Phenomics Medicine is a new concept for me. Phenome is a scientific wellness program that tries to spot the earliest signs of disease by checking a person’s genetic makeup and certain biomarkers in their blood, urine and bodily secretions to diagnose the disease in its earliest and most curable phase.
Chronological Age vs Biological Age - what is the difference? Which one is more important? I believe all age-related decisions such as employment, retirement, running for a political office should be made according to biological age, more than chronological age.
Which aspect of aging should we take more into consideration - chronological or biological age - when we make age related decisions? As I become an octogenarian doctor, I look at old age differently.
The biology of aging is being investigated on cellular and molecular level in tissue cultures, on healthy older old people, and in wild animals with exceptionally long lifespans. Read on for more insight into longevity medicine.
What is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on human behavior? Even in its infancy, A.I. is already manipulating us, adversely impacting our thinking and our behaviors. How will this evolve?
How can a lifeless device be intelligent? The IQ of AI
Horseshoe crab number are drastically declining. The relationship between horseshoe crabs, humans and many shore birds beautifully exemplifies how all living species in nature are interrelated for survival.
Thanks to the advanced medical sciences and improved food sources and nutrition, humans are steadily increasing in number and approaching 8 billion. This insurmountable number, not only creating an imbalance in the nature but also many logistic problems. How are we going to be able to feed, cloth, house, educate, employ, and protect them from the ravages of climate change without invading and destroying the living environment of other species, thereby causing their disappearance?
Genes are the essence of biodiversity in nature. How is the immense diversity in nature accomplished and why?
The primordial cry for help for their mother.
More than half of the adult population suffers from hemorrhoids. Burning, itching, discomfort, pain, bleeding, and protruding piles from the rectum during bowel movements are some of the common complaints. What are hemorrhoids and why do we develop them?
I’m very concerned seeing a perfect storm of destruction gathering right in front of our eyes, in form of massive advertising by gambling companies to bet on sporting events, and the legalization of marijuana sales for recreational use by many states, while it remains illegal by the federal government.
As a gastroenterologist with many years of clinical practice experience, I have always been fascinated with brain-and-body communication and miscommunication, and its role in the development of mental and organic diseases. To me, one of the most curious brain-and-body miscommunication disorders is transgenderism. I believe there is lack of scientific knowledge and understanding among research scientists and among the general public. In this essay, I would like to discuss my opinions and understanding about transgenderism.
In memory of my father, I would like to share with my readers some of his most helpful advice and words of wisdom that helped shape my life.
At 5 years old, I was taken away from my crowded family living in a small village in Eastern Anatolia for education purposes by my uncle, to a city in Western Anatolia. My uncle was a judge and never married, nor had children of his own. He had no idea as to how to raise a boy to become a better man. So, that’s how I lost my father’s influence on me and his guidance in my life. I often cried, missing my parents, my family, my sibling, playmates and felt homesick. But learned later in the life that the things that my father failed to provide me were nothing compared to what he gave me.
Hard decisions can’t be made with rationality alone. Decisions that we make define us, and determine who we are and who we might become.
We should always remember the saying, “either use it, or lose it” when it involves intelligence and aging. What is Fluid Intelligence and why does aging most commonly bring on a decline of these abilities?
Why do we all age differently? Is it genetically determined how we physically and mentally get old?
I remember clearly during my upbringing and many years of education that to be smart and rational, logical thinking was all that was required. Emotions and feelings only make us act with emotional and irrational impulses, and therefore they are considered weaknesses of character. At a one stage of my adult life, I finally realized that I am a very emotional person. I always have very strong opinions about things in life, and that they are an inseparable part of me and make me who I am.
