When you were a kid, do you remember your parents saying don’t stand too close in front of the television or not to spend too much time in front of the television as it might hurt your eyes? Your parents are wiser than you gave them credit for. In today’s technological world, millions of people
One of the things that has set America apart from some other nations is that life has always been considered sacred and that all measures should be taken to preserve life. In many communist and socialist nations, life is not sacred and looked on as something that can be sacrificed, especially for the gain of
The location is unknown. Victim’s identity remains a mystery. It’s all spooky, sleazy and macabre. Somewhere in a jungle a young lady is in trouble. The victim is totally soaked in blood. Her organs are being harvested illegally. The eye of a camera feeds on her helpless body, recording every minute of the visceral and
Over the past century, the human body has been thoroughly studied, cut up, sliced, dissected, placed under a microscope, probed with x-rays, MRI, CT and PET scans and tested for just about every chemical or compound known to man. One would think that science knew every organ in the human body only too well. When
How many of you have a Medicare card? I do. My card gives my name, Social Security Number, sex, what coverage I have and the date that coverage took effect and then a place for a signature. If you aren’t concerned with that information getting out, you should be. True, it’s easy to find someone’s
Vision is nothing to take for granted and all too often it’s one of the things that we seem to be troubled with as we age. Our vision blurs. Possibly due to our eyes either stretching or contracting, changing their shape and the length of focus, resulting in farsightedness or nearsightedness. These are easily corrected
Many reports over the past decade would lead most of us to believe that America has the highest prevalence of obesity in the world. When you go out in public – shopping or just traveling, it’s easy to see why we get that impression. One report stated if you really want to see just how
This past few months, America has witnessed a harsher than normal flu season. It hit earlier than normal and it seems to last longer than normal. More people than normal were coming down with the flu and higher than normal numbers of seemingly healthy people were dying from the flu, including a large number of
Have you ever heard of age-related macular degeneration? It’s a leading cause of vision loss in older adults. The macula is a small central region of the retina, located in the back of the eye. It has the highest concentration of light sensing cells and is responsible for the sharpest vision. It contains over a
With tons of intel about how to optimize everything from your sleep habits to your coffee order right at your fingertips, it can be easy to forget that a single organ is responsible for keeping your whole body functioning: your brain. While your brain is a complicated organ, taking care of it doesn’t have to be. The
