So you want to know what your normal blood pressure reading is. The next time you visit the doctor, you ask the nurse’s aide to tell you. That is after she finishes putting the cuff on your arm, pumping it until you think your arm is going to explode, and then she rattles off a…
One of the more frightening aspects of heart disease is that it often doesn’t have any symptoms. However, there are certain “markers” that may offer hints regarding an individuals risk of having a heart attack or stroke, and high cholesterol levels is one of these “markers.” Cholesterol is a waxy substance that is used in…
Let’s talk about what it means to be an empath… Being an empath is when you are affected by other people’s energies, and you have an innate ability to intuitively feel and perceive others. Your life is unconsciously influenced by others’ desires, wishes, thoughts, moods, and even pain. Being an empath is much more than…
I’m not a technical person. Sure, I love to play with new gadgets that come on the scene, I’m an avid online shopper, and yes, you’ll see me wandering around with my son looking for the nearest Pokéstop. My employer is deeply rooted in technology; touching everything from programming, installation, maintenance, repair, and even selling…
What is a microRNA? According to the current convention, a miRNA is defined as a ssRNA of ~22 nucleotides in length, which is generated by the RNase-III-type enzyme Dicer from an endogenous transcript that contains a local hairpin structure. MicroRNAs and cancer Three important observations early in the history of miRNAs suggested a potential…
Fear is a completely natural feeling in response to objects or situations deemed threatening. Some scream at the sight of spiders. Some refuse to go under water for fear of drowning. And some sweat a lot when speaking in front of an audience. Most people experience minor fears every now and then. But for some…
The desire to release weight could well be the number one desire in the developed world. And there are probably more different ways to supposedly solve the issue, than ever before, and yet here we are in 2017 with a greater obesity problem than ever, plus there is more diabetes and more people frustrated about…
Biliary Atresia, a condition leading to liver damage and there arises the need for liver transplantation. A liver transplant is removing a diseased liver and replacing it with a healthy one via surgery. A congenial deformity in which the liver is not connected to the bile duct and the bile juice is not able to…
It has kind of become like a norm that most men either hate to get into commitments or take a long time in doing so. So, it does come as a surprise to women when their man is overly eager to get committed. Below might be some reasons for that. Reasons from the pastMaybe he…
I am not a doctor or a nutritionist but I have been researching nutrition under the guidance of some very gifted and effective nutritionists for the past 11 years and I believe I have uncovered information that may help to explain the health crisis that the U.S. is currently in. Looking back 100 years,…
Life is beautiful on its own. I realize this after I translated the short story Good Luck and Best Wishes from Chinese into English. In the story, people live a primitive life with few modern belongings in a far-off mountainous area; however, they enjoy life enormously. A bowl of fermented spirits, a flowery bun, colorful…
Many baby boomers have never heard of osteopenia. In fact, many women with osteopenia do not even know they have it until a bone is fractured. For these women, the next step down is osteoporosis, so this is a critical stage that can impact the rest of their lives. Women can stop the bone loss…
If you're lucky enough to find hardwood floors hiding under your tired carpeting, you might feel like covering the wood back up. That's understandable because refinishing the floors yourself seems like an impossible task.Hardwood floors were a common feature in houses until the 1960s. Before that, having wall-to-wall carpet was considered a luxury upgrade. From…
There are two types of stress. The first type is acute stress. That’s the kind where your body senses danger and adapts to the threat by making physical changes which enable you to quickly get out of harms way. This occurs because your body secretes chemicals and stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. These…
