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POPSThe Silent Epidemic of Health Illiteracy Most people know or have experience with the fact that it sometimes seems as if doctors are speaking another language when it comes to drugs, treatments and more. But is this problem bigger than it seems?
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POPSHome Remedies For Bad Breath Bad breath, also known as halitosis, is a very common temporary condition caused by such things as oral dryness, stress, hunger (ketosis), eating certain foods such as garlic and onions, smoking, or poor oral hygiene. Bad breath is caused by odor-producing bacteria that grow in the mouth. When people don't brush and floss regularly, bacteria accumulate on the bits of food left in the mouth and between the teeth. The sulfur compounds released by these bacteria make the breath smell.
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POPSToo many calories send the brain off kilter The researchers report that that increased activity of the IKKß/NF-?B pathway can be divorced from obesity itself -- infusions of either glucose or fat into the brains of mice alone led to this inflammatory brain reaction. Further studies revealed that this activity in the brain leads to insulin and leptin resistance. Insulin lowers blood sugar by causing cells of the body to take it up from the bloodstream. Leptin is a fat hormone important for appetite control. Moreover, the researchers found that treatments preventing the activity of IKKß/NF-?B in the animals' brains protected them from obesity.
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POPSCanadian doctors still allowed to practice bigotry What's to stop doctors from practicing on people of different religious ideology? Or stop a jewish doctor from practicing on people who eat pork? We have to stop these doctors from practicing their bigotry on the people they are charged to help.
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POPSDry skin, also called xerosis, is a common problem. The skin loses moisture and may crack and peel, or become irritated and inflamed. Most dry skin results from environmental factors such as: Winter, summer weather, excessive bathing, low humidity, wind, air conditioning, heating, strong soaps. Dry skin is most common in lower legs, arms, flanks, and thighs.
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POPSBreakthrough in animal part transplants for humans Surgeons have been able to transplant heart valves from pigs into patients for more than a decade, but these have a limited life span as they do not become populated by the patients own cells and are unable to repair any damage, meaning they must be replaced every 10 years. For young patients this poses a particular problem as the valves do not grow with the child and so must be replaced frequently. With the new technique the heart valves grow with the patient as if they were part of the original heart. The scientists use a combination of freezing, chemical baths and ultrasound to strip the animal tissue of its cells and prime the remaining biological scaffold so the patient's cells are encouraged to grow into it.
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POPSThe Man Who Lost His Name—and His Genetic Identity One of the coolest story around. How a man Eric Drew discover he has acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the chemo treatment , an ID theft and an experimental cancer treatments cord blood stem cells. Well worth reading materials. Enjoy
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