ABOUT THE AUTHOR Judy M. Delp Ph.D. Job Description Professor of Biomedical Sciences Education B.S. Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri Ph.D. University of Missouri Memberships American Physiological Society American Microcirculatory Society American Heart Association Toriyama et al.17 studied the effect of CO2 bathing in 83 limbs with
Troubles in the bedroom can be a double whammy for older men: Researchers have found that erectile dysfunction ups the risk for heart disease. Their four-year study concluded that men whose impotence is vascular-related, not emotional, are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or sudden cardiac death. This
When you say healthy, it often brings to mind an image of person that exercises all the time and only eats nutritious food while avoiding junk like candy and fast food. However, it actually demands so much more than that. Truth is, being truly healthy
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Drug manufacturers were grilled Wednesday about the skyrocketing price of insulin, which has doubled in the last five years and led some patients to ration the life-saving drug. One study finds the underuse of insulin could affect nearly 40 million people with diabetes by 2030. “Nobody cared
“My doctor told me I had less than a year to live if I wouldn’t let them amputate my leg, but I didn’t let them – here’s how I am still alive now!” When doctors initially told 60-year-old Theresa “Tere” Schaufer that she had diabetes,
Ineffective tissue perfusion is a state in which an individual has a decrease in oxygen resulting in failure to nourish the tissues at the capillary level. Tissue perfusion is a critical parameter for tissue survival and function, and both relative and absolute perfusion assessments are
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