The Basics – TeachMeAnatomy

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Containing over 700 vibrant, full-colour images, TeachMeAnatomy is a comprehensive anatomy encyclopedia presented in a visually-appealing, easy-to-read format.

Created by a team of doctors and medical students, each topic combines anatomical knowledge with high-yield clinical pearls, seamlessly bridging the gap between scholarly learning and improved patient care.

Source: The Basics – TeachMeAnatomy

I oftentimes forget how much I don’t know.

Here’s another anatomy website I stumbled upon.  I wanted to post the URL before I forgot because I will forget if I don’t write it down.  I’ll use this resource and will add a link on the sidebar if deemed worthy.

 

Expanding waistlines and metabolic syndrome: Researchers warn of new ‘silent killer’: Caused by overweight and obesity, metabolic syndrome affects 40 percent of Americans age 40 and older — ScienceDaily

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For optimal health, the waist should measure less than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women.

Source: Expanding waistlines and metabolic syndrome: Researchers warn of new ‘silent killer’: Caused by overweight and obesity, metabolic syndrome affects 40 percent of Americans age 40 and older — ScienceDaily

Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement — ScienceDaily

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Of retiring employees, 12 percent increased their risky drinking at the time of retirement. However, for most people, there was no change in risky level alcohol consumption around the time of retirement: 81 percent sustained healthy drinking during the follow-up, and in 7 percent of the participants risky drinking was constant, although they experienced a slow decline in risky level alcohol consumption after retirement. In the study, the levels for risky drinking were 24 units per week for men and 16 units for women, or passing out due to extreme alcohol consumption.

Source: Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement — ScienceDaily

I cannot recall passing out from alcohol so I guess I’m OK.

Seasonality of Auricular Amputations in Rabbits – Yaremchuk – 2017 – The Laryngoscope – Wiley Online Library

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Abstract

This retrospective observational analysis hypothesizes that an increase occurs in online reports and images of auricular amputations of confectionary rabbits during the spring. Using the online search engine Google, online content and visual portrayals of confectionary rabbit auricular amputations from 2012 to 2017 were identified and trended against seasonal variations. To determine incidence, commercial availability of chocolate rabbits in retail facilities were assayed. A statistically significant increase in mention of rabbit auricular amputations occurred during the spring. Mapping techniques showed the annual peak incidence for 2012 to 2017 to be near Easter for each year studied. Human adults and children appear to be wholly responsible for the reports of rabbit auricular amputations. Reconstructive techniques are dependent on the percentage of auricular defect. Laryngoscope, 127:773–775, 2017

Source: Seasonality of auricular amputations in rabbits – Yaremchuk – 2017 – The Laryngoscope – Wiley Online Library

Link to a plain English article on the same study below.

Source: How do you eat your chocolate bunny? Vast majority prefer to start with the ears — ScienceDaily

Race Ranks Higher than Pounds for South Asians, Hispanics – ScienceDaily

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Americans of South Asian descent are twice as likely as whites to have risks for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, when their weight is in the normal range, according to a study headed by Emory University and UC San Francisco.

Similarly, Americans of Hispanic descent were 80 percent more likely than whites to suffer from so-called cardio-metabolic abnormalities that give rise to heart disease, stroke and diabetes, compared with 50 percent more likely for those who were Chinese and African-American.

These risks include high blood pressure (hypertension), elevated glucose, low HDL, the “good cholesterol,” and high triglycerides, a fat found in blood. In the study, participants who were aged between 45 and 84, were classified as having cardio-metabolic abnormalities if they had two or more of these four risk factors.

Source: Race ranks higher than pounds in diabetes, heart-health risks: South Asians, Hispanics of normal weight most likely to have high glucose, hypertension — ScienceDaily

Dots

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Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs