You Can Fight Back Against Arthritis
Osteoarthritis affects about 4 to 5% of the population with women outnumbering men by 2 to 1. The age of onset typically is less than 50 years, but becomes more evident and more disabling beyond the...
View ArticleStop Obesity
Introduction Being obese is not just a problem that is known as “middle age spread’. It has become an alarming condition that affects all age groups, children, adolescents and adults; it has escalated...
View ArticleStatins Can Hurt The Consumer
Lovastatin (Mevacor, from Merck) was the first statin drug approved by the FDA in 1987 as a cholesterol-lowering drug in the US. It made history in helping high-risk heart attack patients reduce their...
View ArticleBuying Into High Carb, Low Fat Myth Makes You Sick
If you are like most people, you probably still think that “healthy grains” like wheat are good for you and are “essential for a well balanced diet”. Ever since Kellogg’s introduced cereal for...
View ArticleImpressions From The 21st Annual World Congress On Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M)...
Every year in mid December Vegas hosts the world A4M conference (from the American Academy Of Anti-Aging Medicine). This year’s conference was at the Venetian/Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas, NV from...
View ArticleFrom Inflammation To Heart Attacks, Strokes And Arthritis
Have you ever wondered why people who limp from arthritis in their hip also often get heart attacks? And have you ever wondered why people with high blood pressure get strokes and/or heart attacks? It...
View ArticleEarly Alcohol Use Will Result In Memory Loss Later In Life
Researchers found that heavy alcohol use in males during midlife paves the way to memory loss from dementia later in life. I thought that this would be a good topic to review the effect of alcohol in...
View ArticleProtect Yourself From Radioactivity
Even though the Chernobyl catastrophe was bad enough, it appears now the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant catastrophe was 7 to 10 times worse in terms of worldwide radioactive pollution. Even...
View ArticleMeasuring Your Heart Function
Recently I came across a book by Dr. Steven Masley, cardiologist (fellow of the American Heart Association, see Ref.1). The heart’s function is to pump your blood reliably all your life. It is a...
View ArticleLife Expectancy Is Influenced By Lifestyle
The previous three blogs have dealt with telomeres, stem cells and lifestyle as a theme. In this blog you find summaries from three talks at the 22nd Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine In Las...
View ArticleDepression Needs Treatment
Depression is common: 10% of all men and 20% of all women have a period of depression in their lives. In people with medical illnesses depression is more common: 20% to 40% (Ref.1). The peak age for...
View ArticleCardiovascular Disease And Inflammation
Dr. Mark Houston talked about cardiovascular disease and inflammation – “the evil twins”. He presented this lecture at the 24th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (Dec. 9-11, 2016) in Las...
View ArticleWhen Food Causes Inflammation
Dr. Hal Blatman gave a talk about when food causes inflammation. His talk was presented on Dec. 9 at the 24th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine (Dec. 9-11, 2016) in Las Vegas that I...
View ArticleAdvanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) form when food is cooked at high temperatures. Sugar molecules react with proteins crosslinking them and changing how they function. It prevents proteins from...
View ArticleRelaxation Reduces Inflammation
Relaxation can calm your mind, but new research has shown that relaxation reduces inflammation as well. This article is based on a research paper in Frontiers in Immunology in June of 2017. It...
View ArticleCan Longevity Research Make Us Age Slower?
Longevity research has done a lot of experiments, but can longevity research make us age slower? This year an 800-page summary was published of all the longevity research that has been going on. A...
View ArticleClinical Applications of the Fasting Mimicking Diet
Dr. Kurt Hong, professor of clinical medicine spoke about clinical applications of the fasting mimicking diet in Las Vegas. This was at the 27th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine on Dec. 14,...
View ArticleChanges of Metabolism by Inflammation
Dr. James LaValle gave a presentation about changes of metabolism by inflammation in Las Vegas. I listened to this lecture on Dec. 15, 2020. The 27th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine in Las...
View ArticleThe Immune System Changes With Age
When we are young, we do not think about our immune system, but the immune system changes with age. When we are older than age 60, we notice that we may be taking longer to recover from a flu. How does...
View ArticleHormones Play an Important Role in Survival from Covid-19
I am describing here that hormones play an important role in survival from Covid-19. There are two publications that illustrate that point. Estrogens protect women against Covid-19 A study from Dec. 4,...
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