Take Control of Your Blood Pressure, Protect Your Heart! Join us on May 17th to raise awareness about the importance of monitoring and managing blood pressure. High blood pressure is a silent killer, but with regular check-ups and a healthy lifestyle, you can keep it in check. Let's work together to promote heart health and prevent hypertension-related complications. Spread the word and take actio...
What Is Osteocalcin? Osteocalcin is the most abundant non-collagenous protein hormone in bone and is produced exclusively by osteoblasts, the cells that build bones. Osteocalcin binds calcium in the bones, working to maintain and regenerate bone tissue.[1] As a kind of hormone, it’s functions also extends to the regulation of whole body metabolism, reproduction, cognition and can be d...
All About Thyroid Dysfunction What Is the Thyroid? The thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located in the base of the neck just below the Adam's apple. Although relatively small, the thyroid gland plays a huge role in our body, influencing the function of many of the body’s most important organs, including the heart, brain, liver, kidneys and skin. Ensuring that the thyroid glan...
Stress Hormone: Cortisol—— The Roles and Diseases it Takes Part in Over recent years, due to the changing social environment and increasing challenges, stress and stress-related feelings especially after COVID-19 pandemic are on the rise. These stressors containing global conflicts, personal health, economic downturn, rising up family responsibilities, etc[1]. What are Str...
Rheumatoid Arthritis – It’s Never too Early to Test Things you should know about Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a common, systemic autoimmune disease affecting between 0.5-1% of the adult population. It is characterized by inflammation of the synovial joints which can lead to progressive joint destruction and consequent impairment in quality of life. Rheumatoi...
Mind the Gap in Kidney Care Facts about Kidney Worldwide At least 1 in 10 people worldwide is living with kidney disease.1 According to the Global Burden of Disease study, in 2019,>3.1 million deaths were attributed to kidney dysfunction, making it the seventh leading risk factor for death worldwide (Figure 1).2 However, global mortality from all kidney diseases may actually range betwee...
Do you want to know your ovarian age? ————Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) will tell you As time passes by, women start to show symptoms associated with aging, such as facial sagging, dull skin, forgetfulness, dreaminess, insomnia and irritability. All of these may be result from the fact that your ovaries are ...
Things You May Want to Learn About Calprotectin Inflammatory bowel disease and the current diagnostic dilemma IBD are chronic diseases that result from the inflammation of the intestinal wall resulting in diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue, and weight loss. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are two major forms of IBD. [1.2] The diagnosis of IBD relies on a c...
Thyroid Problems & Disease: Types and Causes Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction Thyroid dysfunction is a common endocrine disorder worldwide. The prevalence varies across different populations and regions. 2 billion people or 30% of the world’s population are still at risk of iodine deficiency 20 million Americans are estimated to have some form of thyroid disease according to the ...
