by Stacey Hawkins | Jun 1, 2020 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Bacon-wrapped meatloaf, chicken and waffles, cronuts! Mmm…but no wonder some of us are getting a little pudgy. According to the Center for Disease Control (Atlanta, GA), 40 percent of adults and nearly 20 percent of children and adolescents in the U.S. are obese.... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Apr 27, 2020 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Osteoporosis is the loss of bone density which causes bones to become weak, brittle, and easily broken. In healthy people, bone is constantly being broken down and replaced. When bone is broken down more quickly than it is replaced, osteoporosis occurs. As the disease... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Jan 30, 2019 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Matters Of The Heart The words “heart failure” might bring to mind a chubby businessman clutching his chest and keeling over at the steakhouse. The reality is more nuanced. Medically, the phrase refers to a chronic condition that affects multitudes. Nearly 6 million... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Jan 17, 2019 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Fighting A Silent Epidemic Consider the liver. It’s just one of the jumble of stuff inside that makes us tick, right? What do you really know about it though—other than it’s “vital”? In fact, the liver is your largest internal organ, and plays vital roles in... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Jul 13, 2017 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
MEDS FOR THINNER BLOOD CAN EQUAL FEWER CLOTS, BUT HOW? The FDA’s recent approval of Portola Pharmaceuticals’ (South San Francisco, CA) new blood thinner drug Bevyxxa paved the way for the prevention of blood clots in patients hospitalized for... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Feb 16, 2016 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Identifying Gut Proteins To Tackle Metabolic Disorders Historians of science love to tell about “eureka moments”—simple observations leading to major insight. Greek mathematician Archimedes allegedly exclaimed the original “Eureka!”—meaning “I have found it!”—upon...
