Dancing Through The Mud What comes to mind when you think of the term “thrill seeker”? Some people envision a person who finds solace skydiving and whirling through the atmosphere at a rate of -9.8 meters per square second. Enjoyable activities definitely cultivate the human nervous system and release norepinephrine and dopamine, and some of us are more prone to seek out these behaviors due to these neurotransmitter releases. For myself, I have lived to partake in 5k Mud Runs like…
Photo of a woman with a goiter. (Photo by By Drahreg01 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2688708). I've recently been feeling pretty bad so I went to a family doctor and she did a lot of tests to see if anything might be wrong with me. As it turns out, I have hypothyroidism. I looked up the symptoms later when I got home and it definitely seemed to match what I had been experiencing. In fact, I've been having many of these symptoms for years. Some of them…
Antidepressants are most commonly used to treat depression in people with major depression or depression caused by other illnesses (such as bipolar disorder). My experience began when I was about 19. I had been depressed for a long time and decided to see a psychiatrist. At first I was diagnosed with major depression but later on, another doctor realized I actually had bipolar disorder II. The first antidepressant I was given was Paxil. It didn't help me at all. In fact, the only thing it did…
Milestones in Medicine Over the past century, and more recently, in the past ten years, we found ways to fight back many infectious diseases and illnesses. For precautions, there have also been many vaccinations distributed, in order to prevent any more illness outbreaks. You practically need a physical before joining anything sports or work-related. However, despite all of the prescriptions, treatments, and medical procedures, a lot of people still experience health complications. It doesn’t…
According to the research, Gene therapy is an exploratory procedure that uses genes to treat or anticipate disease. It was conceptualized in 1972. Basically, it is designed to acquaint hereditary material into cells to make a beneficial protein or to compensate for abnormal genes. Gene therapy is the restorative delivery of nucleic acid into a patient's cells as a medication to treat illness. It is the addition of new genes to a patient's cells to supplant absent or breaking down genes…
There's a lot of controversy over multivitamins. Some people think everyone should take them. Others think only certain people should. And many people say they are a complete waste of money. But what's the truth? Well for starters, let's define what a multivitamin is. A multivitamin is a supplement that has more than one vitamin. So technically, something containing vitamin A and vitamin C could be considered a multivitamin. But generally speaking, it's a supplement with a lot more vitamins than…
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, if you're a smoker, stopping smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health. It's one of the best ways to help you live longer and have a better quality of life. It can be extremely hard to stop smoking though. Author Mark Twain once said, "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times." Perhaps you've tried to quit before and couldn't or maybe you stopped for a while but ended up smoking again. What exactly makes smoking so…
Whether you were first entranced by the glowing, flawless skin of an Asian-American celebrity here in the States; or more recently with the introduction of K-Pop and the influx of Korean culture into our media culture, one of the first things many people think of when they first hear Korean culture is beauty. Now there is no shortage of beauty, skin, hair and other product groups based here in the U.S., so why has K-Beauty sweeped in and become the next big thing? When you look at the…
With the proliferation of social media and internet branding, there is no shortage of celebrity endorsed and curated brands these days. And there are even the occasional celebrity run company - but those cases are usually where the celebrity or influencer is the figurehead and someone else actually runs in with the celebrity having very little involvement. However, one celebrity juggernaut is not only showing influencers how it’s done, but showing the beauty industry what should have been…
My skincare journey has been a struggle since day one. From pills to creams, if it’s got acne-fighting in the title or is marketed as an acne cure, then I have probably tried it. After years of not finding anything that made the acne totally go away, I settled for a product that just made my acne manageable. This all changed about two and a half months ago. Now I will not say that I am not a social media platform user, but up until this point I had never clicked on a Facebook ad - because…
I have a health condition called PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). I won't go into all the details about it but it puts me at a very high risk for developing type 2 diabetes later on in life. So recently I decided to start eating healthier and to cut out excess sugar from my diet. And from that point on, I've noticed that food companies put sugar in everything. Obviously, if you really want to know exactly what's in your food you should probably cook it yourself from scratch, but…
I donated blood for the first time about a year ago. Fortunately, everything went well. I didn't have a bad reaction or anything. So naturally, when I went to donate again recently I assumed everything would go okay this time too. But people can and do have negative reactions. It isn't a big deal though but it can be very unpleasant and even a little scary. I've worked in the medical field so I knew these reactions could happen and I wasn't too freaked out when it happened to me. I was a little…
Most people are familiar with the birth control pill, but there are also other birth control options like implants and intrauterine devices. There is also a birth control shot. The shot uses Depo-Provera which is the brand name for medroxyprogesterone. It must be given once every three months. It prevents pregnancy by preventing ovulation. It also causes your cervical mucus to thicken which helps keep sperm from reaching an egg. Here are some things you might need to know about this shot if…
I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and sometimes an ovarian cyst will start causing me a lot of pain. It can be extremely painful, but it's almost never a true emergency situation. People often go to the ER because the pain is so bad but other than treating the pain, but there nothing else the medical staff can do. Of course, you shouldn't suffer in pain if it happens to you and if you are in doubt about whether or not a cyst is the cause of your pain, then you should go. You're always…
Before proceeding to the income inequality, we have to know that what inequality is? Basically, inequality refers to the unfair situation in society when some people have more opportunities, money, etc than other people. It is an instance of disparity. There are various factors, which we consider when we talk about inequality such as: ➢ Social Status ➢ Wealth ➢ Opportunity for people or groups etc. Based on the above definition, income inequality is an uneven distribution of income among the…
Okay, I hate to break it to you, but you can't cure the common cold. Come on now, if I knew the cure for it I'd be rich. But there are certain things you can do to make your suffering a little more bearable. Before we get into ways to alleviate the cold let's talk about antibiotics.You don't need them. You might be thinking, "But don't I need them to help prevent bacterial infections that might happen as a result of complications from the cold?" No. "But maybe I have a virus and a bacterial…
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