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What is a Bone Marrow Transplant? In its simplest form, a bone marrow transplant replaces bone marrow. Bone marrow is found inside some of our bones and is soft and spongy. Some bone marrow, red bone marrow, actually houses the special cells that become all of our blood cells. The American Cancer Society provides an overview of these special
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Estrogen is a well-known sex hormone that frequents news cycles and health literature. This week, we’ll take a deeper look at what, exactly, estrogen is and how it affects our bodies. StatPearls, one of the principal online resources for medical education, provides an overview of estrogen. Researchers and clinicians work with estrogen under different names like estrone,
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If you feel like the word inflammation is everywhere, that’s because it probably is. Inflammation is central to a host of diseases and health conditions. Centuries of remedies and treatments target inflammation in the body to try and improve symptoms. But what exactly is inflammation? Inflammation describes almost anything warm, red, swollen, and painful. We can see
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Ah, my old friend, the microbiome. My inbox is full of buzzy articles claiming to have found the secret to health and longevity by unlocking the mysteries of the gut microbiome. (If you need a refresher on the microbiome, I’ve got one.) Age, family history, environment, diet, and lifestyle all dictate the tiny organisms living
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The first moment I held my son, something changed in me. The NICU nurse carefully placed my premature baby on my chest, careful not to tug on the multiple tubes and sensors attached. I felt a combination of deep love and intense fear that I’ve slowly learned to live with over the five and a
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It starts with a queasy feeling, then nausea, then quickly progresses to several hours of vomiting and diarrhea. It’s difficult to keep down anything at all, which brings on the headache and dizziness of dehydration. Many of us have been there, victims of the ubiquitous stomach bug. It may surprise you that a Stomach Bug
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An estimated 1.9 million people in the United States were diagnosed with cancer in 2022. Treatment options and prognoses vary widely depending on the cancer type and staging, a patient’s overall health, and access to healthcare. Immunotherapy is a promising treatment option but can be extraordinarily expensive and time-consuming. For several years, researchers have turned
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Handwashing, mask-wearing, sanitizing, and disinfecting have become routine throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Even for the less zealous cleaners among us, our shared public areas like restaurants and public transit undergo much more rigorous cleaning practices than ever before. Early in the pandemic, before we knew that COVID-19 is primarily transmitted through respiratory droplets and aerosol particles,
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It seems impossible to make it through this post-holiday season without everyone and their cousin offering conflicting advice about what to eat, how little, and how often. Dieters looking to cut down on fat intake are led towards foods with bolded Low Fat or Fat-Free labels. Many of these products, however, substitute refined sugars for
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Walking through the mall on one of my rare outings without my kids, I stopped in front of my favorite soap store. The store has a famously strong smell of vanilla, lemongrass, bergamot, and even a bit of patchouli to compliment the “Vegan” and “Cruelty-Free” artfully written on the walls. In bright, bold font, their
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If anyone had asked me in 2013 where I would be in ten years, I never would have guessed where I am today.
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