Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) has been a common calculation for healthcare providers to understand a patient’s kidney function. However, providers are agreeing one of the factors used in calculating for GFR leads to poorer estimates. Check out this link to learn more!
Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. Glucose is vital to your health because it’s an important source of energy for the cells that make up your muscles and tissues. The underlying cause of diabetes varies by type. This week in the first installment of our All about Diabetes three-part series, learn more about what type 1 diabetes is, what causes type 1 diabetes, the symptoms and risks factors, and some statistics about type 1 diabete.
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo was postponed to the 2021 Summer due to the coronavirus pandemic. Swipe to learn more about Japan’s safety precautions for the athletes and people of Tokyo during the Olympic Games! Check out this link to learn more!
The performance of an athlete can be improved by understanding the physiology and effect of exercises on various body parts of the athlete. As the 2021 Summer Olympic games conclude, this week, learn more about the physiology of athletes, specifically the physiology of an aerobic and anaerobic athlete and which Olympic sports fall into the two categories!
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has overwhelmed the clinical need for ventilators and artificial lungs, resulting in a critical shortage of available devices and endangering patients’ lives worldwide. Due to the proven safety of perfluorochemicals in clinics, Enteral ventilation via anus (EVA) potentially provides an adjunctive means of oxygenation for patients under respiratory distress conditions. Both intra-rectal oxygen gas and oxygenated liquid delivery were shown to provide vital rescue of experimental models of respiratory failure, improving survival, behavior, and systemic oxygen level. Check out this link to learn more!
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. This week in the second and final installment of our Alzheimer’s disease two-part series, learn more about the stages of Alzheimer’s disease as well as available therapies and treatments!
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