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Archive for May, 2005

Wrinkles

May 31st, 2005 by Bill Tuscan
Aging
As we grow older, we start to lose calcium and bone and under the skin are fat pads which lessen. Two protein strands elastin anc collagen are produced at lesser quantity. Those wrinkles come about because without enough of these two proteins the skin is not as smoot h and elastic as it once was and therefore sags. A product named AHA causes stimulation of mucin, which is a substance that fills in between collagen fibers. Over the counter creams with AHA help remove the outer layer of skin which has become dried and has damaged cells Botox when injected prevents...

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Food Portions

May 5th, 2005 by Bill Tuscan
Diet,Nutrition
It is an obvious principle that any successful weight loss requires less calories in than one is taking in now. However, portions have exploded since the 70's. Supersized servings of french fries and sodas are often two to five times larger than when they were introduced. In order to downsize your portions one must know the portion sizes of today and realize the difference in portion sizes when they were introduced. The Burger King hamburger in 1954 went from 2.8 oz and 202 calories to 4.3 oz. and 310 calories today. Macdonald's french fries went from 2.4 oz and 210 calories...

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Artificial Hearts

May 2nd, 2005 by Bill Tuscan
Cardiology,Surgery
The longest survival record of 17 months with an artificial heart was by Tom Christerson. On July 2, 2001. AbioCor is the company that produced this artificial heart. The Jarvic-7 heart made by Robert Jarvic in the early attempts in 1980 had the host die within hours or days and there were massive foreign-body rejection problems. There are more than 4,000 American on waiting lists for transplants and there are less than 2,500 donor hearts available yearly. This is the dilemma that fuels companies to attempt to make an artificial heart. For artificial hearts to be beneficial there needs to be...

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