Category: Health
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Ian: Florida’s West Coast Islands Are Uninhabitable
After Hurricane Ian destroyed communities in Florida, rescue teams continue going door to door in search of survivors. As of Monday, October 3, at least 101 people have died from the hurricane in the state – 54 of them in Lee County alone. On Sanibel Island, now isolated after Ian destroyed part of the bridge…
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How to Turn a Healthy Lifestyle into a Business Model
Finding the right balance between a healthy life and lifestyle is a significant challenge. Many people ignore health issues until they become severe. According to the SMA (International Stress Management Association), only 23% of the adult population in the U.S. engages in sufficient exercise, over 40% suffer from chronic diseases, and only 12.2% are metabolically…
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New York Declares State of Emergency Due to Polio Virus
If you are wondering whether the polio vaccine you received in childhood is still valid, you can check your antibody levels against the polio virus with a blood test. There are three types of polio viruses: PV1, PV2, and PV3; immunity from one does not transfer to the other types. It is very important to…
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Dracula, a classic by Bram Stoker
Synopsis: Vampire stories, widely spread around the world, originate from 18th-century Hungarian folklore. A vampire, according to popular tradition, is the restless soul of a suicide, criminal, or heretic that rises from the grave, usually in the form of a bat, to drink the blood of humans. The gothic novel Dracula (1897) by British author…
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Stress and Immunity – the Circuit Makes the Difference
In the last two years, the global pandemic has made us acutely aware of how our bodies respond to viral infection. Within this pandemic, there is another pandemic – a heightened level of stress that is affecting our behaviors, mental health, and potentially our immune systems. The intersection between the immune and stress systems has…
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These 3 Discoveries Will Shape the Future of Medicine
Biotechnology – one of the fastest-growing scientific fields – utilizes tools from biology, chemistry, computing, engineering, and mathematics to advance research promising medical breakthroughs. Biotechnology products and solutions generated about $1 trillion in revenue worldwide in 2021, a 34% increase from five years ago, according to the 2021 Global Biotechnology Innovation Scorecard, which ranks the…
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Smoking – Erase this addiction
The smoke from cigarettes is as harmful as that expelled from a car’s exhaust. While the exhaust releases between 30 to 80 thousand ppm (parts per million) of carbon monoxide, cigarettes emit between 20 to 60 thousand ppm. In January 2006, the California Air Resources Board, a U.S. state considered a reference in health and…
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Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions in Brazil Takes Effect
Starting September 1, the Sectoral Plan for Climate Change Adaptation and Low Carbon Emission in Agriculture (ABC+) for the period 2020-2030 will come into effect. The ordinance detailing the sectoral policy – created to reduce carbon emissions from the Brazilian agricultural sector through incentives and support for environmental technologies – was published in the Official…
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Narcotics Anonymous – Addictus On Line is Born in Brazil
Addictus On Line, an organization formed by people recovering from drugs, where the main mission is drug prevention, begins its activities in Brazil. The organization works on the reintegration of drug dependents into society as agents of regional drug prevention. With the mission of having members in all neighborhoods of Brazil, acting as multipliers of…
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U.S. Food Cooperatives Help Local Citizens Live Well
Food cooperatives in the United States, unlike the more common supermarkets run by national chains, are owned by the local buyers themselves. When local citizens pay a membership fee, they gain shopping privileges and the right to vote on a Board of Directors or run for a seat on the Board. “Members elect the Board…