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August 10, 2016

Fighting Inflammation with Food!

Body inflammation is caused when the body senses a stimuli such as an injury or infection. Prolonged inflammation can damage many things in the body like […]
September 1, 2016

Is Your Medication Affecting Your Thinking?

Is your medication affecting your thinking skills? Every time you take medication there are possible side effects: dry mouth, nausea or drowsiness. Certain medication may affect […]
October 10, 2016

Why Does Stress Cause Weight Gain?

Stress has a short term effect of lost of appetite; the brain releases corticotropin hormones that reduce hunger. Adrenaline is also released, which activates the fight […]
October 17, 2016

A Healthy Diet Promotes Better Memory!

Memories influence and shape your personality. It’s your thoughts, connections, and all other recollections that make you who you are, and memory loss is essentially a […]
December 20, 2016

Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) Blood Test

When exposed to a pathogen, your body’s immune system creates antibodies in order to fight the infection. However, a specific kind of antibody, antinuclear antibodies, actually […]
May 1, 2017

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Whenever people think of fats they automatically assume they’re not good for them, but that’s not always the case. There are well known healthy fats and […]
August 21, 2017

I have an Abnormal CBC, Now what?

A Complete Blood Count (CBC) checks your white blood cell count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count, lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils. An abnormal […]
October 29, 2018

How Stress Can Affect Your Brain

When under a lot of stress How Stress can Affect your Health, you may be very forgetful and disorganized, but have you ever wondered if there […]
November 12, 2018

PSA Blood Test Overview

The Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) is produced by the prostate. A simple blood test measures the amount of PSA and high levels may suggest the presence of […]