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This is one of the things that most people would have experienced during their student life. The default option for food in the morning before a maths exam is vendakkai. The reason is….”vendakkai saapta maths Nalla varum”. For those who can’t understand this, it is a popular saying that if we eat a lady’s finger we can do better in mathematics. Lady’s finger also known as okra is one of the vegetables that were an essential part in every child’s plate. This vegetable would have been cooked at least 2-3 times per week and the count might increase when the exams are approaching. Does a lady’s finger really help in doing better in mathematics?? This must have been running through a lot of minds especially for those who had a hatred for the gooey vegetable. For this, it is essential to know about the benefits of lady’s fingers. The lady’s finger is known as Abelmoschus esculentus . This plant is known for its succulent and edible green seed pod. The pod of the plant is mucilaginous...

  NEBULIZER Nebuliser is an important piece of biomedical equipment that looks tiny, compact, and adorable but has the potential to save a lot of lives. This device comes in handy for people who have respiratory problems like difficulty in breathing etc. This article is about some important facts regarding this fascinating piece of novelty. Children of small ages (say 1-3) do not have properly developed digestive systems. Hence the parents will grind the food and feed it to them so that they can ingest it properly. So this grinding is done for those who cannot ingest food normally. Similarly, the nebulizer helps those who cannot take medicines normally. WHAT IS AN NEBULISER?           There are several ways to deliver medicine to the lungs such as inhalers. Nebulizers are another type of drug delivery device that turns the medicine into a fine mist that is breathed in. nebulizers are used to treat a variety of lung problems, such as wheezing and chest tight...

  OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR   The entire world is currently dwindling due to the COVID pandemic. The second wave of COVID hit hard in India where a lot of patients needed external oxygen for their survival. As a result, there was a deprivation of oxygen concentrators in many hospitals all over the nation. Also, other nations had started to donate/export the oxygen concentrators to India. A lot of fuzz has occurred in this pandemic related to oxygen concentrators. So, it would be essential to know some trivial facts about this life-saving piece of medical equipment. WHAT IS AN OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR? An oxygen concentrator is a device that concentrates the oxygen from a gas supply by selectively removing nitrogen to supply an oxygen-enriched product gas stream.  An oxygen concentrator provides supplemental or extra oxygen to a patient with breathing issues. The device consists of a compressor, sieve bed filter, oxygen tank, pressure value, and a nasal cannula (or an oxygen mask). L...

average reading time- 6mins Protein has always been a demand for people who want to work out to show up their muscles. Protein is one of the essential macronutrients needed for the body for its daily activities. Protein is known as the building block of life. Protein is present in each cell and organism in this world acquiring different structures, names, and functions. On the whole, it is one thing without which the body won’t sustain. So what is all this fuzz about the protein? What is a protein in the first place? The protein is a biomolecule that is basically chains of amino acids and has a complex polymeric structure. The amino acids are monomeric units that bind with each other to form proteins. There are about 20 basic amino acids which combine to form into proteins. The bond linking the amino acids so that they can become a protein is called a peptide bond. From the hair being strong to the healing that occurs in the damaged cells, the proteins are essential and are present i...

  average reading time- 7 mins In general, microbes are known to cause harm to plants, animals, and humans, and so on. In particular, bacteria have caused a lot of problems in humans like tuberculosis, anthrax, cholera, etc. but not all bacteria are pathogenic (disease-causing) in nature. The particular bacteria discussed here is friendly to humans and is completely trustable. The ruminococcus genus of bacteria falls under the class clostridia. These bacteria are round-shaped, anaerobic (do not need oxygen for survival), and are gram-positive. These bacteria are gut-friendly. More than one type of these bacteria is present in the human’s gut helping in the process of digestion. The gut of the human which primarily includes the intestines is known as the bacterial fermentation chamber. Most of these bacteria help the human and have a symbiotic relationship. The symbiotic relationship is a relationship between two organisms in which both of the organisms get benefitt...

  AVERAGE READING TIME-10 MINS source- NDTV foods It is around summer, and you have come home from an intense gym session/casual cricket match with your friends. You take a bottle of ice-cold water or any chilled beverage from the refrigerator and chug it at once. You can feel the immense amount of pleasure you get from this just by reading this. But what if I say that your body hates this even though you like it? This article brings upon the ill-effects of drinking ice water and a sustainable solution/alternative to that.   Ice water has some of its own benefits like ice water stimulates thirst enabling further consumption of water. Hence ice water can keep you hydrated. Also, ice water can keep one mentally active and awake. Research says that athletes who consume cold water are able to exercise or perform longer. However, the benefits of ice water are countable and limited. On the other hand, there are many ill-effects of consuming ice water. Consumption of ice water ...