Health&Me: Pancreatic Cancer

Hello Everyone! Today’s post is about pancreatic cancer. The pancreas is an organ that sits behind the stomach, with its tail end next to the spleen. © John Hopkins University (http://pathology.jhu.edu)   There two major types of pancreatic cancer: Exocrine Exocrine cancers are by far the most common type of pancreas cancer. Endocrine Tumors of …

Health&Me: Breast Cancer

Hi! For this month’s post, I wanted to give light to one of the most diagnosed type of cancer that affects women ―breast cancer. According to BreastCancer.Org through January 2016, more than 3.5 million women were living with breast cancer in the United States. And according to the same article from the site, a new …

Health&Me: Allergy

On this week’s post, we will be discussing Allergies. Allergy is one of the most common illness in the world. According to American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology(ACAAI), allergy affects 40 – 50 million of people in the United States. And according to Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA), allergy affects 1 …

Health&Me: Schistosomiasis

WHAT IS SCHISTOSOMIASIS? Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease. It is caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. According to WHO last 2015 there was an estimate of at least 218 million people that required preventative treatment. It affects 240 million people around the world. It is prevalent in poverty …

Health&Me: Opioid

      What is Opioid? Opioids are synthetic drugs that are produced to have the same effect as opiums. They are commonly prescribed for pain relief. They are classified by the FDA as narcotics, and could and should only be taken under physician’s advisement. The most common opioid among others is morphine, heroin, codeine. …

Health&Me: The Benefits of Cold Water

We all know that drinking 8-10 glasses of water is good for the body. But do you know that cold water is much more than that? Here are FOUR benefits of cold water: Drinking Cold Water Burns Fat According to a German study conducted in 2003, the 14 research participants managed to increase their metabolism …

Health&Me: Health Benefits of Dragon Fruit

Written by: Darlene Esmeralda Dragon fruit or red pitaya belongs to the Cactaceae family from the subfamily Cactoidea of the tribe Cactea.[1] The Dragon fruit is  indigenous to Central America exported from several Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Bangladesh , Pitahaya plants can have up to 4-6 fruiting cycles per year.[2] Pitaya or Dragon fruit …

Health&Me: Blood Donating – An Unusual Way of Sharing

Blood―it courses through our veins live a river providing our body with a fresh delivery of nutrients, vitamins, and oxygen needed for proper functioning. It composes approximately 7% - 10% of the normal body weight and is about 5 – 6 Liters of volume.[1] Imagine drawing it out of your body and giving it to …

Health&Me: Fever

This Monday'ss blog post is one of the most common medical symptoms out there―FEVER. What is fever? People often have the misconception that fever is a disease but in actuality, fever is the body’s immune response to foreign materials such as bacteria and viruses that somehow makes it inside its system. Fever is generally not considered …

Health&Me: How to Care for Your Kidneys

Kidneys, bean-shaped, about the size of a tightly clenched fist. But as part of the renal system, their purpose is not just simply to act as a filter.  Below are the following functions of the kidneys: Urine Production Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) Osmolarity and Osmolality Regulation of Water Excretion Electrolyte Excretion Acid-Base Balance Auto-regulation of Blood …