Research that Gives You the Shakes! Or Cures Them!
If you could prevent Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, would you? More than likely; with the current research carried out in control of the MAP...
Category: Disease
Vicodin, Morphine, Heroine, Oh My!
In society today, doctors give out pain medication in the class of opioids like they are candy. For things from a tooth ache to surgery, the range of ailments w...
Codeine Candy for Halloween!
Common prescription painkillers are being handed out like free smoothie coupons from doctors. Does your back hurt? Get some codeine. Pain in your left foot? The...
Research Suggests Great Defense from Alzheimer's Disease could be the Dinner Plate
“What would you like to order today?” “I want two number ones, a number six, a large side of fries and a shake.” “Would you like some insulin with that?” “Ins...
Insulin and Alzheimer's
5.4 million people of all ages have Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in the US, 5.2 million of that 5.4 million are ages 65 and older, according to Alz.org. This stati...
Aging, Diabetes, Alzheimer's and Insulin
In class this week, we talked about the connection between Insulin, Diabetes, and Alzheimer’s Disease. In type 1 diabetes, the cells of the pancreas that ...
A Frightening Proposition
If one were to list the most common fears of people today, they would likely come up with a conglomerate including things like death, heights, spiders, and clow...
Is Alzheimer's Disease really "Type 3" Diabetes?
A rising health concern throughout the world is diabetes. The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in 1985, around 30 million, increased nearly ten fold to ...
Diabetes…An American Epidemic
The number of diagnosed cases of diabetes being classified as type 2 has been rising over the past years in America. The average age of people with type 2 diabe...
"I seem to have lost myself" – Alzheimer's Disease
In the year of 2006, there are nearly 27 million people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) globally. The latest Alzheimer’s statistics estimated that 5.3 ...