A month focused on men’s health and mustaches, what’s not to love? It’s Movember! Movember started in 2003 in Australia when a couple of mates sat in a pub moaning over the loss of the mustache as a “Fashion Do.” At the time, mustaches (or Mo’s in Aussie speak”) were a “Fashion Don’t” with...
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There are people whose illnesses and symptoms have not been believed by medicine. Research has begun to change their experiences. From the Cleveland Clinic:https://my.clevelandclinic.org/-/scassets/images/org/health/articles/mast-cell-activation-syndrome Newly recognized disorder Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is a relatively new disorder...
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It’s like your dentist always says, brush and floss your teeth! Tooth care is not only about a bright smile and reduced cavities. It is also a way to prevent several chronic diseases, including periodontal disease (PD). Research has found associations between periodontal disease and several chronic illnesses. So what is periodontal...
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As she sat on the paper-lined treatment table, surgery staples in a bag beside her, Caroline Wright learned her brain tumor was the deadliest type — a glioblastoma (GBM). [1] The average length of survival for this tumor is 8 months. [2] At the breakfast table one day, Henry, age 5, asked his mom, “Who will take care of me if you die?” image from...
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Pain has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as, “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.” [1] There is a long added note to this definition which acknowledges that “Pain is always subjective” and “that if...
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