Category Archives: Healthcare@Risk™

#274 – DOES EXERCISE PROTECT AGAINST COVID 19 – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Perhaps you remember the old aphorism “Exercise is the best medicine.” For at least the past 40 years, regular exercise has been universally recognized as being a healthful thing. Many people such as the late Jack LaLanne, who died at age 96, have been promoting exercise much longer than that. It’s clear that regular exercise protects people from many of the impairments that otherwise seem to be an inevitable consequence of aging. Continue reading →

#272 – HOW TO PREVENT WORK BURNOUT DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC – RAPHAEL AMARUBE

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The world is facing a lot of challenges in this COVID-19 pandemic. Some of these challenges emerge from the imposed social distancing and isolation. It has greatly affected what we love to do, where we want to be, and who we want to be with.  Many companies are switching to remote work to protect their employees, and help minimize disruptions and keep operations running as close to normal as possible. Continue reading →

#268 – SURVIVING COVID 19 – ALLEN TAYLOR

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To live out your maximum possible lifespan in the best possible health, you must first survive the current threat to your life and well-being, the COVID-19 pandemic. A pandemic disease is one that occurs over a wide area and affects a major portion of the population living in that wide area. It has been over 100 years since the last true world-wide pandemic, the 1918 flu, which killed millions of people all over the world. Now, over 100 years later, COVID-19 has been officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). COVID-19 is potentially the most dangerous infectious disease to affect humanity since the 1918 strain of flu. Continue reading →

#266 – FIRST STEPS TOWARD GENE THERAPY OF CANCER IN HUMANS – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Last week I talked about how a couple of small gene tweaks, using CRISPR-CAS9 technology, has massively reduced levels of “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides in lab mice. If this technology could be extended to humans, it could potentially lower the incidence of coronary heart disease and enable many people to live longer and in better health. Coronary heart disease is one of the two biggest killers of people in developed countries. The other big killer is cancer. CRISPR-CAS9 is being applied on this front as well. Continue reading →

#265 – CAN GENE THERAPY ARREST THE WORLD’S BIGGEST KILLER? – ALLEN TAYLOR

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Ever since the discovery of antibiotics knocked down infectious diseases as major reapers of human lives, coronary heart disease (CHD) has ascended to the number one position on the causes of human deaths. Multiple factors contribute to people’s chance of contracting CHD, including unhealthy diets, lack of exercise, chronic stress, obesity, and environmental toxins. These are all things that people have some degree of control over. Continue reading →