by Perry Shumway | Apr 30, 2020 | A Healthy You
Breast Cancer spotlight: BRCA genes Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, and scientists have found two genes that play a key role in protecting against it. These genes are BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BReast CAncer gene 1, BReast CAncer gene 2). Under normal...
by Perry Shumway | Apr 30, 2020 | A Healthy You
What is it, and why is it important to know about? Naloxone is an emergency drug used for those who manifest respiratory or central nervous system depression as a result of an opioid overdose. This is a life saving drug that those outside of the opioid epidemic may...
by Perry Shumway | Apr 30, 2020 | A Healthy You
March is trisomy awareness month. Trisomy is a genetic abnormality that results from improper distribution of chromosomes during cell division. This improper division is called non-disjunction. Trisomy is when a cell has an extra chromosome. Complete trisomy of...
by Perry Shumway | Apr 30, 2020 | A Healthy You
Statins are a class of drugs that lower blood cholesterol levels. They accomplish this by reducing the amount of cholesterol that the liver produces, and also by increasing the amount of low-density lipoprotein receptors, which clear LDL from the body. Statins have...
by Perry Shumway | Apr 30, 2020 | A Healthy You
The CDC warns that 15% of US adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Even worse, half of the people with low kidney function who are not on dialysis do not know they have CKD. 1 in 3 American adults are at risk for CKD. What do the kidneys do? The...
