Dangerous Device Interference
By the year 2023, the number of individuals with pacemakers and defibrillators is expected to increase to 1.43 million units worldwide. So do these patients or for that matter, any of us need to be concerned about the potentially dangerous effects of portable...
Lucrative Healthcare, My Insight
America spends over $3.8 trillion a year on healthcare (2019)—and more per capita than any other country in the world, despite that our life expectancy is 76.1 years at birth - the lowest level since 1996. BTW South Korea boosts 83.5! So you will not be surprised as...
Alzheimer’s Epic Numbers
Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 6.5 million Americans who happened to be over 65 years. Senility is sometimes used by the uninformed. Sadly, the number just continues to grow. This makes me wonder if there is something in our...
Artificial Sweetener Bomb!
Bad news for all of us using artificial sweeteners to try and keep the pounds off. Artificial sweeteners are present in thousands of food and beverage brands worldwide, however, they remain a controversial topic and are currently being re-evaluated by the European...
Alluring Caffeine
Caffeine jump-starts your day and puts a bounce in your step. It can help you focus, improve your mood and maybe even help you live longer. It is a natural stimulant! Listen to Doc Handal's latest podcast and learn more about caffeine and how it is actually used in...
Awesome Medical Reveals
What follows in this blog is a few medical Journal reveals I want to share with my followers. Hope you find them as interesting as I did. AI & ECG Interpretation At the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in Barcelona last week, a randomized clinical trial of...
Beware For A Silent Heart Attack
When someone says heart attack you think of a dramatic pain that could possibly quickly end your life. However, the reality is twenty percent (American Heart Association 2022 data) of heart attacks are silent: there is no dramatic pain. The popularized notion of a...
Hip Fractures & What You Eat
Your diet whether vegetarian, pescatarian (vegetarian that eats seafood) or a meat lover, can influence whether or not you were at higher risk for hip fracture. A recent study revealed that women following a certain diet are at 33% higher risk. To learn more about...
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