by Senior Scene | Apr 1, 2026 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Worldwide trends in diabetesArvind M. Dhople, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Worldwide trends in diabetes With Ebola and Zika grabbing so many headlines these days, it may come as a surprise that the biggest global health crisis affecting all nations is not...
by Senior Scene | Mar 1, 2026 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Why should we pray?Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Do religious beliefs provide a selective advantage? Some scientists argue that science does away with the need for God or any other creator being. Yet religious belief seems to be thriving...
by Senior Scene | Feb 1, 2026 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Science FactoidsArvind M. Dhople, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Did you know? — Some authorities estimate that some dogs’ sense of olfaction (smelling) is as high as 1 million times greater than ours. — In an adult there are 100,000 miles of blood...
by Senior Scene | Dec 1, 2025 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Thoughts For The Holidays The hanging of Christmas stockings is a tradition with an extensive history. Several legends attribute the hanging of stockings to different people or events. Some of them are…. St. Nicholas Day – Rather than hanging stockings...
by Senior Scene | Nov 1, 2025 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
Loneliness linked to higher risk of stroke Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability and mortality worldwide. Although stroke mortality rates have declined globally over recent decades, rates of decline for stroke incidence have slowed and the...
by Senior Scene | Oct 1, 2025 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health
How obesity leads to diabetes Faulty insulin activity might not be driving diabetes in people with obesity, a new study hints. Instead, consuming a high-fat diet triggers a surge of neurotransmitters across the body, leading to the rapid breakdown of fatty tissue in...
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