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Reviewed By Ray Spotts Our feet are responsible for supporting our bodies throughout many tasks, but we often don't give them the care they need to stay healthy. That's why most Americans suffer from foot pain. Constant repetition and strain wear them down over time, potentially leading to a number of conditions that can cause chronic pain.

Reviewed By Ray Spotts Understanding why the presence of conditions such as cluster headaches and migraines are so excruciating is better understood when both the chronic nature, as well as the interworking of the connections within the pain sensors that make them so debilitating and painful, are better explained. Identifying a new approach, now that the information on why things are this way for pain above the neck, can be largely helpful in better managing and treating said pain. Perhaps directly dealing with the emotional experience can help to manage the pain and discomfort more thoroughly.

Reviewed By Ray Spotts Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the researchers examined how biological age, relative to chronological age, changed in the U.S. while considering the contributions of health behaviors. Biological age was calculated using several indicators for metabolism, inflammation, and organ function, including levels of hemoglobin, total cholesterol, creatinine, alkaline phosphatase, albumin, and C-reactive protein in blood, as well as blood pressure and breath capacity data.

Reviewed By Ray Spotts The state of our environment has been the source of much debate and discussion for the last decade with increasing regularity. This is because it has become apparent that the over consumption and irresponsible way many of us discard waste and overly pollute the environment causes real, lasting harm.

Reviewed By Ray Spotts At the University of Birmingham, there is breakthrough research being done regarding the impact that specific proteins have on the immune system and even the ability to fight cancer. Amino acids can be found in proteins. Anywhere from hundreds to thousands of these acids form long chains. These specific proteins often do work within the cells as they relate to the regulation of the body's internal organs and tissue.

Reviewed By Ray Spotts Improving dietary resilience and better integration of nutrition in the health care system can promote healthy aging and may significantly reduce financial and societal burden. This was the key finding of a paper called Nutritional Considerations for Healthy Aging and Reduction in Age-Related Chronic Disease.

It was found that elastin, which is what allows the arteries to stretch and allows adequate blood flow to get to the heart, is hugely compromised by the building of this calcification.

Reviewed by Ray Spotts The elderly are at a much greater risk of suffering from a fall than those that are younger. The scary aspect of them potentially falling is that their bodies and bones are more compromised at that age. This can lead to dangerous and disastrous consequences. Every single year the expenses tied to injuries sustained by a fall total a whopping $31 billion.

The right global health strategies have the ability to save lives and increase the quality of life for those who are suffering from compromised health. The Committee on Global Health thinks a more efficient strategy to really address some of the health concerns in this country that aren't linked to infections is necessary in order for the United States to maintain its status as a global health leader.

Reviewed By Ray Spotts A weakened memory can be an incredibly taxing and difficult thing to manage on a day-to-day basis. Some people have great memories while others struggle with even some of the most basic questions they actually should know. With dementia and Alzheimer's being so heavily pervasive in the elderly population, finding ways to strengthen, sharpen and improve memory is on the minds of many researchers and scientists.

Statisticians David Dunson of Duke University and Daniele Durante of the University of Padova studied the white matter connections that the brain makes to find any conclusive evidence of these claims. They found over 68 separate brain regions in the averaged-aged college volunteer. The white matter of the brain typically resides underneath the outer grey matter and is composed of axons and wires that allow over a billion different neurons to connect and carry signals between the two.

Researchers found that the combination of multiple stressors triggered by whole body hyperthermia, however, resulted in a compromised aerobic capacity. When we truly contemplate the findings of this study, it can't be that surprising. Just as the body reacts poorly to falling below a certain temperature for an extended period of time, it does the same when exposed to high temperatures in conjunction with using the body in a heightened and elevated state.