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The Lymphatic System
Hello everyone, today we are going to discuss what exactly the Lymphatic system is and why it is so essential to take care of. I know a lot of people do not understand what the lymphatic system does so I hope to clear that up today along with providing information on to keep it healthy.
By Abby Verigin6 years ago in Longevity
The Science Behind ASMR
What is ASMR? The ASMR phenomenon is said to have originated back in 2010, when a woman by the name of Jennifer Allen coined the term in an ASMR Facebook group. However, it has gained even more momentum over the past couple of years, and is only growing.
By Abigail Ann6 years ago in Longevity
An 'Infection Weather Report'
COVID-19 is changing how we live our lives. It's done so in an extreme way. But we should always be concerned about the threat of infections that surround us. Unfortunately, to this day, there is no reasonable general purpose reporting system in place to help us make decisions to avoid these threats. Why not? Does it make sense that in an era of data availability that the population must remain generally ignorant about the level of risk from infectious diseases?
By Daniel Goldman6 years ago in Longevity
Don't Come Crying to Me About The Pandemic
Dear Readers, I hope that you'll allow me to do some venting. While I'll admit that even I was blindsided by the timing of the COVID-19 pandemic, I'm really not at all surprised that it happened. I was expecting something like it. Hell, I'm still expecting something far worse. I've warned about such things for some time, and I've written about my warnings here and elsewhere.
By Daniel Goldman6 years ago in Longevity
I Hate To Say I Told You So
On March 11th I published a thought piece telling people to stop telling me to calm the fuck down about COVID-19, and largely I was ignored. I kept getting told to calm down, that it wasn't that bad. Now there are over 200,000 people dead and over 3 million cases globally. Nearly a third of those are in the United States cases and a quarter of those deaths are in the United States. Why? Because you chuckle-heads thought that this was some liberal hoax, spun up by the main stream media?
By Paige Graffunder6 years ago in Longevity
CRISPR-Cas9; The Powerful Gene Editor
As we clearly know that our body is an engine made up of complex materials that works day and night to keep us alive. Though we cannot see many of them from our naked eyes, we can feel them every single second of our life. With the advancement of Science & Technology, we have discovered so various new facts about the mechanism that our body undergoes every second of our life.
By Bikash Pokharel6 years ago in Longevity
Brainstorms IV - stress, how does it work?
Hi everyone! Yes, I am back… after a stressful start to the year with moving and shameful WiFi connection, I’ve managed to get my life in order (the COVID quarantine has helped, I have to admit) and once again I have time to write. Home office can be tough; after reading papers for the whole day my brain felt like it had been fried on a grill. So I decided to transform all the knowledge I had accumulated into a comprehensible summary of my (very broadly speaking) research topic: stress and mental health. Work and entertainment all in one ;) I found so many interesting facts about stress and our health that I decided to make this entry a bit broader and briefly include other brain disorders.
By Laura Sotillos Elliott6 years ago in Longevity
Scientifically Smiling
We've all seen the movie Inside Out, or at least heard of it. It is a beautiful work of art that depicts the turmoil and necessity of our emotions. Ask yourself, what is the emotion you most often feel and why? Now what is the emotion 99% of us want to feel as often as possible for as long as possible. HAPPINESS! I absolutely love smiling! In fact if you don't see me smiling then it more than likely means something is seriously wrong! However the art of smiling is able to quickly take away from those daunting feels and help bring your mindset back to a positive state and even assist with rationality.
By Nicolas Pequeux6 years ago in Longevity
Should You Throw Expired Medicine?
Expired Medicine So I was rummaging through an old bag that was kept into the uncharted depths of my closet. There were a few things that I found which surprised me (as I remember very well that I had discarded them). In this wasteland of banished objects, I found some pills laying around. So just as a normal human would do if he/she found some old medicine, I checked for the expiration date. The date was of 2018. So the medicines expired sometime in 2018. But what does that mean? The pills looked fine to me. And when exactly did the pills expire? I had to dig deeper. I also dug deeper into the bag and found some old photos of me, but that’s a matter for another article.
By Pranay Mishra6 years ago in Longevity
How does the stem cell retain its cellular identity?
Our body consists of various types of cells. Cells are the functional, biological, and structural building blocks of every living organism. One of the most versatile and unique cell types is Stem cells. They are present in the body right from the embryo stage to adult life. It has the unique ability to produce new specialized cells. Stem cells also supply new cells for the body while replacing the damaged specialized cells. One of the most significant properties of stem cells is to retain cellular identity. To understand cellular identity retention, let us first see what specialized stem cells are.
By Rebecca Smith6 years ago in Longevity
In Times of Stress, Breathe
Breathe. It is easy to be overwhelmed by fear in times of uncertainty. As Covid-19 sweeps the globe, many people find themselves being overwhelmed by stress. Stress and fear about contracting the virus, about losing their job, running out of food....and even running out of toilet paper. But constant stress can wreak havoc on our mental and physical health and our waistline.
By Jenny Beck6 years ago in Longevity
