Category Archives: Anti-Aging

Osteoporosis (or bone loss) is one of the biggest health problems that older people face. And one of the biggest fears associated with osteoporosis is a hip fracture. As fractures in old age heal very slowly, or not at all in some cases, a hip fracture is often regarded as a one-way ticket to a ...click here to read more

It is Arthritis Awareness Month, and we at Bel Marra know how it can be living with arthritis pain. Having joint pain can affect people of any age, but when it’s something that has to be dealt with on a daily basis, it can be extremely debilitating. So, in order to assist those suffering from ...click here to read more

Having difficulty walking short distances due to joint pain can be quite frustrating. Not being able to play with your grandchildren when they are running around can also make you feel left out. Various medications exist to help deal with this pain, but this is just a bandage solution that is not addressing the real ...click here to read more

The term polyarthritis is used to describe a condition in which more than five joints are affected at the same time. They may be caused by various other arthritic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and a variety of alphavirus-related forms of arthritis including Chikungunya. The symptoms of polyarthritis present much in the same ...click here to read more

Type 2 diabetes, also called adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes, has become very commonplace in today’s society. It affects nearly 9.3 percent of the entire U.S. population and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. This growing trend has been in direct correlation with the increasing rates of obesity among Americans and has even ...click here to read more

Palindromic rheumatism is a rare inflammatory condition and a precursor of rheumatoid arthritis, with about a third of patients progressing to the disease. Palindromic rheumatism is considered a form of inflammatory arthritis and is also goes by the name palindromic arthritis. It is characterized by flare-ups that start in one joint but may spread to ...click here to read more

Having something appear at the snap of our fingers is a fantasy we all have, or even simply pressing a button and making an item appear before us—think of all the uses. But alas, this is mere science fiction relegated to an episode of Star Trek. However, it is this fantasy that has lead the ...click here to read more

Experiencing inflammation of one or many joints in the form of arthritis is something that a large number of elderly individuals go through every day, and unfortunately, in the majority of cases, treatment modalities are quite limited. Feelings of pain, stiffness, swelling, and redness are all too common, with most pharmaceutical treatments simply relieving the ...click here to read more

Spring cleaning often means clearing out the old and bringing in the new. We clean out the entire house to make it feel renewed for the year ahead. Perhaps this philosophy can be applied to the human body as well, as new research suggests that clearing out old cells may actually be beneficial for our ...click here to read more

The pursuit of new and improved anti-aging therapy has led researchers to discover exactly how a peptide leads to the destruction of cells that play a role in aging. This finding reversed fur loss in mice and reversed kidney damage as well as overall frailty in rodent subjects. Researchers describe the peptide as stopping levels ...click here to read more

Eating food is a commonly enjoyed and necessary activity, but some of us do it in excess, leading to an increasing rate of obesity and poor health outcomes. Aging is another activity, albeit on a cellular level, that occurs in every living organism. According to new research, a direct relation between eating food and the ...click here to read more

As we age, it becomes more difficult to follow all the changes that happen around us, not to mention the changes that occur within our own bodies. We try to categorize the world around us to make it easier to make associations and function in an efficient manner. In a study exploring this concept, neuroscientists ...click here to read more

You may be wondering, what is pseudogout? Well, you probably have heard of gout, the painful condition that commonly affects the large toe. But pseudogout? While it does sound similar, there are some notable differences. Before we outline the differences between gout and pseudogout, let’s further define pseudogout. Pseudogout, similar to gout, is an arthritis ...click here to read more

Today marks the start of National Infertility Awareness Week. It’s a time where we all come together to help reduce the stigma and educate the public about reproductive health. Starting a family can be difficult for so many, and their struggle is often not talked about. Here at Bel Marra, we are committed to bringing ...click here to read more