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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 Survived Breast Cancer
In books and movies, we frequently read or hear of women who died of breast cancer. This is a rather negative picture as breast cancer doesn't have to be fatal, plenty of women survive this condition. I did.
By Conny Manero6 years ago in Longevity
7 Destructive Ways Smoking Affects Your Teeth
It’s true that proper dental health is maintained by flossing, a healthy diet, brushing, and visiting your dentist regularly. However, these things can’t fight the harmful effects of smoking. The only thing that can save your teeth is quitting smoking.
By Amelia Grant6 years ago in Longevity
7 Most Common Dental Problems and How To Prevent Them
The tooth cavity is the most common issue in dental problems. Other than this, people spend lots of money on their bleeding gums treatment, tooth decay treatment, etc. After studying the work and interviews of top dentists in India, we have compiled a list of seven most common oral problems and how one can prevent the problem and save money. Here is the list:
By Femicure Healthcare6 years ago in Longevity
New Study on Hearing Loss and Ear Plugs
A new study confirms that earplugs can shield you from the temporary hearing loss that can happen after a high-decibel music concert. While getting millennials to wear earplugs at concerts may be a long shot, one expert said the threat to their hearing is real.
By Frank Racioppi6 years ago in Longevity
A simple coronavirus test can detect antibodies in 15 minutes
A UK based laboratory has developed a rapid coronavirus testing kit that uses a finger-prick blood sample, and gives out a result in just 15 minutes.
By Dave Smith6 years ago in Longevity
The Potential Success and Failures of Social Distancing
Social distancing is the process of decreasing the amount of time that people have in contact with one another, with the hope that it will reduce the spread of communicable disease. Unfortunately, while it’s understandable that the public health system wants to limit the rate of spread of the SARS-CoV-2, the social impact is almost certainly going to be profound, and it may even end up being worse than the disease itself.
By Daniel Goldman6 years ago in Longevity
COVID-19
First let’s start by talking about what is Corona virus.Corona virus is a fast spreading pandemic across the globe,Often people get confused that the name Corona Virus is a wide spread term used for a typical nameless virus.Corona Virus has been around for years in many forms but over the past couple months we’ve seen a major spike since some incidents in China.Its unofficial how the virus started but what we do know is that it came from some sort of Bat or some non-domesticated animal.This soon spread to humans in China that now is all over the world from trade and travel.
By John6 years ago in Longevity
What are Chloroquine and Azithromycin?
There seems to be a lot of confusion over chloroquine and azithromycin, and the nature of antibiotics and antimicrobial agents. Hopefully this article clears up some of the confusion. Multiple citations have been provided so that the reader can do further research. Always consult with a doctor before taking medical action.
By Daniel Goldman6 years ago in Longevity
Coronavirus
Just a few weeks ago life was relatively normal here in the United States. The stores were always stocked with food and supplies and generally when you went shopping they weren't out of almost everything. Not anymore. Now you more than likely will have to make trips to several stores before getting everything you need and even then you probably still won't find everything that you need.
By Jenna Lynn6 years ago in Longevity
Patients, patience and more patients
Everyone has a different idea about what it takes to be a well-rounded individual and surprise surprise it always involves doing the things they have done. We are all narcissistic little fuckers in our own way, and despite claims of low self-esteem being near universal, we still all create our pecking order so that we are at the top. It kind of makes sense, logically you wouldn’t pursue stuff you thought was useless and a waste of time, but people aren’t logical and Netflix’s multi-billion-dollar turnover says we absolutely throw ourselves at useless timewasting. But back to my original point. People who want to travel convince themselves that you cannot really know the world until you travel, but if you are the type to live in a bubble getting drunk in backpackers’ hostels in a couple of European cities or going on Contiki tours isn’t going to suddenly make you a well-rounded world citizen.
By Brendon6 years ago in Longevity
Don't tell me I’m a Hetero, Apollo -
The system we use to log in and out of at work is called Apollo. You also use Apollo to look up doctors’ codes, addresses, patient history files and results. Apollo is beyond outdated, its archaic, it’s a system that would have seemed old in ancient Egypt school, but it is the pride and joy of our medical system. Keep in mind, up until less than 12 months ago we were still using a Kalamazoo to record payments. For those of you not working in the advanced field of medicine where technology is king, a Kalamazoo is the clicker clackers for credit cards that used to be used before ATMs, eftpos, tap and go etc. It’s a system that has been out of use since before most of you were even born, except in medicine.
By Brendon6 years ago in Longevity
The DR Complex
Alice is my GP. She is stern, smart, forward thinking, knowledgeable, while also having empathy. Now, being a local GP, Alice’s job probably isn't as stressful as those doctors that do ward rounds in a newly opened Hospital, but stress is no excuse for being a cunt. If you don’t have what it takes to do the job with the dignity and empathy it requires, you are in the wrong job. Drs may be smarter than the average bear, but don’t forget that the law of averages still applies, 50% of Drs will graduate in the bottom half of their class. Statistically when there is a normative distribution, and medicine is not immune to the laws of normative distribution, 30% will fall outside of the bell curve. 12.5 % of any group will be shit, 12.5% of any group will be fabulous, and 70% will make up the norm. 2.5% will be superstars, and 2.5% will be breathtakingly incompetent. The expectations applied to the norm will be different in different fields, people expected a Dr to have a better understanding of the human body than a personal trainer, but they expect a personal trainer to have a better understanding of the human body than an accountant. Norms are group specific, and no matter how you spin it, most people are average, 15% are high achievers, and 15% are incompetent. The problem with this is, incompetence in medicine is dangerous. The other problem lies in the 70%ers who think they are top tier superstars. Like ageing silverbacks who have developed myopia and can’t see they are no-longer the kings of the jungle, medicine is populated with a smattering of average old white men who can’t see they are sliding into the bottom 12.5%. The problem is they never thought of themselves as average, and cannot comprehend that they are sliding towards shit faster than a skier taking a tumble on the black run.
By Brendon6 years ago in Longevity