Election Day: Medical Questions Appearing on Ballots Today is Election Day, and the fate of our communities are in the hands of those registered to vote. Voters are familiar with questions appearing on the ballot. This year is no exception. States across the country are asking medically inclined questions for the people to answer. The […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Have You Gotten Your Flu Shot? It is a strange phenomenon that the summer months see a decrease in people with the flu. People are outside more frequently being active. Researchers see a stark contrast during the winter months when people stay indoors, and can easily spread germs through shared spaces, schools, cubicles, […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What Are The Benefits of Therapy Animals? Mostly everyone has seen some version of a therapy animal. The animals are usually a dog, or maybe a cat, but within the last year, a woman tried to bring an emotional support peacock on a plane. With so many people owning therapy animals, or work […]
Tuesday Thoughts: More Women Are Breastfeeding Their Baby August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Recently, in the United States, it became legal in every state to breastfeed your baby in public. Before, some people were calling for a ban in public because they claimed it was a vulgar act, and that people should not be […]
Why Can Certain Animals Eat Raw Meat, But Humans Cannot? The thought of this Tuesday is, why can certain animals eat raw meat, but humans cannot? This is a great question, one that many have pondered. Animals are all inherently different from each other, that is why they have different looks, genotypical order, and species. […]
Tuesday Thought: How Can We Have Safe Summer Fun? Summertime is typically the season most looked forward to by everyone. Kids are out of school, even some professions get the summer off. The weather is gorgeous, and there are so many fun activities to do outside. The importance of having summer fun, is to also […]
What Does it Mean to be a Supertaster? Do you know what it means to be a supertaster? About one-quarter of the population describes themselves as a supertaster. You may have friends that are very picky about what they eat, and claim that flavor profiles are more pungent than they are? Does this ring a […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Why Do Humans Have Hair? This is a great question. Hair is such a weird material. It comes in a wide variety of colors and textures. People tend to style it such ways as popular, dye it any color of the rainbow and let us not forget metallics as well. Hair styles have […]
Soma Technology Will be at ASCA 2018 in Boston on April 11-13 Soma Technology will be attending ASCA 2018 in Boston on April 11-13. We are excited to be both exhibiting and photo booth sponsors at this wonderful material managers conference. Surgical centers are important to the medical community in that they provide life-saving, or […]
How much does laughing affect your body? Having a good time and laughing with your friends is fun, but did you know it can actually improve your health? A Maryland School of Medicine study showed that laughter causes the endothelium to expand which causes an increase in blood flow. The Endothelium is the inner lining […]
