Jun 29, 2021
Pandemic round 2… Round 3… Round 4? Covid variants are causing a new surge in infections and, as many of us may have guessed, covid could be here to stay. More countries are back in lockdown and in Florida, a condo collapsed on the same day the new infrastructure deal passed. Is the world collapsing under covid...
Jun 9, 2021
Steps, blood pressure, heart rate, stress, sleep. These are just a few things that are now trackable through your phone’s fitness tracker, smart watch or other wearable device. While it doesn’t beat a visit to your physician, wearables are encouraging people to keep an eye on their health and fitness levels. The...
Jun 9, 2021
Hyperbaric chambers were once the leading treatments for deferring dementia decades ago. Though their usage for preventing or delaying dementia eventually faded out since due to weak evidence, the practice is being resurrected for similar reasons. This article reports the details a small experiment showing that...
Jun 5, 2021
Publishing his paper on cell senescence was a distressing process for Dr. Hayflick that was contested by many other scientists in his field. Years later, cell senescence is widely accepted as an obvious fact. Now that the phenomena of cellular senescence is recognized as accepted knowledge, you might be wondering what...
May 28, 2021
Years ago, it was believed that the cells in our bodies were immortal, and they could replicate forever. Today we know about cell senescence, though very few people understand what it is, let alone the way it affects their bodies. To laymanise things: cells do not replicate forever, and, with few exceptions, there is...