The Same Zoonoses, Vibrios, Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasites, with only Half the Calories of other Brands!
Lately, perhaps due to the politics of an impending Brexit revote, the ongoing political infighting in the United States, issues arising from the anti-VAX movement and the threats they impose to public health, and the anti-GMO movements making the rounds, perhaps a look at bias was due. Bias, in one sense, means that we tend …
Continue reading About Bias: Why we like people better when they look like us, or agree with us.
What part does Social Media play in Loneliness and Isolation of Youth in today's world?
This is a reprint of a recent (2018) article in the Global Scientific Research Journal of Public Health based upon my own independent research (2013-2015). Nicoletta Alexander, Gudeta Fufaa, and Barry Woods, all played critical roles in supporting the original research project, and I owe them my undying gratitude. ©Mahalakshmi …
Continue reading Association Between Child Abuse and Hypertension in Adulthood.
Last week, while out for a run, I felt a sharp pain in my knee. Inspection revealed no obvious biomechanical issue, and the pain was intermittent. Still I took it easy until I returned home. While the area where I had felt the pain was swollen, it was not discolored. Discolored areas generally indicate the …
Homeostasis is really about balance, and in this case, energy balance. We are predisposed to maintain this homeostasis by taking advantage of surplus energy and storing it as fat. And while this trait has served our species for 2 million years, we no longer live in a feast or famine environment, and those conditions of …
The human immune response system, much like that of other mammals, evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be a barrier against the nasty bugs and pathogens we live with day-to-day. Since the discovery of antibiotics (and their overuse in both human medicine and industrial farming), we have created a very clean and sterile …
Part One: Background Over the winter, rather disgusted at the weight that I put on over the past 20 years, I decided to do something about it. Complaining was easy, but taking steps to improve my health also proved to be quite easy as well. About 25 years ago, I was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, …
