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 …
Turns out you can’t fool the body. A recent study released in the journal Obesity showed that fat cells return to different body areas within a year of liposuction. Scientists discovered that everytime a fat cell dies the …
This video shows an animated demonstration of an inguinal hernia repair.
Inguinal Hernia Repair
There are two types of inguinal hernias, direct and indirect. Indirect inguinal hernias are congenital and occur because of a weakness in the developing abdominal wall that causes fat or part of the small intestine …
I recently woke in the middle of the night, coughing and generally feeling cold symptoms come on. At work that next morning, a well-respected colleague told me about Elderberry extract that she has used for …
Vertebroplasty is a procedure used in the treatment of spinal compression fractures. The procedure involves an injection of acrylic, orthopedic cement into vertebrae that have been fractured. It can provide rapid pain relief because it …
The bright dots at the ends of these DNA strands are telomeres
There is a theoretical limit to how long we can live and scientists believe this is because of a structure found on the ends …
Every year I like to review the guidelines related to tick bites since Lyme disease is prevalent in my area. There are different varieties of ticks - over 865 worldwide and 80+/- in the U.S. The Ixodes (x-zod-ease) ricinus tick, …
The Burpee
This interesting question headlined an article in the NY Times the other day. Multiple exercise physiologists weighed in and the answers ranged from the old-fashioned burpee (yes I didn’t know what that was either but …
“Mucousy stools” the encounter form said yet it was anything but after I talked with the patient. “I saw a stringy thing in my stool,” she said. She tried to pick it out but became …
Two trials involving 1,260 showed that providing antibiotics for a 2 week period provided relief from symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for up to 10 weeks.
Antibiotic treatment did not provide relief for those who suffer …
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 …
