EXTREME AND DEADLY HEAT WAVES Part 1

The reality of manmade climate change is upon us. Summer of 2021 came in early with a big bang of sizzling heat waves that are shattering records, creating public health emergencies, widespread drought, water shortages and crop failure. How does our body regulate its core temperature when extreme heat waves are upon us? And what happens when the body cannot cope?

HEALTHY BRAIN

Even though I am usually against food supplements, laboratory studies are so convincing that now, I strongly recommend taking more curry and omega-3 fatty acids, either with our diet or taking them as food supplements to help keep our brain healthy and bright.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Part 2

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), at its core is a neuro-degenerative disease of brain cells. Why are only certain memory cells are involved? And what are the biggest risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease? Being female is the the second biggest risk factor for AD, why?

KUDOS TO VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS

It is estimated that about 75 billion land animals are raised each year and slaughtered for their meat. The industrial scale of animal agriculture, while profiting handsomely to supply meat for masses, has significantly contributed to climate change.

MORE ON VACCINE HESITANCY

Vaccines are, without a doubt, one of the greatest accomplishments of modern medicine. But why then still there are so many oppositions to vaccines? Today, about 30% of Americans refuse to take the Coronavirus vaccine. Why?

AMERICA’S OBSESSION WITH GUNS

Repeated recent massacres of innocent people with war grade, semi–automatic weapons have become an epidemic in America. Together with the deadly coronavirus pandemic, it has created the worst health care crisis of the century in the USA.

PUBERTY

Parents beware, puberty comes earlier than you think. Children should be educated and prepared to talk to their children about this critical and bewildering period of their lives.

THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD

The American health care system is a profit oriented corporate health care delivery system run by giant health care corporations. Preventative health care is not as profitable as treating illnesses, so much so that many preventative health care measures and practices are not even covered by health insurance. Is the American health care system is more a sickness care than health care?

E P I S T E M O L O G Y Part 2

The art of thinking, learning, memory formation and recall are biological functions of our brain. Without knowing how our brain performs all of these higher mental faculties, at the neuro-cellular and molecular levels, we can’t possibly know how to study smartly or learn effectively.

EPISTEMIC CHAOS FOR MORE PROFIT

An out-of-control internet freedom, without any social responsibility has helped to create epistemic chaos. What does that mean and why are these factors that helped to cause the January 6th Capitol riots to occur in Washington DC?