Sleep is a very complex, a diverse amalgam of behavioral and physiological phenomena which are repeated cyclically with a homeostatic and a circadian regulation. During sleep, disorders can occur in the brain electrical activity and in the somatic and autonomic nervous system. For a long time sleep was considered a passive phenomenon, necessary for the proper functioning of the central nervous...read

The herpes virus, which is the same virus that causes the little blisters that appear on your lips when you are stressed, was genetically modified and used by a team of Italian researchers in” in vivo experiments” that demonstrated its effectiveness in defeating the more advanced ovary and breast tumors. The researchers followed a particular approach. The virulence of the virus has been left...read

In humans the eating behavior, provides a dual function: on one hand it helps to control energy balance and nutrition; on the other, regulates the exchange of the individual with its environment. These functions are interdependent, and integrity of each is necessary for the harmonious functioning of the person. The eating disorders depend on alteration of one, or more, of these functions....read

Beautiful days are starting, and dramatically you realize that summer is near, and it is time to take countermeasures: crazy diets, endless sessions in the gym, massages, and purchase of tons of miracle creams. The truth is that, in reality, the right time to start the “bikini test” program for the following year is the very same day you return from summer vacation. This is the theory, hard...read

Dietary habits effect our lives, for both, deficiency or for excess of nutrients, and, together with a host of other factors, play a role in the development of the chronic diseases that are more frequently seen in this era of increased longevity. The diet related risk factors can be dealt with and modified throughout life, also in advanced age, but appropriate strategies are needed to induce...read

THE HUMAN BEING IS A CULTURAL ANIMAL Suffice it to say that our genetic heritage is equal to that of chimpanzees for more than 98%. Culture, defined as the ability to accumulate information, has certainly been a huge evolutionary advantage. Our brain is designed to learn, more so than that of other animals. In particular, it seems that the expansion of the cerebral cortex has been the cause...read

There is a vague sense of frustration that you punctually feel when you resume practicing physical activity after a prolonged interruption. This feeling is proportioned to the efforts before the holidays and the duration thereof. As we all know, the body seems to relatively quickly forget what it learned with training. At the time of resumption the same commitments require more effort, not only...read

Modern studies on wine date back to 1854, year in which Prof. Mulder, of the University of Utrecht, Netherlands, published a book titled “ The chemistry of wine”, where he identified primary salts, acids and minerals that are dissolved in wine. Later, the introduction of chromatography, shifted the focus to Anthocyanins, which opened a new dimension in the study of the relationship between...read

An illness may be the mean that our conscience uses to inform us that something is wrong, to express our discomfort, or to bring to our attention things that the mind does not want to see. Illness forces us to slow our pace and, through it, we should become aware of its cause, and digest and resolve the underlying mechanism that feeds it. For this reason, the excessive use of medicines can be...read

Each stimulus whose intensity and / or duration is greater than the one to which we are accustomed represents a stress. This leads to a response of the entire body in general and of the parts involved in particular. The overall resulting effects are defined as supercompensation. The body, placed in a crisis by certain requests, adjusts developing tissues and systems, to take precautions in...read