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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
The Foundation of Balance: Why Ankles Matter More Than Core Strength
When balance becomes a concern, the conversation often turns toward core strength. While the core plays an important role in posture and movement, balance itself starts much closer to the ground. The feet and ankles are the body’s primary interface with the world, constantly collecting information and sending signals that guide stability.
By AhmedFitLife8 months ago in Longevity
When Footwear Interferes With Balance: The Sensory Side of Stability
Balance is often treated as a physical ability—something improved through strength or flexibility. But long before muscles react, balance is guided by information. Specifically, it depends on sensory input traveling from the feet through the nervous system to the brain.
By AhmedFitLife8 months ago in Longevity
Diabetic Foot Ulcer
A diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the most serious and common complications of long-standing diabetes mellitus. These open wounds, usually located on the sole of the foot or toes, occur due to a combination of nerve damage, poor circulation, and impaired wound healing. If left untreated, diabetic foot ulcers can lead to severe infections, hospitalization, and even lower-limb amputation. Understanding early symptoms, appropriate treatment, and long-term management is essential for improving outcomes and quality of life in people with diabetes.
By benjamin taylor8 months ago in Longevity
Most People Don't Feel Unhealthy ...Until Their Body Starts Limiting Their Life
Most people don't wake up one day and feel unhealthy. That's the problem. Decline doesn't announce itself. It blends in. It feels like stress. Like being busy. Like getting older. Like a phase that will pass once things calm down.
By Destiny S. Harris8 months ago in Longevity
I Was On Ozempic Before The Celebs Were— Don’t Fall For Its Sheer Hype
Here’s something only five people in my life know. I was on Ozempic. In the middle of 2021, I visited my regular doctor to discuss weight loss options with him. Ever since my gallbladder removal in 2013, my struggles with losing weight have intensified.
By Ellen Frances8 months ago in Longevity
What If Truth Is Rejected Even When It Is Lived Well
It’s easy to assume that if something is true, and if it is communicated clearly, reasonably, and with goodwill, it will eventually be accepted. This assumption sits quietly beneath a lot of effort, especially in faith. We speak carefully. We try to be fair. We explain ourselves patiently. Somewhere beneath all of that is the hope that clarity and sincerity will be enough. But what if that hope misunderstands how truth actually moves through the world.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast8 months ago in Longevity
Truth Is Often Rejected Because It Demands Change
There is a widespread assumption, rarely spoken but deeply believed, that truth will eventually be accepted if it is communicated clearly, patiently, and with genuine goodwill. When resistance appears, the instinct is to search for error in tone, framing, or explanation. The underlying belief is simple: if the truth were presented well enough, rejection would disappear. This belief is comforting, but it is false. History, Scripture, and lived experience all point in the same direction. Truth is often rejected not because it is unclear, but because it is costly.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast8 months ago in Longevity
Preservation for Eternal Impact
It is easy to feel as though most of what is said disappears. Words are spoken, written, posted, argued over, and then quickly buried beneath the next wave of noise. Attention moves on. Platforms refresh. What once felt urgent becomes invisible. In that environment, a quiet but persistent question emerges. What actually lasts. And more uncomfortably, what is worth preserving when so much seems to vanish without consequence.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast8 months ago in Longevity
Nipah Virus Outbreak in India Puts Asia on Alert as Airports Reinstate Health Screenings
A recent outbreak of the Nipah virus in India’s West Bengal state has triggered renewed public health measures across Asia, prompting countries to enhance surveillance, reinstate airport screenings reminiscent of the COVID-19 era, and strengthen disease tracking frameworks. Although cases remain limited so far, health officials remain vigilant due to Nipah’s high fatality rate and its potential for human-to-human transmission.
By Raviha Imran8 months ago in Longevity
