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The Fat Cell 1: What is a Fat Cell?
The fat cell, which is also known by the more respectable alias, ‘adipocyte’, looks like a water balloon almost completely filled with fat in the form of a lipid droplet. Embedded on top of the droplet is the nucleus, nestled as a mob boss amongst his ill-gotten gains. Tiny flecks, organelles of the cell, mill around the nucleus, as lackeys tend to do around the boss.
By D. Thea Baldrick4 years ago in Longevity
Manual Lymphatic Drainage Can Put Lymphedema at Bay for Breast Cancer Patients
Photo by Kirsty Topping Breast cancer obviously emanates fear from the core of any women who’s been diagnosed. But once acceptance allows the patient to gear up and fight the disease, they must pick themselves up again and face down the most troublesome side effects of treatment. The removal of two or three of the lymph nodes under arms and radiation damage of other nearby nodes can bring on a condition known as Lymphedema. The arms, hands, breasts, or torso may swell and cause pain and limit range of motion. But a treatment is available, and the main component involves a process known as Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD).
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Longevity
The Impact of Healthcare Pricing & Transparency on the Rare Disease Community
Imagine this: you’ve just arrived back home from running errands and decide to check the mail, whereupon you find that you’ve received an outrageous bill for your brief visit to the ER recently. Sound familiar? Almost every adult has faced this at some point, whether it be for themselves or a family member, but it can be especially common and distressing among those in the rare disease community.
By Aston Martinez 4 years ago in Longevity
