RSS Feed
The more complicated the machinery, the greater the expertise necessary to fix anything that goes wrong with it. That’s true for exotic cars as well as for some of the more exotic parts of the human anatomy.
The Checklist
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Dr. Manny's new book The Checklist is now available! The Checklist tells you what you need to know to prevent disease and live a long and healthy life. Order your copy from Amazon today , and enjoy these excerpts from the book as you wait for it to arrive!
For Women And Girls Only
For many young women, the first visit to a gynecologist is often their first adult encounter with a physician. There is often a long hiatus between their last visit to a pediatrician during their teenage years and their first visit to a doctor as a young adult.
For Women And Girls Only
About 200,000 cases are diagnosed every year, and it is second only to lung cancer in the number of deaths caused among American women annually.
The Beauty Of Age (Age 70 And Beyond)
The eyes have it in our culture, so anything that threatens our vision can put a real damper on our lives. Though eye care should begin before the eighth decade of life, many eye troubles do occur at this age, including age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, for short.
The Beauty Of Age (Age 70 And Beyond)
Here is a phrase you’ll hear often among the 70-plus gang: What good is being physically healthy if your brain is gone?
The Beauty Of Age (Age 70 And Beyond)
The very young and the very old are alike in many ways in terms of health, and you’ll hear the comparison often. That, in fact, is the case with pneumonia. The two groups of people most susceptible to pneumonia are the very young and adults over the age of 65.
We've Only Just Begun (Age 60-69)
Clench your fist—that’s about the size of your heart. Located in the center of your chest, the heart beats about one hundred thousand times a day, pumping five to six quarts of blood per minute.
We've Only Just Begun (Age 60-69)
Your heart is not the only potential victim of cardiovascular disease. Your brain can be, too.
We've Only Just Begun (Age 60-69)
More than 160,000 Americans die each year from lung cancer—more than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined.
We've Only Just Begun (Age 60-69)
Some 44 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis, making it a major public health concern.
(1) Comments
Keeping Up With The Joneses (Ages 50-59)
The sixth decade of life is a time of transformation. For women the changes are usually summed up with the word “menopause.” Men also seem to have a “pause” of their own during their fifties, even if it’s not quite as obvious as it is for women.
Keeping Up With The Joneses (Ages 50-59)
Perception and aging have always traveled together, hand in hand. But aging isn’t only about crow’s-feet around the eyes, gray hair, comfortable shoes, and flannel pants.
Keeping Up With The Joneses (Ages 50-59)
About two-thirds of the people with Type 2 diabetes have been diagnosed, which leaves about 6 million people walking around with undiagnosed diabetes. That’s a huge number of people who have a very serious disease and don’t know it. And that makes Type 2 diabetes, like hypertension, another silent killer.
Keeping Up With The Joneses (Ages 50-59)
Unlike the heart or the lungs, the gallbladder is one of those organs about which people know next to nothing. And no wonder, the gallbladder is little more than a storage sack.
The Cadillac Years (Ages 40-49)
One reason—if not the main reason—we diet and exercise is that we want to look good to the opposite sex (or maybe the same sex). And, of course, one reason—if not the main reason—we want to do that is to be attractive to our (real or imagined) sexual partner.
