A Pop Toe What?
A Pop Toe What? In my efforts to educate and inform, a question was asked last week about how we age. I mentioned the term apoptosis and was greeted with a blank stare. In the science of health there are many strange words. This is one of them. Apoptosis is programmed cell death. […]
Your Sixth Sense
Proprioception: The ability to sense stimuli arising within the body regarding position, motion, and equilibrium. Brain-receives and interprets information from all body inputs and crafts the proper response. Vestibular organs in the inner ear send information about rotation, acceleration, and position. Eyes send visual information. Stretch receptors in skin, muscles, and joints send information about the position […]