The FDA just made history. They approved the first CRISPR (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat, a genetic manipulation system) technique to treat a human disease.
Category Archives: Medicine
Can Life Experiences be Inherited?
Depending on how old you are and how “up” with science you are, this may be a pretty astounding blog.
Killing Bacteria?
How about this idea? A microbe (actually a bacteria) that can target and treat cancer. For a price of about $ 1 a dose.
The sequence is key!
My kids (and a few of my friends) all get a kick of how I eat. (That means they are derisive!)
I first eat the vegetables on my plate. (And, if they are mixed vegetables, I segregate each and eat them separately.). Then, I go for the rice, and then finally, I devour the main portion of the meal.
Umbilical Cord Benefits
About two decades ago, it became “fashionable” to save the umbilical cord when a new baby was born. The cells from the cord were harvested and saved should a familial member in fact need stem cell therapy in the future. To be honest, most of the saved cells were used for siblings, not the actual child from which the cord was saved.
A new way to lose weight?
Ozempic and Wegovy. The two new cash cow drugs from Novo Nordisk. Wait- there’s yet a third one from Eli Lilly- Zepbound.
Brain Fog. Muscles are Jelly.
So, I took another hiatus.
Let’s get real. It wasn’t that I “took” a hiatus. It’s that my body took the hiatus and I was dragged long for the ride.
Pharmageddon!
When I moved to Northern Virginia in 1989, I chose a local CVS store. The pharmacy hours were to remain opened until midnight- convenient for a family with young kids.
Definitive Test for ADHD?
Nowadays, there are multitudes of folks claiming they are subject to ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Had I been born later, I am sure I would d have been so diagnosed. But, I squeaked by, since no one knew much about this.