Why aren't they hibernating?
What do aging, telomeres and torpor have in common? It may be that torpor slows the process of aging.
Aging is directly linked to telomere lengths. Telomeres, the caps on the end of …
One of the fears of aging is loss of memory and people have employed different strategies to try and sharpen memory: crossword puzzles, learning a new language, sudoku, taking ginseng – whatever to stave off …
The red, imported fire ant, (RIFA) was inadvertantly imported from South America in the 1930s and is the most painful stinging ant found in the U.S. It is located along the South Atlantic seaboard from North …
Washington University is part of group who is studying the microbes that live on and in us with their research specifically focusing on a killer of premature babies, necrotizing enterocolitis, a condition in which the …
When patients tell me they drink up to 6 cups of coffee a day, my response has been to advise them to cut back on it especially if they have any palpatations. So I was …
British scientists have discovered KLF14, a gene that appears to regulate obesity and other metabolic disorders such as high cholesterol, insulin resistance and diabetes. Although scientists knew about the existence of KLF14, they didn’t understand …
Do not suck the venom from a snake bite
I was reading through a great, little book called, “Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You’d Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini”, when …
Australia has taken a bold step to eliminate the appeal of cigarette branding and packaging by drafting a law that will require cigarettes to be sold in plain, brown packs sporting large and graphic health …
I recently posted an article, Theoretical Limits of Age, about telomeres and its role in longevity. To summarize, every time a cell multiplies, telomeres, which are the caps on the end of chromosomes that protect the …
The results of a new study showed that 1 in 10 women aged 70 and older are more frequently diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer than younger women. The reason for this is that general screening …
This time of year we’re seeing a lot of sinus infections triggered by allergies or upper respiratory, viral infections. Technically called “rhinosinusitis”, the term is a more accurate description of what actually occurs: inflammation of the …
This is a great video but it really needs to be slower – so be sure to hit the pause button in order to read the material.
As we age, our respiratory tract becomes less elastic and more rigid including the tiny air sacs where oxygen exchange occurs. In addition, our chest wall becomes a little more rigid, not expanding in the …
