Archive for May, 2005

Wrinkles

May 31st, 2005 – 5:52 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan
Tagged as: Aging, General Health

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 [...]

Food Portions

May 5th, 2005 – 4:41 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan
Tagged as: 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 [...]

Artificial Hearts

May 2nd, 2005 – 3:25 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan
Tagged as: 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 [...]