Marvin Minsky on health and the human mind

Effects of Stress on the Body Not everyone has the same symptoms of stress and thus the effects of stress on your body can vary in each person. However, no matter what type of stress you have, your body is affected mentally, emotionally and physically. But remember that no one is free from stress, there can be short term stress and long term stress, each have a different effect on the body. Tobacco Body See how tobacco changes people. Take a tour around and in the body by pressing the plus and minus symbols. Move the scroll button in the middle of the page to compare the differences between smokers and non-smokers.

Stress: Constant stress puts your health at risk Chronic stress puts your health at risk Chronic stress can wreak havoc on your mind and body. Take steps to control your stress. By Mayo Clinic Staff Your body is hard-wired to react to stress in ways meant to protect you against threats from predators and other aggressors. Such threats are rare today, but that doesn't mean that life is free of stress. Stress - The Body's Response Description An in-depth report on the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of stress. Highlights Nearly everyone experiences stress at some time. Stress produces changes in many body systems; examples include increased heart rate and blood pressure and altered immune function. Some amount of stress is healthy, but excessive stress, left untreated, can lead to anxiety and illness.In the American Psychological Association's Stress in America Survey, major causes of stress listed included work, money, and the economy.

How to Stop Worrying: Self-Help for Anxiety Relief Why is it so hard to stop worrying? Constant worrying takes a heavy toll. It keeps you up at night and makes you tense and edgy during the day. You hate feeling like a nervous wreck. So why is it so difficult to stop worrying? For most chronic worriers, the anxious thoughts are fueled by the beliefs—both negative and positive—they hold about worrying.

20 Stunning Photos Of Natural Beauty That Your Human Eyes Could Never See The winning photos of Nikon's annual Small World Photomicrography Competition prove that there is really more than meets the human eye. The 20 winning photographers this year are masters of photomicrography, or photos taken through a microscope. Each photo is an example of the wondrous beauty and detail that can be found in the most unexpected things, like plankton and embryos. The first place winner, Wim van Egmond, explains how he takes photos: "I approach micrographs as if they are portraits. The same way you look at a person and try to capture their personality, I observe an organism and try to capture it as honestly and realistically as possible." How to Stop Worrying Undoing the Worrying Habit Once acquired, the habit of worrying seems hard to stop. We're raised to worry and aren't considered "grown up" until we perfect the art. Teenagers are told: "you'd better start worrying about your future".

Understanding Stress: Symptoms, Signs, Causes, and Effects What is stress? The Body’s Stress Response When you perceive a threat, your nervous system responds by releasing a flood of stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones rouse the body for emergency action. Your heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, blood pressure rises, breath quickens, and your senses become sharper. physical Effects of Stress - general Psychology Constipation, diarrhea and high blood pressure are some of the physical effects of stress. To know more about physical and psychological effects of stress, read on... Stress is defined as the body's response to overdose of anxiety. Anxious thoughts that cross our mind before attending a job interview or giving an important examination, gives rise to stress. Studies show that during a stressful event, the body releases stress hormones, which can trigger a wide range of health problems, that are commonly referred as physical effects of stress. Physical Effects of Stress

Electromagnetic Radiation – The Dark side of Technology In our daily lives we are constantly exposed to powerful electromagnetic fields or EMF emitted from cell phone towers, wi-fi hubs, high voltage wires, common devices like televisions, microwave ovens and almost all electronic appliances. These EMFs have shown to disturb the human body’s natural energetic field, so you will experience the effects of it on a biological level in the body. In simple terms, electromagnetic fields are invisible waves that emanate from any electrical or wireless device. Its a kind of radiofrequency EMFs (RF-EMFs) by which all wireless technology operates. Since the field possesses magnetic and electrical properties, it also interacts with charged objects within the field (The human body possesses a positive field). A Thermographic image of the effect of using a cell phone for 15 minutes.

3. The effect of malnutrition on human development Contents - Previous - Next Introduction: Chronic malnutrition A poor village: Its reality and problems The longitudinal intervention study: Design and implementation The first eight months of life The "valley of death" between 8 and 20 months The preschool survivor and the nutritional crisis at school entrance The teenager who was malnourished as a child Comments: Nutrition in the life cycle and social development References Notes A 24-year Study of Well-Nourished and Malnourished Children Living in a Poor Mexican VillageAdolfo Chávez, Celia Martínez, and Beatriz Soberanes1 Introduction: Chronic malnutrition It was recognized in the 1950s that the severe forms of protein-energy malnutrition, kwashiorkor and marasmus, were associated with marked cognitive effects (Scrimshaw et al., 1968) although the lasting effects on survivors were unknown.

World Clock - Stats POODWADDLE WORLD CLOCKThe World Stats Counter (V 7.0) This minute 250 babies will be born, 100 people will die, 20 violent crimes will be reported, and the US debt will climb $1 million. The World Clock tells more than time. It shows a live picture of our changing world. Iron deficiency and behavior The literature bearing on the behavioral correlates of sideropenia in animals and man is reviewed. There is evidence to support the contention that sideropenia, per se, is causally related to the subjective complaints of the iron-deficient and/or anemic individual. And, although important biochemical pathways involving electron transport, catecholamine catabolism, and porphyrin synthesis have been shown to be deranged in iron-deficient animals and human beings, the role of these alterations in any putative behavioral aberration is conjectural at present.

A stunning map of depression rates around the world Redder countries have higher depression rates. Bluer countries have lower depression rates. (Max Fisher/The Washington Post) The Middle East and North Africa suffer the world’s highest depression rates, according to a new study by researchers at Australia’s University of Queensland -- and it’s costing people in the region years off their lives. The study, published this week in the journal PLOS Medicine, used data on the prevalence, incidence and duration of depression to determine the social and public health burden of the disorder around the world. Globally, they found, depression is the second-leading cause of disability, with slightly more than 4 percent of the world's population diagnosed with it.