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What would you say to your younger, Early Career Researcher self? Advice from Hindawi Editors on how to go about writing your first manuscript.
We asked Hindawi Editors to share their advice and top tips when writing up a paper for the first time. Here’s what they said:
When you are done, your paper should say what you mean and not what you know how to say
“I am a native English speaker, and I have been writing for a long time. It is still hard work. It takes almost as much time to write a good paper as it does to do the experiments, so always allow enough time. Then after you write the first draft, rewrite it ten more times. This is not a joke. When you are done, your paper should say what you mean and not what you know how to say.
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Some complementary therapies may help manage asthma symptoms (and the stressors that can make symptoms worse). But experts say never substitute alternative therapies for medications and treatments prescribed by your doctor.
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If you have asthma, odds are you’ve come across products marketed as “natural remedies,” “complementary therapies,” or “alternative treatments” for asthma symptoms.
According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), complementary therapies involve using nontraditional practices in combination with traditional medicine, whereas alternative treatments are used instead of traditional medicine. “Natural remedies” can fall into one or both these categories.
As of 2012, more than 30 percent of American adults turned to complementary therapies or alternative medicine, per the NCCIH. So, clearly, they’re popular but when it comes to asthma, are they safe to use?
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It’s the snack of choice for one of Australia’s most well-loved marsupials, but did you know that eucalyptus leaves also boast an impressive range of benefits for humans, too? Those blue-green leaves pack an impressive punch in the health department, as they contain compounds that can help with everything from easing colds and congestion, to boosting immunity, combatting skin problems and even dental hygiene. Just don’t eat eucalyptus leaves whole (unless you’re a koala).
What is eucalyptus?
Native to Australia although a few species can be found in warm regions the world over, the eucalyptus can vary in form from a small shrub to a towering evergreen tree, depending on the species. Its leaves can be small and round or long and flowing, but are characterised by a blue-green hue, as well as a distinctive smell, which is often described as mint and pine, sometimes with a hint of citrus.
Home remedies from around the world
Home remedies from around the world
We asked Reader s Digest editors all over the world for their favourite health remedies and these 13 folk treatments are proven to work
Many of us fall back on home treatments for ailments, whether they’re proven to be effective or not. We asked editors at some of our Reader’s Digest (RD) editions around the world to share those that work for them and then we checked out which ones are backed by research. Here are our favourites.
Benefit: Fights Infection
French folklore has it that during the 17th-century plague, a gang of four thieves would rob corpses, yet never catch the plague themselves. Supposedly, anointing their bodies with a concoction of vinegar and herbs protected them.
Intellectuals have failed Africa
Summary
African intellectuals (academics, experts and professionals) are always quick to dismiss centuries of local (traditional) knowledge as primitive.
And they have never made any attempts to advance the traditional knowledge to fit into the modern society. Yet in every society in Africa, traditional knowledge is still being applied.
In short, the intellects have failed the continent.
Since time immemorial, research has shown that Africans developed knowledge in medicine that they used in complex interventions such as neurosurgery. But with the adoption of Western education, African knowledge in medicine has taken a back seat and, in most cases, ridiculed.