It is amazing what our body can actually tell us about our health. Do you know what forehead wrinkles might be able to tell you about your heart health? Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer for Live Science, sheds some light on this subject. None of us like getting wrinkles, especially we women, but there is a […]
Brain Aging & Cancer Treatments
July 10, 2019Finally, research is proving and being published to show that chemotherapy can possibly do more harm than good. Chemotherapy treatments supposedly work, but those same factors helping them to eradicate tumors might also accelerate aging processes in the brain, according to new research. Maria Cohut gives us more information in an article that was fact […]
Artificial Intelligence Read X-Rays
July 9, 2019Robert Preidt of the HealthDay Reporter gives us more information on what artificial intelligence read x-rays are and how it works. The artificial intelligence (AI) system analyzes chest X-rays and has the ability to spot patients who should receive immediate care. Reducing backlogs in hospitals could someday also be helped with the system. About 40% […]
Making the World a Better & More Inclusive Place
July 8, 2019Do you remember when the only emojis we had involved a colon and parentheses, or a less-than sign and the number three to represent a heart? Ah, those were the days <3 Today, illustrated emojis have a pivotal role in modern-day communication and social media use. According to a 2015 report, 92 percent of men […]
Converting White Fat to “Good” Brown Fat
July 8, 2019We have all heard about how important the good and bad fats are for our diet. For instance, some good fats are tree nuts, olive oil, coconut oil, avocados, etc. Some examples of bad fats are bacon, lard, margarine. This article is about two other types of fat. Brown fat helps to burn calories while […]
Wouldn’t it just be great to be able to read your dog’s mind? Sometimes my little 12 year old poodle will just sit and look at me and bark occasionally. You wonder what is going through their minds when they greet us with doggy kisses, wagging tails and so on when we walk through the […]
Suicide Among Lung Cancer Patients
July 6, 2019Hannah Nichols has written a surprise article on the elevated risk of suicide among lung cancer patients. New research was presented at the American Thoracic Society’s 2017 international conference regarding this elevated suicide risk. The American Cancer Society reports that excluding skin cancer, lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the […]
Sugar Relation To Cancer Cells
July 5, 2019Catharine Paddock PhD has written an article that was fact checked by Jasmin Collier describing the relationship of cancer cells’ use of sugar and their destruction. It has been suggested by scientists there is a way to improve treatments that use viruses to attack cancer. Cancer cells need a lot of glucose and must metabolize […]
My girl friend’s husband was just recently diagnosed as having stomatitis. She was telling our group of girl friends about it and I realized most of the girls were genuinely interested but had never heard of this diagnosis. Of course I am always looking for something to report on so I felt this may be […]
Raised Cancer Risks With Certain Hair Products
July 3, 2019There is now new research that finds women who use hair dye or chemical relaxers might have an increased risk of developing breast cancer. This particular study was led by researchers from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and has been published in the journal Carcinogenesis. Breast cancer starts in breast cells and is the […]
