The Brain and its VesselsPictures in medicine: This is a magnetic resonance angiogram of the brain. Angiography uses contrast dye injected into the bloodstream to...
Preventative Disease, Part IIMy last post on preventative medicine led to some controversy. Some took the quote to mean that future doctors will NEVERR write any...
Strength training and Fat LossOur muscle anatomy ☝️ . Strength training 🏋 increases our muscle mass, raising our basal metabolic rate, thus significantly helping us...
What exactly is SPF??SPF, or Sun Protection Factor, is a measure of how well a sunscreen protects our skin from UVB rays, the kind of radiation we know to...
Dermatomes - the RIGHT wayLittle tip for my healthcare following: Having trouble memorizing the dermatomes? They become a lot easier when thought about from an...
How Posture Affects Disc PressureUnderstanding the effects of posture position on our spine -- specifically, our intervertebral disc pressure -- is key 🔑. This knowledge...
Comparing OurselvesComparing ourselves to others can often hinder our own success, not to mention be toxic to our mental health. . Your goals.. Your life 💯...
Degenerative Disc DiseaseDid you know that we're slightly taller in the morning than we are at night? . 1/4 of the length of our spine comes from our...
Lyme DiseaseA couple posts ago we saw the proper way to remove a tick after a tick bite, as a means of preventing tick-borne illnesses like Lyme...
Removing TicksTick bites are at a peak in these hot summer months, as are tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease and Babesiosis. . It's during a tick...
Embracing ChangeIt's only with change that we progress. Don't fear change. Embrace it 🙏 #MondayMotivation 💪
A Heart, Before and After Decellularization!A heart, before and after decellularization!! . Last post we saw a glimpse of the the past in genetics. Well this, friends, takes just...
The ORIGINAL Watson and CrickThe ORIGINAL Watson and Crick article proposing the double helical structure of DNA, published in Nature, 1953 . My fave quote from the...