Weight Loss

A significant loss of total body weight is a serious, chronic illness. Substantial, unintentional weight loss is a symptom of acute or chronic illness, especially if other evidence is present. Weight loss, for example, accompanied by early satiety, bilious vomiting of partially undigested food, postprandial epigastric pain and eructation may indicate Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome. Weight loss accompanied by insatiable thirst and hunger and fatigue may indicate diabetes mellitus, a chronic disease characterized by an abnormal accumulation of carbohydrates in the bloodstream due to insufficient production of insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas that, when secreted into the bloodstream, permits cellular metabolism and utilization of glucose. Poor management of type 1 diabetes mellitus, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), leads to an excessive amount of glucose and an insufficient amount of insulin in the bloodstream. This triggers the release of triglycerides from adipose (fat) tissue and catabolism (breakdown) of amino acids in muscle tissue. This results in a loss of both fat and lean mass, leading to a significant reduction in total body weight. Note that untreated type 1 diabetes mellitus will usually not produce weight loss, as these patients get acutely ill before they would have had time to lose weight. Myriad of additional scientific considerations are applicable to weight loss, including but not limited to: physiological and exercise sciences, nutrition science, behavioral sciences, and other sciences. One area involves the science of bioenergetics including biochemical and physiological energy production and utilization systems, that is frequently evidence of diabetes, and ketone bodies, acetone particles occurring in body fluids and tissues involved in acidosis, also known as ketosis, somewhat common in severe diabetes. In addition to weight loss due to a reduction in fat and lean mass, illnesses such as diabetes, certain medications, lack of fluid intake and other factors can trigger fluid loss. And fluid loss in addition to a reduction in fat and lean mass exacerbates the risk for cachexia. Infections such as HIV may alter metabolism, leading to weight loss. Hormonal disruptions, such as an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism), may also exhibit as weight loss.

Larger brain may save you from memory loss

Though some people may die of Alzheimer's disease, their ability to retain perfect memories and sharp minds have intrigued researchers. Those people have a larger part of the brain called the hippocampus, which may have protected them from the effects of Alzheimer's disease-related brain changes, a new study has found. Researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University evaluated the brains of 12 people who had sharp memories and thinking skills at the time of death, but whose autopsies revealed Alzheimer's plaques. Their brains were compared to those of 23 people who had the same amount of plaques in their brains, but had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease before death, according to Deniz Erten-Lyons, the study's author. Researchers found that hippocampus was 20 percent greater in the cognitively intact group, compared to the Alzheimer's disease group with dementia. There were no other demographic, clinical or pathological differences between the groups and the results remained the same regardless of gender, age, and total brain volume.

spiraling out of control

deep void

My two pomeranians Puff & Talitha

I miss my babies, I had them for 14 years for Talitha, the black dog and 15 years for the reddish brown one Puff. They were the best little doggies ever!!

Larger brain may save you from memory loss

Though some people may die of Alzheimer's disease, their ability to retain perfect memories and sharp minds have intrigued researchers. Those people have a larger part of the brain called the hippocampus, which may have protected them from the effects of Alzheimer's disease-related brain changes, a new study has found. Researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University evaluated the brains of 12 people who had sharp memories and thinking skills at the time of death, but whose autopsies revealed Alzheimer's plaques. Their brains were compared to those of 23 people who had the same amount of plaques in their brains, but had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease before death, according to Deniz Erten-Lyons, the study's author. Researchers found that hippocampus was 20 percent greater in the cognitively intact group, compared to the Alzheimer's disease group with dementia. There were no other demographic, clinical or pathological differences between the groups and the results remained the same regardless of gender, age, and total brain volume.

Me

Just a nice nostalgic head shot

Al Chang

This is a picture taken during Pearl Harbor in which a man breaks down in a friends' arms upon learning of a friends' death... this picture breaks my heart