WHY DRINKING WATER IS IMPORTANT

1.Drinking Water Helps Maintain the Balance of Body Fluids. Your body is composed of about 60% water. The functions of these bodily fluids include digestion, absorption, circulation, creation of saliva, transportation of nutrients, and maintenance of body temperature.

Through the posterior pituitary gland, your brain communicates with your kidneys and tells it how much water to excrete as urine or hold onto for reserves.

When you're low on fluids, the brain triggers the body's thirst mechanism. And unless you are taking medications that make you thirsty, you should listen to those cues and get yourself a drink of water.

WHY BREAKFAST IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOUR HEALTH

"Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Dine like a Pauper"

It's a well known phrase, but do you follow it?

HOW TO HELP A BURN VICTIM

First of all, let's talk about the things you shouldn't do in the case of a burn: 

• Do not apply ointment, butter, ice, medications, fluffy cotton, adhesive bandages, cream or oil spray. These can interfere with the healing process.
• Do not allow the burn to become contaminated. Avoid coughing or breathing on the burn.
• Do not touch or peel blistered and dead skin.
• Do not give the victim anything to ingest if he/she has a severe burn.

BELLY / ABDOMINAL FAT - THE DANGERS

Belly fat is nothing to joke about.



"A big waistline puts you at increased risk for many health problems -- diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke,".

Even skinny people can have unhealthy "hidden" belly fat.

STRANGE CULTURE - TORAJA PEOPLE OF SOUTH INDONESIA

The Tana Toraja is a regency of South Sulawesi in Indonesia, a picturesque mountainous region that is home to an indigenous group known as the Torajans. For the Toraja people, life very much revolves around death, but not in a morbid sense. For them, a funeral is a great celebration of life, much like a going-away party, and is an occasion in which the entire family of the deceased, and all the members the village take part. 

WOMAN WITH THE GIANT LEG - MANDY SELLARS

    

Mandy Sellars is a woman with a rare genetic mutation that has resulted in extraordinary growth in both of her legs.

In 2006, some doctors diagnosed Sellars as having Proteus syndrome , a very rare condition thought to afflict only 120 people worldwide,but more recent diagnoses have focused on a PIK3CA gene mutation. Some reports still describe her affliction as a rare form of Proteus Syndrome.

CERVICAL EROSION

THE CERVIX is a cylinder-shaped neck of tissue that connects the vagina and uterus. The cervix is made of cartilage covered by smooth, moist tissue, and is about 1 inch across. There are two main portions of the cervix:

• The part of the cervix that can be seen from inside the vagina during a gynecologic examination is known as the ectocervix. An opening in the center of the ectocervix, known as the external os, opens to allow passage between the uterus and vagina.
• The endocervix, or endocervical canal, is a tunnel through the cervix, from the external os into the uterus. 

NOSE PLUGS - APATANI WOMEN

The Apatani, also known as the Tanni, are a tribal group of approximately 26,000, based in in Ziro, in the Apatani Plateau of Arunachal Pradesh, in India. Nowadays the plugs are mostly worn by the elderly women, but there was a time when all the women in the tribe we required to wear the bizarre accessories. 

HARLEQUIN ICHTHYOSIS

HARLEQUIN ICHTHYOSIS a skin disease, is the most severe form of congenital ichthyosis, characterized by a thickening of the keratin layer in fetal human skin.In sufferers of the disease the skin contains massive, diamond-shaped scales, and tends to have a reddish color. In addition, the eyes,ears,penis and the appendages may be abnormally contracted. The scaly keratin greatly limits the child's movement. Because of resultant cracked skin in locations where normal skin would fold, it is easily pregnable by bacteria and other contaminants, resulting in serious risk of fatal infection.

FIBRODYSPLASIA OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA -STONE MAN SYNDROME

 Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by progressive fibrosing and ossification of muscles, tendons, fascia, aponeurosis and ligaments of multiple sites that is disabling and ultimately fatal. The process of heterotopic ossification starts between 2 and 5 years old.

MADURA FOOT- MYCETOMA

Mycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by actinomycetes or fungi. This infection results in a granulomatous inflammatory response in the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue, which can extend to the underlying bone.

STRANGE CULTURES - NECK RINGS

The Kayan are a subgroup of the Red Karen (Karenni) people, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic minority of Burma (Myanmar).Women of the Kayan tribes identify themselves by their forms of dress. Women of the Kayan Lahwi tribe are well known for wearing neck rings, brass coils that are placed around the neck, appearing to lengthen it. The women wearing these coils are known as "giraffe women" to tourists.

CROUZON SYNDROME

Petero Byakatonda lives in a remote village in Uganda. Born with an extremely rare disorder, his skull is being forced into a cone shape, squashing his brain and destroying his eyesight. 

THE LIP PLATE- EXTREME TRIBAL TRADITION

The lip plate, also known as a lip plug or lip disc, is a form of body modification. Increasingly large discs (usually circular, and made from clay or wood) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or both, thereby stretching  it. The term labret denotes all kinds of pierced-lip ornaments, including plates and plugs.Today, the custom is maintained by a few groups in Africa and Amazonia.

THINK YOU ARE TALL- CHECK OUT THIS VERY TALL WOMEN

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FULLY DEVELOPED FOOT FOUND IN A BABY'S BRAIN

At 41 weeks into Sam Esquibel's pregnancy, an ultrasound showed fluid in Sam's brain, and an emergency cesarean section was scheduled. The infant appeared healthy,but was given an MRI exam to be sure. 

