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 13 2012 - 10:31pm

Don't Throw Away Your Kids' Pillows Just Yet

While perusing the news last night, I was horrified to come across a set of articles telling me that less sleep is better for academic performance.  If that’s the case, I should be in tip-top mental shape right now, because the reporting on that study was ...

Article - Robert Cooper - Feb 22 2012 - 2:54pm

Lack Of Sleep Implicated In Student Performance

Lack of sleep among primary school children is having a devastating effect in schools with nine out of 10 teachers (92%) complaining that pupils are so tired they are unable to pay attention in class. More than a third (38%) said lack of sleep among young ...

Article - Newswire - Feb 29 2012 - 11:13am

ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON MEDICINAL PLANT: CHITRAK

Santosh Sharma and Ashwani Kumar, Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004- India [msku31@yahoo.com] Introduction Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica L.- Plumbaginaceae) has traditionally been used by rural and tribal people in traditional sys ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 12 2012 - 9:03am

Principles of Ayurveda

There are two principle objectives of Ayurveda. One of them is the protection, preservation and promotion of health in a healthy person and the other is the prevention and treatment of disease in the patient (Shivsharma, 1929). Thus Ayurveda provides the k ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 12 2012 - 4:38pm

Mimosaceae family is rich in medicinal plants

Family Mimosaceae has 56 genera and 2800 species which are found in tropical and subtropical region. The mimosaceae plants are climber (Acacia caesia), tree (Acacia catechu), Shrub (Acacia farnesiana), deciduous tree (A. leucophalia), tree (babul), climbe ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 12 2012 - 5:25pm

Traditional medicines have deep roots in culture: Cultural heritage helps in conservation of plants also.

There are over 400 different tribal and other ethnic groups in India. The tribals constitute about 7.5 per cent of Indian population (Gupta, 1970). Apart from the tribal groups, many other forest dwellers and rural people also possess unique knowledge abou ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 19 2012 - 12:07pm