1 Scientists are not yet certain what changes occur in the body during massage, whether they influence health, and, if so, how. 2  The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is sponsoring studies to answer these questions and identify the purposes for which massage may be most helpful.
Surprisingly, Portugal's tallest mountain peaks aren't found on the mainland, but nearly 900 miles offshore on the Azores Islands. Mount PIco towers 7,713 feet above the sea on Pico Island.
Mount Scenery. Mount Scenery is a potentially active volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands. Its lava dome forms the summit of the Saba island stratovolcano. At an elevation of 887 m (2,910 ft), it is the highest point in both the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and, since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, the highest point in the Netherlands proper.