The news of Michael Jackson's death rocked the world on June 25, 2009. Since his death all of the major television networks have aired special tributes highlighting his musical legacy. Those tributes are fitting for the man who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice and whose 1982...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
There are a number of diseases, infections, viruses, and medical conditions that come with some surprising - if occasionally dubious - side benefits.
The human liver is a vital and necessary organ for survival. The liver is responsible for a variety of far ranging functions including: metabolism, protein synthesis, biochemical production, hormone production, glycogen storage, digestion, and detoxification. The liver produces bile from a...
During the early times particularly during the time when people practicing a different way of healing apart from what the church prescribe, is labeled as a witch doctor. A witch doctor is the only person in the villages that is capable of performing healing rites and ceremonies and use herbal...
The world is out to get you. That's how I ended up feeling after compiling this list of horrifying, permanently scarring, eternally terrifying rare diseases. Genetic, infectious, parasitic and everything in-between, these 15 diseases scar their victims for life and scar us mentally having looked...
Reiki energy is an Eastern concept that refers to a nonphysical form that has healing properties. Reiki practitioners place particular emphasis on subcomponents such as the life force and a Higher Intelligence that guides this energy. For some people, reiki energy is akin to what is called the...
Look, everyone hates their job. Everyone hates their boss. Everyone hates how it crushes their dreams, and destroys what little creativity they ever had. But things could be worse. How much worse? These 16 jobs throughout history are horrible, disgusting, tedious and foul. They'll have you kissing...
Most people believe that Voodoo is black magic, specifically the kind that involves sticking pins into wax dolls. However, this is a very narrow view of one of the world’s oldest religions and is tantamount to saying that Christianity is nothing more than Easter eggs and Christmas carols. Voodoo...
Herbal medicine is traditional medicinal practices that could very well be the oldest form of healing. It focuses on the use of plants and plant extracts to cure illnesses as well as to prevent them. Today, herbal medicine is still widely practiced all over the world. Other terms for herbal...
