Contributing Writers
Michel Nawfal - Psychological States During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a challenging and changing experience for any woman. It is a sensitive time of growth for both herself as a mother-to-be and her baby. Even though all pregnancies share general similarities, each pregnancy is unique. Special shifts in the body, hormones, expectations, and attitude...
Maya Nahoul - Best Homemade Tan
Do you feel you need a tan? We all need that warming, energizing, mood lifting effect of the sun.. We can barely wait to get out of our clothes and let the sun do its magic on our skin. The sun possesses measurable health benefits, as it enhances the body’s absorption of calcium and stimulates...
Hanna Saadeh - Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a common and mysterious disorder that causes body to ache; affecting twice as many women as men. The mysterious body aches, which can vary in their severity and location, are aggravated by the slightest touch or pressure and are relieved either by rest or heat. Besides body aches,...
Antoine Boutros - Fractal Mathematics (3)
Traditional mathematics is unable to answer many simple questions such as the future of the speed and motion of a child’s swing. What is, for instance, the average speed at which the swing will move and how many times per hour will it rise at least one meter from the ground? The computer, on the...
Maya Nahoul - Baby Soft Skin, Cellulite Free-Maya Nahhoul
Soon it is summer time, we will start trying on our summer clothes and surprise, all we see is our legs, thighs, buttocks and CELLULITE!
Hanna Saadeh - Acute Diarrhea
Acute infectious diarrhea, with and without vomiting, affects millions or adults and children each year and is responsible for a high number of deaths, especially in children and in the elderly. In the USA alone, 179 million cases of acute diarrhea occur annually. 83% of the deaths caused by...
Antoine Boutros - Fractal Mathematics (2)
This logic is the analytical geometry which was conceptualized by the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes in the nineteenth century.
Hanna Saadeh - Antibiotic Colitis
Over the past one hundred years, certain diseases have emerged because of increasing antibiotic use and abuse. Historical examples abound and include the penicillin-resistant-staphylococci, which emerged after penicillin became widely available. Another consequence of the rising antibiotic use and...
Hanna Saadeh - Cervical Cancer Screening (The Old Pap Smear & The New HPV Test)
Cervical cancer is the third leading female cancer, killing 275,000 women annually. The annual cost of the 50 million screening tests done in the US is about $6 billion. The traditional Pap smear, which has its limitations, is no longer the screening test of choice for women over the age of 29....
Said Chaaya - The 1908 Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire
Of the Ottoman elites who graced the 19th century with their knowledge and literature, we recall Shaker Beik El-Khoury, who was not only a physician, but a man who enriched the Arab intellectual library with numerous books reputed for their blistering criticism and descriptions, especially...
