Author: Arturo Martinez

We all know by now that being overweight poses many health risks and yet we have an obesity pandemic.  Perhaps that is not a big surprise considering all the food shows on TV, availability of fast food, and the huge portions served in many restaurants.  the net effect is one-third of the people in the world are currently obese or overweight, according to a 2017 study by CNN stated.  It has been estimated that if this trend continues almost half of the global population may be obese or overweight by 2030 (Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for...

A non-invasive cost-effective simple eye test appears to be coming soon that can identify Alzheimer’s disease many years before symptoms arise.   It has only been in recent years, that there was any test for people with this devastating form of dementia. Doctors today can use expensive positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the brains to identify amyloid markers of the disease.  The PET test is invasive in that patients need to be injected with radioactive dye and is a part of the estimated $259 billion in healthcare costs attributed to Alzheimer’s disease treatment. Doctors are not absolutely sure what triggers Alzheimer’s...