Americans are collectively getting older. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Americans aged sixty-five or older grew by 34.2% (that’s a total of 13,787,404 people) between 2010 and 2020. It’s no big mystery as to why this is occurring. All those Baby...
Your liver is amazing. That’s right…we said amazing. For starters, your liver is the second largest organ in your body. Your skin is the only organ that’s bigger. (And yes…your skin is actually an organ.) Your liver is as big as a football and weighs in at...
The end of the year is approaching fast. That means holiday shopping, travel, holiday get-togethers…and extra stress. Unfortunately, this isn’t the kind of stress your body was designed to handle. How Your Body Handles Stress A long, long time ago…our ancestors lived...
For the past couple of years, everyone has been laser-focused on the COVID pandemic. But that doesn’t mean we should ignore the seasonal viruses that descend during fall and winter. Especially given that infectious disease experts are warning this could be a...
What scientists know about medications and how they work frequently evolves over time. Sometimes researchers even discover new applications for drugs that go beyond their originally intended purpose. Metformin is a good example. When first discovered during the 1950s,...
Aging changes the body. This is no secret. It’s also no secret that one of the most insidious of these changes is the weight gain that comes with a sluggish metabolism. Sometime during the thirties (for most people), the things people do to lose that extra 5-10 pounds...
