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How Long and Healthy Will We Live?
There is a limit to longevity. We also need to limit disease within our lifespan. Physical activity is perhaps the single most important factor to help us do that. Five new 2024 papers discussed.
How to Reduce and Manage Healthcare Costs
Healthcare costs will keep rising due to advancing technology, expensive new drugs, corporate healthcare expansion, and insurance practices. We should know how to reduce healthcare costs.
Diagnosing Diabetes Early: For Ourselves and For Those Around Us
Diabetes screening needs to start early and should be an annual exercise, not just for us but for everyone around us
The Three-Second Choice: Buckle Up or Risk Becoming a Backseat Bullet
Wearing a seatbelt in the backseat of the car saves lives
When and Why Would You Prefer a Branded Drug Over a Generic!
Given the issues with quality assurance in our country, it may be better for those who can afford to buy branded drugs rather than generics.
The Essential Travel Medicine Kit
If you travel, then you must have a ready travel medicine kit that you can easy carry in your carry-on luggage, separate from the pills you may need on a daily basis for your diseases.
Auditory Wellness...Protecting and Improving Our Hearing...Ourselves
Auditory wellness has two aspects: protection from loud noises and managing hearing loss, both of which we should learn to manage on our own using available commercial technology such as noise cancelling earphones and headphones
When Speed Matters...And Doesn't!
There are some acute situations like acute heart attacks where speed is paramount, but there are others such as cancers and heart disease, where it is best to take your time to decide on the best course of treatment.
From Presbyopia to Cataracts to AMD - Why Regular Vision Checks are Important
It is important to get an annual or biennial eye check-up to diagnose preventable, easily correctable and treatable ocular conditions
The Overweight Myth: Why Overnutrition Is Better Than Undernutrition Every Single Time!
Why it is better to overnourished due to food availability than undernourished due to food scarcity, every single time
