Diabetes is a chronic condition in which there is too much sugar (glucose) in the blood. Keeping the sugar level normal in the blood needs the right amount of a hormone called insulin. Insulin gets the sugar out of the blood and into the body’s muscles where it is used to provide energy for the [...]

Initially, positive results from the behaviour modification approach proved as short lived as other methods of weight control. Although these techniques have value in themselves as part of a wider complex of behavioural interventions, in practice of course, not all behaviours are so simple. In a review of the research on behavioural interventions for weight [...]

In the traditional teaching of energy balance, it has been assumed that, in humans, there is a relatively free conversion of non-fat calories to fat calories for storage. This is no longer so; now fat nutrients are thought to be more fattening than nutrients gained from either carbohydrate or protein. The reasons that fat was [...]

Bronchiolitis is a serious condition occurring in infants under the age of two years, most often during cold winter months. The bronchioles, the tubes into which the larger air-containing bronchi divide, become inflamed and infected, and allergies may play a part. It often recurs, and it is often confused with asthma. It may be caused [...]

Discovering and playing with the genitals is universal in infancy and childhood. Baby hands are happy to explore anything and everything within their grasp. Crevices and appendages are no exception, and they will self-examine and self-explore—this is all part of the normal growing up period. There may be some satisfying sensation in fiddling, but there [...]