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As you know, stem cell research is at the leading edge of new medical discovery, and has been for a while. It is revolutionary, and has yet to be fully explored. You may hear from people protesting and saying it is immoral, talks about clones being sacrificed for the life of the ‘original real copy’ and all of that silliness. A lot of people oppose it without really knowing what it is about. Stem cell research is, in my opinion, and in the opinion of many of the top medical professionals, will be one of the single most powerful tool, curing all sorts of previously deemed not treatable diseases.
What happens is that stem cells (cells that have yet to be assigned a type - these cells, with no real function through multiple enzymes and reactions in the body becomes a cell with an assigned role. It can become vital cells in the spine, it can be liver cells, blood cells etc. All that is needed are the enzymes to drive the reaction. With this, we can cure all sorts of disease by effectively replacing it with another. An often danger in accepting cells from another person is that it may reject the cells. With using your own cells, there is a guaranteed success.
Stem cells used to be collected through aborted embryos, or from volunteers - this made the topic of stem cell very controversial. Many who opposed abortions would also oppose using embryos for scientific study. However, there have been new methods in collecting stem cells - unfortunately the name will always be tainted in the general public.
C’elle is a company that takes women’s menstrual blood and extract the vital cells. It is a great way to collect samples for the donors benifit as well as science. If there is any history of disease, they may be protected this way. Visit C’elle for more information.
You can have your own personalized Medical ID to show off anywhere and everywhere. They look pretty sophisticated and neat. Looking through Universal Medical ID, I found that they are a a webstite offering personalized Medical ID. Some of their features include free engravings and free sizing, as well as free engraving warranty, and online medical registry with all of the time access. For the ID, you can pick from charms, Medical Bracelet lengths, bands, chain styles, clasps, metals, and much more. You should check them out and see if they have what you are looking for.
It now serves at Canadian residences, and comes with a free wallet card when you order from them.
So I am thinking about starting a few experiments, one being fruit week. A week consisting mainly of fruits and vegetables. Of course its a little silly to only eat fruits and vegetables, we may include a bit of meat and nuts, for our protein and others. We shall see how this affects our mood and health. Not that it is a healthy choice as we need balance, but an interesting experiment nonetheless.
For those who do not know what LASIK Laser Eye Surgery is all about: this type of surgery uses a LASIK Wavefront that is used to correct the visions in people’s eyes. This is a very basic procedure that is done by a LASIK Doctor. Even though there might be a misconception of the procedure being instant, there is still a recovery period which all patients should and must take. To some, a LASIK Laster Eye surgery sounds very risky but there are many benefits that have been outlined about this procedure which includes:
1) Freedom from the dependancy of glasses
2) Improved vision without any aid (such as glasses)
3) Restored vision or better vision than the person had previously
If you have difficulty dealing with a specific issue, whether it affects your life everyday, or you see it once in a while, it is important to seek help. Many think that by seeking professional help, we are ‘crazy’. But that’s not true at all, in fact it would make us a lot healthier as individuals to better understand ourselves. I’ve seen a psychologist in the past, and I could not say it was very helpful. Though for each person we have different approaches that is best for us, I’m looking into seeking psychotherapy as an alternative. What I’m interested in is through talking it out, understand myself and my problems, personality, and other things.
If you are in the area, try a psychotherapy Washington DC based psychotherapist Karen J. Osterle. She can offer help with anxiety, worry and stress, major and minor depression, and intimacy and relationship to name a few. Some topics already have appealed to me, stress, (minor) depression, intamacy, issues that I was dealing with in the past, but have little progression. Perhaps in the nearing future.