NECROTIZING FASCIITIS

S. pyogenes bacteria @ 900x magnification.

ONE OF THE CAUSES OF NECROTIZING FASCIITIS

WARNING: THE IMAGES BELOW ARE GRAPHIC

THINNEST WOMAN IN WORLD

Valeria Levitin is 5ft 8in and weighs just 4 st 3 lbs (25.4kg) - less than half of what she should weigh at the very lightest - after years of extreme dieting.

METHEMOGLOBINEMIA- BLUE SKINNED PEOPLE

Methemoglobinemia is a disorder that describes blood with an abnormally high concentration of methemoglobin— a bluish-brown hemoglobin that carries iron in the ferric state. This leads to reduced oxygen levels throughout the body, because red blood cells lose their ability to release oxygen to tissues. 

THE WOMAN WHO CANNOT GAIN WEIGHT

Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Velásquez  is an American woman with zero body fat due to an extremely rare medical condition.Velásquez has a condition that is so rare that only two other people are known to have it.

THE CHICKEN THAT LIVED FOR 18 MONTHS WITHOUT A HEAD (NOT A HOAX)

Mike the Headless Chicken (April 1945 – March 1947), also known as Miracle Mike, was a Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off. Although the story was thought by many to be a hoax, the bird's owner took him to the University of Utah in Salt Lake city to establish the facts of the story.

PRELAMINATION - GROWING TISSUES FOR TRANSPLANT

Doctors at Johns Hopkins have successfully grown an ear on a woman's arm.

Sherrie Walters', 42, ear was grown on her arm to replace one removed after developing basal cell carcinoma in 2008.

PARASITIC TWIN

A parasitic twin (also known as an asymmetrical or unequal conjoined twin) is the result of the processes that also produce vanishing twins and conjoined twins, and may represent a continuum between the two.

CRAZY XRAYS 3

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Simon Hooper, wanted a £1,750 ring for his girlfriend so he went to a jewellers and ate one. He was caught after police ran a metal detector over his stomach. An X-ray image of the ring was produced.

MAN LIVING WITH HALF OF HIS HEAD

Carlos 'Halfy' Rodriguez, who also goes by the name Sosa, lost a large portion of his brain and skull in a crash after flying through his car's windscreen and landing head-first on the road.

HYDROCEPHALUS

Hydrocephalus is the buildup of fluid in the cavities (ventricles) deep within the brain. The excess fluid increases the size of the ventricles and puts pressure on the brain.Cerebrospinal fluid normally flows through the ventricles and bathes the brain and spinal column.

TRICHOPHAGIA ( WHEN PEOPLE EAT HAIR)

LIVE FISH REMOVED FROM BRAZILIAN MAN'S INTESTINES. WARNING VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO BELOW

PICTURE OF A LUNGFISH

Doctors at Hospital Universitário in Londrina removed a South American lungfish from an unidentified Brazilian man’s bowels, and even that description does not do the video justice. 

There is no word yet on how exactly the fish became lodged in the patient’s rectum. Although the man undoubtedly did not find his situation that amusing, nurses overseeing the operation can be heard laughing and taking pictures with their smartphones as the 2-foot-long eel-like fish is pulled out of his body. 

THAILAND'S VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL

CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA ( BRAIN-LIKE SCALP)

CRAZY XRAYS AND MEDICAL PICTURES PART 2

1. Dante Autullo, a 32-year-old Chicago man, accidentally shot a 3.5 inch nail in his brain and didn't notice for more than 24 hours.

CRAZY XRAYS AND MEDICAL PICTURES

1. PRUNING SHEARS IN A EYE SOCKET DOWN TO THE NECK OF AN 86 YEAR OLD MAN

MYIASIS (MAGGOT INFESTATION)

WARNING: You may find the images below disturbing.

MACRODACTYLY ( LOCAL GIGANTISM)

SERIOUSLY STRANGE LOOKING SPECIES

1. HATCHET FISH

BIZARRE MUSCULATURE!

STRANGE MEDICAL CONDITIONS 2 (You may find the images below disturbing)

WARNING: You may find the images below disturbing.

It may look just like this initially.

WEDDINGS THAT ARE BEYOND THE NORM

1. THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED HER DEAD FIANCE IN A MORGUE

SEEMS ALOPECIA IS NOT LIMITED TO HUMANS ALONE!

1. RABBIT


CUTE?! LOOKS LIKE THE TURTLE NINJA'S MASTER!

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CONGRESS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

WHERE THE DESERT MEETS THE OCEAN

      DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL SIGHT IS LOCATED IN AFRICA?

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SUN MAKES SOME PEOPLE SNEEZE?

DERINKUYU THE UNDERGROUND MEGACITY

In 1963, a man in the Nevsehir Province of Turkey knocked down a wall of his home. Behind it, he discovered a mysterious room. The man continued digging and soon discovered an intricate tunnel system with additional cave-like rooms. What he discovered was the ancient Derinkuyu underground city, part of the Cappadocia region in central Anatolia, Turkey.

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS

TURNING POOR QUALITY EGGS INTO HEALTHY ONES

Poor quality eggs are one of the reasons that some women struggle to get pregnant. But researchers at Stanford University developed a technique that helps women with ovarian insufficiency to produce healthy, mature eggs again. The process, called in vitro activation, involves removing an ovary or piece of ovarian tissue and treating it in a lab with proteins and other factors that help the immature follicles it contains to develop into eggs. The recharged tissue is then re-implanted near the fallopian tubes. So far, of the 27 women who volunteered to test the technique, five produced viable eggs, one woman is pregnant and another gave birth to a healthy baby.

NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES!!

BLIND FISH Bangana musaei



Subterranean blind fish, from the carp family of fish, measures 7.7cm