You have two kidneys. They are shaped like beans with concave and convex sides and are about the size of a fist. They are located at the bottom of the rib cage, one to the left and one to the right of your spine.
Functions of kidneys
Your kidneys are multi-functional. But their main job is to get rid of waste. They remove the waste products that arises when you digest food and drink, as well as excess organic molecules (such as glucose).
The mind and the body are inseparable. And you do want to engage the whole employee in your worksite wellness program, right?
A restaurant, mall, playground, office, you name the location and you are sure to see multiple people checking their phones for calls, texts, emails, and social media updates. Could it be that they all suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), stress, anxiety, antisocial behavior or some other form of mental illness?
Most Americans and Europeans have easy 24×7 access to clean water and can drink as muchand whenever they feel like. But for 750 million people around the world, purified/clean water is a luxury. Women and young girls in low-income countries walk about 3.7 miles each day to collect water – a total of 40 billion hours a year. Every year poor children miss nearly 440 million school days because of water scarcity. That’s why Matt Damon and Gary White co-founded Water.org, a nonprofit dedicated to providing clean water to impoverished families and individuals living in Africa and Asia. Continue reading
One of my friends sadly suffers from schizophrenia. It developed during his late teens, and unfortunately he was in a household with parents who struggled with their alcoholism and so weren’t as supportive as they could have been. Continue reading