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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
Why A Plane Can Paralyze A Person
Sudden paralysis of half of the face and ear pain - these symptoms were manifested in a man who flew on a plane with Professor Alan Hunter from the University of Oregon of Health and Science. The reason was not a stroke, as originally assumed, but only pressure drops. Hunter spoke about the condition that threatens airplane passengers and scuba divers in an article in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
By Konstantin Kalushniy6 years ago in Longevity
Life with Sensitive Skin
What is touch to you? What is feeling? When you pick an item up are you touching it or is it touching you? At the end of the day, your sensory receptors in your skin detect the certain pressures and surfaces and send impulses to your central nervous system. A wonderful mechanism for most it might appear to be, but for the super-sensitive ones of us who live in the world, what a pain it can be (literally).
By Luke Capel6 years ago in Longevity
Are Young Women More Susceptible to ACL Tears
The knee joint acts as a hinge between the thigh and the shin bone, thereby providing seamless locomotion. The femur and the tibia are connected at the knee by the help of four major ligaments, namely, Medial and Lateral Collateral ligaments and Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligaments. These four ligaments acts as a strong junction and allows all kinds of physical movement, among which, the ACL or the Anterior Cruciate Ligament is more prone to physical injury.
By Lynn Joseph6 years ago in Longevity
Is it possible to detox your lungs?
In the modern era, natural remedies, moreover "detoxification" menus have gained a reputation as a quick furthermore stylish way to reduce toxins from your body. While few products are exchanged to aid in overnight weight loss, advanced digestion either enhanced energy levels, others require to reverse years of harm to organs similar to your lungs.
By Piyush Saxena6 years ago in Longevity
How to break your neck without knowing...
Imagine waking up one day and realising that you can never play the sport of your dreams again, or you can never wacth your favourite TV show, or read your favourite book. This happened to me in a late summer evening in July - a doctor walking into his office where I am waiting and he says this: "I have some good news and some bad news..."
By Luke Capel6 years ago in Longevity
Diet and health
Diet and Health are we really what we eat? There is so much media attention focused on human diets, or rather; so much professional media time given to the money making subject of diets and food. But what is the reality? There are billions of humans on this planet and although they are almost all so very similar, they are also individuals. It is impossible for anyone to know what is the best diet for everyone of these billions of individuals. To do so would mean knowing what age there were, what health issues they have, what exercise they did, what their occupation was and the workings of their individual metabolism. They would also need to know hour by hour, what medication was ingested and what level of stress the individual was under. They would need to know if any allergy was present and what food stuff they were raised on.
By Peter Rose6 years ago in Longevity
5 Tips for Staying Healthy in NYC
Let's be real: New York can be overwhelming, and keeping up with hectic city life can make you forget about your health. Everyone is too busy to go to the doctor, and shopping at your local health food store seems like a waste of money. So, how are New Yorkers supposed to stay healthy? Here are five tips that can help you live a healthier life in 2020.
By Carlos Fox6 years ago in Longevity
Black men take charge of your health today
If you are an African American male over age 50 reading this count yourself lucky and blessed. You have probably noticed a lot of friends and associates your age and younger are padding away. You probably are taking note that not all of them were hospitalized or in hospice. All too frequently men who seem healthy are here one day and gone the next . You don’t have to be in that number of those leaving this earth at an early age. Simple lifestyle choices can improve your chances of living longer. Studies continue to indicate that African American males have a higher mortality rate than other men so here are some things you can do to beak the odds.
By 6 years ago in Longevity
Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation is something I have had to deal with my entire life, since the age of 1. I was a sleepless child growing up in Mountain View, CA where my family didn't notice my pediatric schizoaffective symptoms since they didn't think medicating a child was necessary. I wasn't even on baby SSI since my mother wasn't a US citizen but I was. Now I'm working on restoring my body's ability to sleep even if there was a time when I somehow managed to sleep the whole night. I'm not sure I've done that on occasion in the last 38 years of my whole life. When I wasn't on medication, I didn't think of sleep deprivation as something that had been done to me. I was not on medication, but I knew it was only my mother who could get me some but didn't bother. I wish I had emancipated myself or worked harder to get SSI back when my social security number got stolen in 2001 while I was on the bus. I was still on my parent's insurance and living at home back then, and these days I still live in my parent's house. It is high time to sell a business. Brain fog comes from untreated or poorly treated hypothyroidism, which was discovered in my 20s by an endocrinologist. I was on Zyprexa, and back then I got that from internists. Yes, never get medication from internists because it will backfire. They don’t know enough about mental health. The best type of doctor to go to is always a psychiatrist, I did that in 2012 when I hit 30 because I had had enough of being unstable, period. I had enough of my family interfering with my mental health treatment decisions. SSI helped me figure out a way to get treatment around my parents. The effects of sleep deprivation only happen when someone gets less sleep than they actually need. I feel I need something like 10-11 hours of sleep a night because of 22q. Sleep loss does not allow for focus on the environment and the sensory input that can cause. Sleep deprivation can cause tragic accidents from people flying airplanes, running ships, trains, or even cars. Sleep deprivation is never a good thing if someone manages a nuclear power plant. These days I do not have ongoing daytime sleepy feelings because I'm trying to do my sleeping at night. People who do not get enough sleep, yawn, feel tired, get moody, get depressed, (which is why taking medication helps a mentally ill person sleep. There is diffficulty learning, people forget things, and cause an inability to concentrate, there is clumsiness, a lack of motivation, even an increased need to eat with carbohydrate cravings as a number one desire. Lack of sleep causes a reduced sex drive in addition to everything else. Not getting enough sleep does weaken your immune system, which is why in childhood, I'd get many colds, or flus. Not sleeping well does your body serious harm. There is an increase in respiratory diseases, because sleeping less can also have harmful effects on body weight. Sleep deprivation causes insulin to be released, that results in increased fat storage, which can in fact, lead to type 2 diabetes. Sleeping well maintains blood pressure. How often in my thirties was I plagued by high blood pressure? It was a fact that happened many times until my endocrinologist noticed it. Not sleeping enough increases the risk of heart disease, while influencing hormones in both men and women but also it can mess with men's testosterone levels. So you see, sleep is necessary. Back in high school, my family had me convinced that not getting as much sleep as the next person was a superpower. Now I have that all sorted out, and know I need at least 10 or 11 hours sleep. Sleep deprivation is not good for you, it doesn't help you with much either. Alcohol does not actually help. I'm on so many medications and you wonder why my energy goes to my family, not to me? I'm going to sell a real business, make money, and escape to a nice spa somewhere, a bed and breakfast and spa with alternative medicine treatments available. De Works Cited https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/307334.php#effects
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Longevity
