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Living With a Cholesteatoma, the Tumor That Destroys Your Hearing
In honor of today being "Rare Disease Day" and March being Cholesteatoma Awareness Month, I’ve decided to share my experience, as well as what I have been going through with this disease over the past year. While it is a rare (1 in 10,000) condition, more awareness is needed and support for those in the community suffering.
By Samantha Turchan8 years ago in Longevity
Best Essential Oils for Sinus Infections
Sinus infections can come out of nowhere, caused by anything from a deviated septum to a common cold. With symptoms such as headaches, congestions, stuffy noses, and facial pain, you'll do anything alleviate the discomfort.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Longevity
Things You Didn't Know Were Affecting Your Daily Health
Can you really put a price on being healthy? When you're sick, it's often the case that all you can think about is how great it was to be healthy and active. That's one of the two main reasons why people are willing to pay such exorbitant prices for healthcare. The other main reason, of course, is that the alternative means death.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Longevity
I'm 36, Fit, and Don't Smoke. Of Course I Had a Stroke
Mickey Mantle once famously quipped "If I had known I was gonna live this long, I would've taken better care of myself." I don't know how old ole' Mick was when he said that, but I bet dollars to doughnuts that he was on the far side of forty. He sure as shit wasn't too young to be president of the United States like I was when I found out I had a goddamn heart condition. And I wasn't even a Triple Crown winner, a member of the Yankees, or had ever received a blow job from a fan before a game (Google it).
By Robert Eleazer8 years ago in Longevity
Age Discrimination in Health Care
Age Discrimination in the English NHS: The government claims to be against all forms of discrimination; even relatively tiny groupings have power, yet the government itself, in the form of the NHS, is discriminating against men over 70 and is killing them by doing so.
By Peter Rose8 years ago in Longevity
Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation causes many health problems. Your cognition is impaired along with your ability to make money. Mental illness symptoms include not getting enough sleep. Depression, in contrast, can make you sleep too much. Not getting enough sleep leaves a person groggy and messed up. Not getting enough sleep can cause weight gain or weight loss. Consequently, getting less sleep can mean you gain weight as well. Gaining weight happens from lacking sufficient rest since your ability to make good decisions is affected by not getting enough sleep. Concentration is impaired when you do not sleep as much as you need to sleep.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Longevity
Therapies for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
ALS is a degenerative disease of the motor neurons. The cause of it is largely unknown as 90 percent of cases have no genetic inheritance and only 20 genes have been identified as having an effect in genetic cases, but how they cause motor neuron loss is unknown. Atrophy, or shrinking, of the motor neurons leads to muscle atrophy and stiffness. Muscle cells die because of an influx of calcium and the lack of calcium binding proteins outside of the cells. This causes calcium channels to open and dangerously increase intracellular levels of calcium, killing the motor neurons.
By Francesca Lovett8 years ago in Longevity
