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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
I Had A Heart Attack - Part 1
I am writing this article from a bed in the cardiac ward of my local hospital. They do not do surgery here; it is a diagnosis and pre-op ward. Patients are parked here while waiting for a bed to free up in one of the city hospitals that carry out heart surgery. I have been diagnosed with arterial heart blockage and require quadruple bypass heart surgery. A scan of my heart revealed a total of 9 blockages ranging from 40% up to 90%.
By Michael Trigg4 years ago in Longevity
3 Ways Your Appearance Changes When You Quit Drinking
If you know someone or you yourself is struggling with alcoholism, you are likely aware that the habit can be debilitating to one’s health. Unfortunately, alcohol abuse happens to be the United States’ leading addiction. One of the reasons could be that alcohol consumption is so widely accepted that many people do not realize that it is taking over their lives.
By Wendy Dessler4 years ago in Longevity
Keto diet meals
Many people want to follow the world-famous keto diet, which is a global diet recommended by doctors everywhere. Because it helps to lose the body and lose weight significantly, and we will learn in this article about the way to walk according to the weekly schedule or the timetable for applying this system.
By Jhon Quero4 years ago in Longevity
How Hypertension Cause CKD
What is hypertension? Blood pressure is the force of your blood towards the partitions of your blood vessels as your heart pumps blood around your body. If this pressure turns into too high, it is called high blood pressure, or hypertension.
By Vinay Rawat4 years ago in Longevity
PLAGUES REPETITION
Introduction People think that a plague is an ancient disease that occurred during the past centuries. But over a thousand people from the United States have been victims of these plagues according to research. The causative agent of the plague is a bacterium known as Yersinia pasta, which is moved around by pests and animals such as squirrels of the ground, rats, and fleas that are on them. The disease is famous for killing millions of individuals in Europe in the 1300s following a pandemic termed as Black Death. Recently, since the onset of the global pandemic of covid - 19, which has claimed thousands of lives in Italy, America, and China, it has been rumored that plagues occur after 100 years. Bubonic Plague was the first case that was ever recorded and it occurred in China in 224 B.C. Since that time several other plagues and pandemics have taken place all over the world. Years later, several Rumors about these plagues have occurred concerning the occurrence of these plagues. Recently, particularly on social media, and info-graphs have circulated a rumor that plagues occur after 100 years.
By shem maturi4 years ago in Longevity
Why ‘White Coat Syndrome’ and The Pandemic Are A Double Threat
2020 was been fraught with enough challenges to make anyone’s blood pressure spike. From wildfires around the world to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the last year has provided plenty of coverage to raise alarm. But for those with white coat syndrome, these circumstances have created additional cause for concern.
By James Goydos, MD4 years ago in Longevity
Clinical Trials & Coronavirus-Are We Ready For A Vaccine?
This article was previously published on Dr. James Goydos' Medium. The world has reached another grim milestone, with 1.5 million deaths from the coronavirus, an alarming 280,000 of those in the United States alone (this data reflects the statistics as they existed during the original time of publication. Please review the link provided with the most up to date COVID data from the CDC). As numbers of cases and deaths continue to climb following the predicted post-Thanksgiving surge, there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon: a vaccine (or perhaps more accurately, ‘vaccines’ plural). Countries around the world are quickly bringing good news to the pandemic front.
By James Goydos, MD4 years ago in Longevity
5 Benefits of Taking Fish Oil
What Is Fish Oil? Fish oil is the fat or oil that is extricated from fish tissue. It normally comes from sleek fish, like herring, fish, anchovies, and mackerel. However, it's occasionally created from the livers of other fish, similar to the case with cod liver oil.
By optimuSPrime4 years ago in Longevity
Liquid world of health supplements
Every day, it appears that we are living in a more fluid environment. I’m not advocating for a new era of prohibition to save us from sin and politics, nor am I preaching against the dangers of alcohol. Water is a liquid, after all, and it rarely inflicts us with sin or politics.
By Manoj Saini4 years ago in Longevity
Why do we dream?
INTRODUCTION The world of dreams has fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but only recently it has been subjected to empirical research and scientific study. Scientists have been performing dream studies for decades and they still are not sure about the function of sleep or the reason why we dream. However, that has not stopped scientists from researching and speculating.
By Antonella Perazzoni4 years ago in Longevity
