Mehmet Oz

Relieving Tensions through Unconventional Methods Mehmet Oz once declared “What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down, just literally squeezes down like this because you’re feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself also begin- to get stressed out.” While my mind was more attentive and energized due to the continuous use of my meditation regime, my body still experienced tensions and soreness. As discussed in…

There is a lot of misinformation on the internet about healthy eating and healthy living. My hope is to squash some of the misconceptions today about the link between reducing disease risks and drinking nutritious smoothies. Hippocrates, a doctor from 460 B.C. once said “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.” During a time when the common belief was that sickness stayed in one area of the body, Hippocrates countered that idea with a school of thought that sickness was in…

How long can you live? As we all know, cigarettes are bad, but do you really know how dangerous can it be? According to Dr. Mehmet Oz, over 443,000 people die from smoking cigarettes every year. You must be wondering now what is in cigarettes that can cause this huge number of deaths. Cigarettes contain more than 4,000 chemicals and the main ingredient is tobacco. Although the amount of tobacco in one cigarette is small, it is still very dangerous and can be deadly, but why do some people still…

overtime. If you can look at vehicles and weapons at a certain point of view you can see that vehicles are used for business and necessary tasks because we need them for everyday life but firearms are used to kill someone or to defend yourself. Mehmet Oz once said “Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger”. That quote helps explain how and what could happen with weapons. So looking at it, weapons are most likely to be used to kill someone or to defend yourself, rather than…

A Time of Transition "Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle (Lockwood-Huie)." This quote made by comedian Bob Hope, shows the levity some feel about the middle adulthood years. However, what exactly defines "middle age?" Middle age is the period of the life span that occurs from forty to about sixty years of age (Santrock, 2012). Individuals in this period of development are usually expanding their personal and social involvement, assisting the next generation in…

Charlie Sheen reveals his HIV status Celebrity Charlie Sheen last year while being interviewed at TODAY by Matt Lauer announced that he was HIV-positive. He revealed that he had been diagnosed with HIV for over four years earlier. The former Two and a Half Men actor said that he had bribed extortionists with about ten million dollars to keep his HIV status a secret. The announcement from Charlie Sheen brought about a revelation about HIV. His decision has increased people awareness about HIV.…

The dietary supplement is a broad term, almost just a broad as the market that surrounds its products. But with the use of supplements, there are questions we should ask. Why should I use them? And, what are the side effects? Surprisingly, many supplement companies cannot answer these questions for you. So, who do we look to when we need our questions answered? The answer to that question is the Food and Drug Administration should manage the supplement industry just like it manages the food…

While on the ice, hockey players can take a hit when they least expect it. They can be blind sided from behind or tripped with a stick at any given time. In the case of Paige Decker, the reckless behavior of another player can change not only the course of the game, but the course of a player 's life. Paige was a successful hockey player on the Yale women’s hockey team. She was in the prime of her game, and a member of the ECAC All-Academic team. She was preparing to graduate from a prestigious…

After I hopefully get accepted to medical school and perform well on the MCAT, I would spend four years gaining practical work experience and studying in the fields of: biology, ethic, pharmacology, physiology and psychology. During my final two years, I am also required to have real world experience at a hospital. It is going to help me a lot to diagnose disease and treat patients. “Doctors must pass a medical license exam to practice in hospitals and other medical facilities.”…