The human body is a marvelous and complicated machine but there are some basics that everyone should know, such as where your lungs are, your kidneys, and so on. But, according to a study published recently in the online version of BMC Family Practice , “Many patients and general public do not know the location of key body organs, even those in which their medical problem is located, which could have important consequences for doctor-patient communication.”
Researchers gave questionnaires to 722 people, many of whom were patients, but 133 were from the general population. Believe it or not, while most …read more

I lost my father to congestive heart failure, when he was 85. After his first heart attack we were told that we would only have him for 3 more months at most, this was when he was 60 years old.
When my father came home from the hospital he changed his life style and diet to include more fruits and vegetables very little fat if any and more exercise. Along with all of this he cut his alcohol consumption. Needless to say he lived 25 years longer than expected.
When the heart cannot pump enough blood to the other organs, it is …read more