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About 450 million people live with mental illness worldwide. Take a minute wherever you are and look around. Be it in an office, walking in the supermarket or even on the train. Of every four people you see, one will suffer a mental illness in their lifetime. These figures make mental illness among the top causes of ill health globally. According to WHO, depressive disorders rank fourth in the global disease burden and are expected...

Pain, like it or not, is a reality of life. Every so often your body will use it to signal to you that something is wrong. Most times, the go-to method of relieving pain is taking a pain reliever, which is likely to be a non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Globally, NSAIDs are the most commonly used medications globally, used by 30 million people daily. While it was previously thought that the effects come from long...

The ketogenic diet is a good way of losing weight, treat diseases such as diabetes, epilepsy, balance your hormones and improve mental cognition. Deciding to go the keto way is a significant step in changing your life for the better. The difficult part is not starting the keto diet but rather getting into ketosis. When your body begins to burn fats, you are finally in keto. However, getting into Konscious Keto can be a long...

Tree nut allergies rank among the eight most common food allergies. Ninety-percent of those with tree nut allergies will remain allergic for the rest of their lives. We are going to explore whether or not immunotherapy is effective in treating tree nut sensitivity. What are Tree Nuts As the name implies tree nuts grow on trees or shrubs. One source lists 14 different types of tree nuts. Better known tree nuts include almonds, Brazil nuts,...

It’s a common cliche in boxing movies. Two heavyweight bruisers go at it toe-to-toe and in the 10th round, one lands a punch that rocks the hero to kingdom come. Somehow our hero survives the round and in his corner, he informs his trainer that the other boxer has broken his nose. “How does it look,” asks the boxer. And the trainer snaps back, “it’s an improvement.” And while accepted in the movies, a deformed....