Are Celexa and heart problems related? Turns out they are but not in the way that you might think. In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in January 2007, researchers found in a three month study of 284 people who had already suffered a heart attack, treatment with Celexa was…
Arthritis and Fish Oil Supplements – What you Need to Know
Arthritis is a catch-all term that describes more than 100 different medical conditions. All of these conditions cause inflammation in the musculoskeletal system. At this point, a definitive cause for the development of most of these arthritic conditions has not been found. However, researchers and doctors do have treatment protocols to help individuals decrease the…
What are Homocysteine Levels?
If you’ve been following health news in the past years you’ll know that homocysteine is the new LDL/HDL combination. Researchers and scientists once pointed to cholesterol and triglyceride levels as the ultimate measurement of potential risk for heart attacks and strokes. But today doctors know that there are other factors that contribute to illnesses and…
6 Tips for Keeping Cardiovascular Fitness after 40
Cardiovascular fitness, simply put, means the ability of the body to give oxygen and blood flow to the muscular areas. Some people ask the question, “Can I improve cardiovascular fitness over 40?” The answer- Of course, you can! Cardiovascular fitness over 40 can be achieved by hard work, perseverance, patience, and dedication. To obtain an…
Why you Freeze when you’re trying to Listen to Something
Have you ever noticed that the first thing you do when you want to listen carefully to someone, is stop talking? The second thing you do is stop moving altogether. These tactics helps us hear better by preventing unwanted sounds generated by our own movements. But how does our brain do this almost without our…
Is There any difference between the Flu and Stomach Flu?
“The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster.” ~Bill Gates When people complain about a stomach virus or stomach flu, we don’t really think about it too much. But, although “stomach flu” is…
Celebrex, Heart Disease and Safety
Many patients using colexicob, which is sold under the trade name Celebrex, have concerns about safety, and they have good reason. A few weeks after September 2004 when Vioxx was withdrawn from the market, Bextra, a sister drug, was also found to increase the risk of heart disease. Drugs like Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra fall…
What Is The Default Mode Network?
The default mode network (DMN), also known as the default network, is a network of interacting brain regions known to have activity highly correlated with each other and distinct from other networks in the brain. The default mode network is most commonly shown to be active when a person is not focused on the outside…
Why You Should Start Walking For Health and Fitness
“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” ― Ellen DeGeneres I laugh whenever I hear that line. For some reason, it also always makes me reflect on how compartmentalized our busy modern lives have gotten. We go to…