What is your resting heart rate? Is it slowing? Are you putting on weight?
As we age, our metabolism slows. Here are five things that happen when we age:
We stop (or significantly slow) build...
Imagine that you have a debilitating disease that you had to wait an average of 10 years to get correctly diagnosed. This disease makes you momentarily fall asleep during the day, even if you...
The Minneapolis Super Bowl LII featured two left-footed punters. How could this be? What are the odds of this naturally happening, or are wily NFL coaches trying to outfox ...
If the 2017-18 influenza virus is a near perfect match, why is it ineffective?
This past October, 2017, the Fitzpatrick Translational Science team predicted a relatively mild flu season with f...
Infectious Diseases that Keep Epidemiologists up at Night… Part 1.
Tuberculosis (TB). We’ve all been vaccinated, correct? No.
TB symptoms are similar to the flu. Patients typically have fever, wea...
A sadistic annual ritual that Fitzpatrick Translational Science engages in is predicting the efficacy of the seasonal influenza virus vaccine. How do we predict this? Here’s the sh...
Two nations at war
Actions will reach the apex
Peace will again reign
Today, Japan is the Unites States’ 4th largest trading partner and a key ally in Asia-Pacific. However, on this day, ...
When you see someone wearing the small Rotary pin, you
can have a sense of trust. You can think “This is someone I can do business
with.” – at least that is the culture that Rotary International en...
At the ADA Scientific Sessions,
San Diego, CA. 06.13.2017
Did You Know?
June is National Diabetes Month.
Nearly 1% of Type 2 Diabetes patients are younger than 20.
New cases of Type 2 Diabetes h...
Translating the 2017 AACE/ACE Guidelines for the Management of Dyslipidemia and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Executive Summary.
Jellinger PS, Handelsman Y, Rosenblit PD, et al. American As...