Never Give Up—Fight Illness With Strength And Science
On November 4, 2021, Bill Gates said we must be ready for a bioterrorist attack with smallpox as the bioweapons. That is strange because smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980. But Bill Gates is a billionaire, so he must be smart. He also heads the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that hosted Event 201. In…
A study was published in the January 24, 2020 edition of Lancet Journal, A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a concerning family cluster study. Summary of the Study About the Wuhan or 2019 New Coronavirus Person to person transmission has been ongoing since December 29, 2019. People…
On January 12, 2020, the Taal volcano erupted resulted in an ash cloud that is carried over several kilometers downwind. Based on ongoing observations, there is still a danger of an imminent and more significant eruption This article presents the effects of substantial volcanic eruptions on health care. Geophysical Problems of Volcanic Eruptions Earthquakes and…
Coronavirus (CoV) is responsible for 10-30% of common colds. The most popular CoV are the SARS virus in 2003 with 10% mortality and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) with a death rate of 34.5% CoV is back on the headlines again. This time as the Wuhan coronavirus or 2019-nCoV by the Centers for…
How do you pronounce, Asclepiades? Who is Asclepiades of Bithynia? Asclepiades of Bithynia (born in 124 BC in Prousias, Bythinia, [modern Bursa Turkey]) and—died 40 BC, Rome [Italy]) established Hellenic or Greek medicine in Rome. He was educated in medicine at the Medical School of the Museum in Alexandria and in Philosophy at Keepos (garden), which is an Epicurean school….
Reading is easy. But remembering is hard. Words and concepts may be introduced for the first time and can be a challenge to recall. The purpose of the short article today is to add more tools to your learning techniques so that you can get more out of this website or any other reading material….
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Is it to lower blood sugar? It is just plain “common sense,” right? The pervading logic of Type 2 diabetes treatment is that since it is an issue of high blood sugar, then the lower the blood sugar, the better is the patient. But is that all? Is there a higher purpose as to why…
Nitric Oxide is Essential for Normal Blood Flow Blood is ejected in spurts in every heartbeat. The vascular system requires flexible arteries that can expand to accommodate the high pressure and volume of blood. This dilatation is made possible by the rubber-like properties of the smooth muscle cells that are found in the middle layer…
Not really. Pre-diabetes occurs when the fasting blood sugar (FBS) is 100 – 125 milligrams/deciliter (mg/dl). FBS is a blood test done after at least eight hours without food. A FBS of ≥ 126 mg/dl diagnoses diabetes. Less than 100 mg/dl is considered normal. In 2015, 84.1 million, or 33.9% of the U.S. population, had pre-diabetes….
Part 1: Deranged Apoptosis of the Endothelium All good things come to pass. Like the cells in our body. Cells that are old and lose their functions die. Apoptosis is programmed cell death. It is built into the genes. In ancient Greek, apoptosis means “falling off.” A type of white blood cell called the macrophage…
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Our body can also burn fat for fuel.
The arteries that supply blood all over the body has an inside lining called the endothelium. The endothelium has anti-atherogenic properties. Anti-atherogenic is the ability to prevent atherosclerosis. If everybody has protection against atherosclerosis, why is it that atherosclerosis is so preponderant that the number one and two cause of deaths in the whole world are…
Mini J as in Mini Jesse Mini J is a small 2.5 cm baked clay sculpture done by my daughter, Agnes, about 7 years ago. MiniJ’s photo has been the wallpaper on my mobile phone since it was made. The other day I somehow deleted it. I asked my wife to take another picture to…
The purpose of DrJesseSantano.com is to provide health information. Understanding why diseases occur is critical to avoid common and deadly diseases. At present, there is a worldwide epidemic of obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and Type 2 diabetes. Heart disease, stroke, and cancer are among the top causes of death. All of them are potentially preventable…
