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You Know You’re Getting Older When…?
Unfortunately there’s no way of avoiding the ageing process. We all need to inevitably follow the path of slowly coming to terms with our mortality. This is a natural phenomenon that starts to change us in many ways as we begin to slowly age. As we get older, we not only tend to lose our youthful glow, we can see a lowering of our self-esteem as well.
By Kevin Roache5 years ago in Longevity
UCSF Mission Bay Hospital
My son was born in San Fransico in 2017. Three weeks before his intended due date. All because he was born very small. Which meant I had to travel over four hours away from home to a different hospital. It is the newest campus to the San Fransico Hospital. Mission Bay is also home to UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital, UCSF Bakar Cancer Hospital, and the UCSF Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building, in addition to numerous outpatient services for children and adults. It is also is home to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital-San Francisco. Joshua was born at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital on an early January morning. The plan was to have him naturally, but then his heart rate dropped, and we almost lost him. But they got his heart rate went up, and they brought him with a c section. My darling son's weight was barely over three pounds. That was something that the doctor was questioning, which meant he would have to stay in a NICU to see why he was born this way.
By Samantha Evans5 years ago in Longevity
The Healthcare System is Stacked Against You
Health care is not perfect in other countries as I have recently been schooled on by talking to other people on Facebook but since I protect my sources I can't say from where. My type 1-diabetes had a hard time being diagnosed, for example but that was probably something done by my primary caregiver, my mother. Advocacy is key, but I went through many years of my life not knowing I had 22q at all, until I turned 18. Then I said, great now I have to deal with it. I didn't find out about low blood platelets being a part of 22q until these last two years.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez5 years ago in Longevity
Vitamins and Supplements for a Youthful Life
Vitamins and Supplements for a Youthful Life Vitamin E and Vitamin C have extraordinary anti-aging powers, but Beta Carotene is the one antioxidant that you canít live without if you want to stay young. Beta Carotene, most commonly extracted from carrots, has extra antioxidant powers that fill in where other supplements like Vitamin E and Vitamin C leave off. In fact, Beta Carotene fixes a whole host of other problems including cancer, heart disease, cataracts and failing immunity. In other words, Beta Carotene supplements taken regularly can aid with curing many health problems.
By Mohit Chawla5 years ago in Longevity
Vitamins and Supplements for Heart Disease
Vitamins and Supplements for Heart Disease You probably havenít ever heard of an antioxidant known as coenzyme Q-10. It doesnít exactly have a ring to it, but it is one of the vitamins and supplements that are coming to the forefront when it comes to fighting heart disease. Coenzyme Q-10 is a vitamin-like substance that resembles vitamin E, but which may be an even more powerful antioxidant. It also goes by the name ubiquinone.
By Mohit Chawla5 years ago in Longevity
Vitamins and Supplements for Brain Power
Vitamins and Supplements for Brain Power When it comes to improving brain power, there is no better vitamin or supplement than Ginkgo Biloba. This is because Ginkgo supplements promote more oxygenated blood to flow through the tiny blood vessels in the brain, heart, and limbs than would normally occur. This additional blood flow not only helps to restore memory to the brain, but also eases muscle pain in the limbs. Ginkgo Biloba is so powerful, that in the past decade, Ginkgo supplements have been widely studied as a remedy to offset the serious effects that aging can have on the mind and body.
By Mohit Chawla5 years ago in Longevity
Vitamins and Supplements for Hair Loss
Vitamins and Supplements for Hair Loss A well balanced diet along with vitamins and supplements definitely promotes optimal health, but it also promotes healthy hair, and in the process slows down hair loss. Vitamins and supplements are able to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease, so why not hair loss? While there are no miracle cures to be found at the health food store, there are quite a few vitamins and supplements that can improve the quality of your hair.
By Mohit Chawla5 years ago in Longevity
Thoughts on Covid, masks, life and death on this Halloween
Samhain, better known to most people around the world as Halloween, is the time to contemplate life beyond life, to remember the ancestors and to let go of old attachments and things that often hold us back. I won’t go into the details of the various celebrations around the world or the spiritual and psychological aspects of the original celebrations of Samhain, as that is subject enough for an entry of its own, but I will say for many of us it’s a particularly intense Samhain this year. For those who believe that Halloween is a time to venerate death or that it has anything to do with Satanism or the Devil, I will go ahead and say that is a huge misconception, although Satanists also celebrate Samhain and/or Halloween if they want to, just like any other person who either wants to celebrate the lives of those who have passed on, or merely enjoy dressing up and have a fun night in costume (the kind of costume is entirely up to each individual taste, just like with any other cultural group). Halloween is normally seeped in bloody imagery, with death-motifs and creepy elements such as spiders and goblins, because it originates from a celebration of the opening of the door into the afterlife, sometimes known as the opening of the veil, through which our dear departed ones could cross over to partake in our celebration of their life, and in some areas it was said in legend and myth that the fae could cross over too, either for good or mischief. A lot of what we know now of Halloween as a gore-fest has more to do with the Christian and Catholic interpretations of the old Celtic, Saxon, Nordic and Greek myths, as well as some Latin American traditions, specifically twisted to make the indigenous people’s traditions seem like malignant beliefs and to facilitate the instalment of their own beliefs in their new settlement.
By Sandra Tena5 years ago in Longevity
Why Does Time Move Faster As We Get Older?
As we slowly age, why does time seem to accelerate as the seasons fly by? The answer to that question has both a scientific explanation and a fuzzy, mushy, mystical one. It's not a new phenomenon to experience the 'time slipping away' feeling as the years roll on. As the mushy, mystical explanation is the shorter one, well begin with that one.
By Kevin Roache5 years ago in Longevity
New remedy for coronavirus?
Over the past year, COVID-19 has thrown the entire world for a loop. Scientists are continuing to search for something to combat the coronavirus. During the pandemic, many different types of cures have been bandied about with not too much headway made into finding a solution.
By Adrian Holman5 years ago in Longevity
Most Common Heart Myths and the Truth Behind Them
All of us, at some point in our lives, will get some sort of heart-related issues. However, not all heart problems are the same. In this article, we will take a look at some of the most common heart-related myths and we will know the truth behind them.
By Shane Mathew5 years ago in Longevity
