Just how much alcohol can a man hide? Plenty. There are men out there in suits and ties, holding down professional jobs, who have daily blood-alcohol levels that would almost kill the average person. These habituated drinkers appear to function successfully. They’re impressive in their jobs, and the casual observer wouldn’t be aware that there [...]

Stress can be good for you. Your body is designed for it, ami a bit of stress here and there is excellent for your system. If you can get stressed and recover, you’re doing well. But if you constantly feel stressed, and the stress lasts for months or years, it can be bad for you. [...]

It sounds paradoxical but if you have spent the past few years worrying about your memory, the mere fact that you arc worried could be an excellent sign. Your worries mean there is a good chance you don’t have Alzheimer’s. If you were on the slippery slope of Alzheimer’s you would be less likely to [...]

Blood in the toilet water can make any man nervous. Some men are so shocked the first time they see it that they block it out and tell no-one. They pretend it was never there, and the next time they use their bowels, they try not to look. This is the worst thing to do. [...]

Sharing a bed with a violent sleeper is no joke. Not only can violent sleepers injure themselves, but they are a menace to their partners. In the middle of the night they may unknowingly lash out at the sleeping body next to them, begin shouting uncontrollably or urinate in a pair of shoes. They can [...]

These, in themselves, are harmless changes in the tissues of the body. Their danger lies in the fact that they have a tendency to become cancerous. They include leukoplakia of the mouth and tongue, thickened white patches (not ordinary canker sores); some moles; any chronically irritated spot on the skin or the mucous membranes of [...]

Every child should be immunized early and completely against diphtheria. Diphtheria is caused by a bacillus type of germ that usually grows on the tonsils and throat and can infect the nose and larynx. The throat is sore and swollen and there may be a greyish membrane covering the tissue. This membrane may get so [...]

This consists of the man withdrawing the penis from the woman’s vagina just before the semen is ejaculated. I never recommend it because: (1) Even if it is successfully practised, it is not an adequate safeguard against conception, since sperm may leak out before the actual ejaculation takes place. (2) It is usually a cause [...]

Whether you spend your working day on a farm, or in a factory, office, or retail store, you job should bring in enough money to provide you and your family with the adequate diet and the adequate housing, with a sufficient amount left over for clothes, insurance, and other essentials, as well as for some [...]

The urinary bladder, the tubes leading to it (ureters), and the tube leading from it (urethra), together with the kidneys, form the urinary system. The two ureters carry waste products, including urea, from the kidneys to the bladder. After a sufficient quantity has collected there, it is eliminated, by urination, through the urethra. The external [...]