H5N1 Influenza mutating to facilitate efficient person-to-person transmission. COVID would be but a mild inconvenience in comparison to a truly pandemic bird flu. SARS-COV-2 has a case fatality rate less than 2% (possibly up to 10 times less, depending on how many asymptomatic and unreported cases occurred.... (more)

I don't think so. When the hymen breaks there's a flow of blood. Some urban legends exist of guys who can deflower women without breaking the hymen. Those are most likely just fairy tales.

It's unusual to do a general checkup in the Netherlands. I only had one about ten years ago as a special service of my insurance company. The general attitude is that going to the doctor when you're healthy could lead to unnecessary treatment, which would... (more)

Yes because smoking is unhealthy, it's like a slow death.  Just use a vaporizer instead, it's much healthier. And they are not that expensive considering you never have to buy lighters, rolling papers, tobacco again. I use this one and it works great: https://amzn.to/2Kdn5h4

Spontaneous body movements , as the word denote is that which is effected without recourse to the central nervous system as coordinated by the Brain. Since it does not involve the Brain; the Brain deads are not constrained from body, especially limb movement !!This spontaneous... (more)

Well, well well.... Aside from the obvious, brushing your teeth probably more than once, i don't know any other way, however, i have got a suggestion on how to avoid the malodorous breath with garlic consumption to start with. Its a valuable trick i learnt from... (more)

The answer to this question varies from person to person and from situation to situation. If you want to standardize an answer, it would be the volume of water necessary to keep a serum sodium concentration of about 140 mEq/L. During the summer, exercise or... (more)

The effects of eating versus fasting(before doing exercise) on gene expression in adipose (fat) tissue in response to exercise are different. Gene expression in the adipose tissue differed significantly in both cases. The expression of two genes, PDK4 and HSL, increases when we fast and... (more)

The World Health Organization lists four semen quality parameters in its latest manual of 2010: concentration (ie, count, which should be a minimum of 15 million sperm cells per ml semen); progressive motility (32% minimum); vitality (58%); and morphology (4%). These are the main parameters... (more)