Connecting The Dots Between The Blue Spots I have been aware about Congenital dermal melanocytosis, or commonly called Mongolian spot for some time now. I am fascinated by this and I’m curious to know just as to how many other people are aware of Mongolian spot. Were you aware? Mongolian spot is most prevalent among Mongolians, East [...]

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Seasonal environment at birth may influence diabetes later. Could the season and environment have an effect on infants being born? Study participants (9,737 youth with type 1 diabetes and 1,749 with type 2 diabetes) were identified by six collaborating U.S. centers. Among the type 1 diabetic youths, percentage births decreased in October–February and increased in [...]

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An End To Finger-Stick Testing For Diabetes Patients? The PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PSID) announced in April that it planned to conduct laboratory-based comparisons of the non-invasive Easy Check breath glucose analysis system versus the current standard “finger stick” blood glucose testing method. The hope for diabetics is that this new breath analyzer [...]

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When Life Gives You Lemons You Make (Good) Lemonade If you’ve never had kidney stones, chances are that you have either a relative or a business associate that has had this painful problem before. The pain is often compared to childbirth. What are the symptoms of kidney stones? Usually, the first symptom of a kidney [...]

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Let’s Get The Math Right Americans are hammered with drug commercials daily. Diseases sometimes never heard of, with explicative narratives of side effects saturating the screen. But you never hear about profits from the drug that is being advertised. Why don’t anybody talk about drug pricing at all? Is it because the U.S. Supreme Court passed a bill stating that [...]

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Carol Plato Speaks About Hospital Costs For Illegal Patient Care Testimony of illegal alien care from 1 Florida hospital While the economy is the issue still front and center in most American homes, illegal immigration is steadily rising to the top of the boiling kettle for many Americans. The high cost of  illegal immigrant health care [...]

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Pickle Juice Relieves Muscle Cramps Have you ever stayed up half of the night after a hard day’s work because of those awful leg cramps? Maybe you had a bout with Mr. Charlie Horse in the middle of the night? Painful isn’t it? Ouch! So many suggest that we eat the potassium-cure-all – which is [...]

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Face Blindness Is The Inability To Recognize Faces A recent search on Google Trends brought me to a very troubling concept. Prosopagnasia. This is a disorder where the ability to recognize a face is impaired, and can also be accompanied by other recognition impairments, such as places, cars, or facial expressions. While the thought of not [...]

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Amyloidosis Awareness Intervention What is Amyloidosis? Amyloidosis is a debilitating disease that occurs when amyloid proteins build in your organs. Amyloid is an abnormal protein usually produced by cells in your bone marrow that can be deposited in any tissue or organ. Amyloidosis can affect different organs in different people, and there are many types [...]

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Concerns About BPA And Reducing The Risks Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, is a chemical used to manufacture hard plastic containers, such as baby bottles, reusable plastic cups, and the lining of metal food and beverage cans, including canned liquid infant formula. Consumer tips to avoid BPA exposure can be found at the website [...]

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