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Walking out of a dark building into sunshine may trigger PSR, or the ACHOO (autosomal dominant compulsive helio-ophthalmic outbursts of sneezing) syndrome as it is also called. [6] The tendency to sneeze upon exposure to bright light is an autosomal dominant trait and affects 18–35% of the human population. [ 7 ]
A concept of food noise or food chatter has gotten more attention in the early 2020s since the advent of antiobesity indications for a class of medications called GLP1 agonists (such as semaglutide). Food noise is a mental preoccupation with food in general (as opposed to one specific food) that is largely independent from physiological hunger ...
Pupillary light reflex — a reduction of pupil size in response to light. Rectoanal inhibitory reflex - a transient relaxation of the internal anal sphincter in response to rectal distention. Rooting reflex — turning of an infant's head toward anything that strokes the cheek or mouth. Righting reflex - a proprioceptive reflex
The advice, quite simply, is to “move after meals”. And the easiest way to do this is to go for a brisk walk, according to Dr Elroy Aguiar, an assistant professor of exercise science at The ...
Like rumination syndrome, patients with gastroparesis often bring up food following the ingestion of a meal. Unlike rumination, gastroparesis causes vomiting (in contrast to regurgitation) of food, which is not being digested further, from the stomach. This vomiting occurs several hours after a meal is ingested, preceded by nausea and retching ...
The term “comfort food” first appeared in a 1966 article in the Palm Beach Post newspaper, but people were likely eating chocolate after a heartbreak long before. The word was added to the ...
The influence of menopausal symptoms on long-term Alzheimer’s risk is still being investigated, but what we do know is that, while your genetic blueprint matters, a healthy lifestyle that ...
Snakes yawn, both to realign their jaws after a meal and for respiratory reasons, as their trachea can be seen to expand when they do this. Dogs, and occasionally cats, often yawn after seeing people yawn [11] [65] and when they feel uncertain. [66] Dogs demonstrate contagious yawning when exposed to human yawning.