Silent Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is such a “silent disease” that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 96% of the 30 million Americans who have CKD do not even know they have it. In fact, only about 4.9 million people have been officially diagnosed with CKD. This is not good because the…
Read MoreOlive Oil and Healthy Sleep may Inhibit Development of Deadly Blood Clots that Lead to Heart Attacks and Strokes
February is American Heart Month to raise awareness about heart disease which is the number one leading cause of death in the United States. Olive Oil helps Protect Against Formation of Deadly Blood Clots Canadian researchers from Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science (KRCBS) at St, Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have discovered that unsaturated fats…
Read MoreRecognizing the Five Signs of a Heart Attack and Phoning 911 can Save Lives
February is American Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease, which is the most common cause of death in the United States, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs every 40 seconds in the United States and there are 790,000 heart attacks every year. The…
Read MoreThe Heart Condition that is Bad for the Brain
February is American Heart Month to raise awareness of the dangers of heart disease. While most heart disease conditions are bad for the heart and raise risks for heart attacks and heart failure, there is actually a heart condition that is bad for the brain and raises the risk for strokes. Atrial Fibrillation Atrial fibrillation…
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Today February 4 is World Cancer Day
Today February 4 is World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day was begun by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) on February 4, 2000 at the World Summit against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris. The aim was to prevent cancer, promote research, improve services for patients and to raise awareness around the world…
Read MoreA Third of Total Knee Replacements (TKR) have Poor Results
Osteoarthritis of the knees can be a painful disabling condition that can affect quality of life depending on how severe it is. Many people opt for a surgical total knee replacement (TKR), but a study published March 17, 2017 in the BMJ showed that about a third of people still experienced chronic pain after the…
Read MoreCataracts and Aging
Aging and Eyes As we age, so do our eyes and we are vulnerable to several eye conditions that if not treated can lead to vision loss. We already wrote about glaucoma in our blog post from January 9, 2019, diabetic retinopathy in our blog from November 9, 2018 and age related macular degeneration (AMD)…
Read MoreMemory was Restored in Alzheimer’s Mice
This is fascinating. A preclinical study by researchers from the University of Buffalo published January 22, 2019 in the Brain journal showed that memory was temporarily restored in mice, who had been modified to have familial Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This is the type of Alzheimer’s which runs in families. The mice regained their memory for…
Read MoreBoy Saves Grandfather who got Stroke while Driving
We sometimes hear of terrible road accidents where a car swerves out of control, crosses into next lane and hits another car. We often wonder why the driver suddenly lost control and if it could have been because of a heart attack or stroke? Sometimes we do hear good news though and MSN News reported…
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