Many of us have watched at least one episode of one of the latest reality TV shows about extreme cosmetic makeovers. Admit it; it’s mesmerizing to watch someone with significant physical flaws be transformed into a younger, more attractive version of themselves. Many people seem to undergo a personality makeover as well, gaining confidence and discovering a more gregarious and outgoing nature than before. Having indulged our curiosity or stoked our own thoughts of how we’d like to be made over, people seem to come away with either of two vastly different points of view...
The Miracle Berry has become the object of cult obsession these days, particularly in cities such as New York City, where people hold taste tripping parties based on the fruit’s properties. The berry itself comes from a small shrubby plant native to West Africa. The miracle berry was first described by a French cartographer whose 1725 trip to West Africa included documenting native foods.
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Eighty-five per cent of strokes are caused by blockages or clots as opposed to a bleed and there are 700,000 new strokes diagnosed every year. Most of the patients live. However CVAs are responsible for 160,000 deaths in the U.S. which represents the third leading cause of death. Heart disease is still the leader at about 650,000 a year and Cancer is gaining on heart disease but still is second at 560,000 deaths every year.
The incidence of strokes went down all through the seventies and eighties, reaching a low point in 1992 of just under 140,000. But since then it has gone up, and will continue to rise. Why? The Boomers are getting old. Watch out for those Boomers! Which is why in the U.S. strokes are the leading cause for dollars spent for treatment of long-term disability which represents forty five billion dollars of the total health care expenditures of 2.7 trillion dollars. Nothing else even comes close. To have so many dollars spent on rehabilitation of a disease makes one wonder about what kinds of treatment are available.
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