So I'm probably not going bald after all.
I was always under the impression that I would have a big shiny bald spot within a few years. But I have just learned of some wonderful genetic information which tells otherwise:
- Yes, my dad did start balding by the end of his 20s
But...
- My grandpa (mom's dad) had a full head of hair till his 50s
- My great grandpa (dad's grandpa) died at 62 with a full head of hair
- My uncle (dad's brother) has a full head of hair, and he is ~60.
- My brother still has a full head of hair, and he is ~30.
So, I may not be a young balder after all.
Then again, I might die from diabetes, but I'll save that for another post.
Pleasant surprise,
Kev
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HAHAHA...I think I'm in the same pool as you are....but make GOOD USE of that extra time...MAKE GOOD USE!
I've got that mutant gene, you know, the one where you shoot lasers out of your eyes. FIRE LASERS! PEWPEWPEW!
"Diabetes is a prevevalent illness around the wolrd; it is among the mose common chronic conditions in the United States. Prevaene rates for diagnosed diabetes increase with age through-out the life span, being many times higher among middlage-aged and elderly adults than among children and adolesecnests. The rates for American adults are:
1. 1.9% b/w 18 and 44 years of age
2. 9.5% b/w 45 and 64.
3. 17.3 b/w 65 and 74.
we have to undersstand that diabetes is not a single diesase. it occurs in two major patterns dat rewquire different kidns of treatment and may have somewhat different courses. These two forms being
1. Type 1 diabetes (also known as insulin-dependent diabetese mellitus). it develops mostly in childhood and accoutns for 5 to 10 percent of diagestes cases. In this form of diabestes, auto immune procceses have destroyed cells of pancrease that normally produce insuline, and ppl afflicted with it require insuklin injections to prevent acute and very serious complications.
2. Type 2 diabests is prevalent, and acoutns for the majority of diabetes cases. In this form, the pancreas produce at least some insulin, and treatment may require insulin injections. Most ppl with this type can manage their glucose level with diet and medication. This type can develop at any age, but it usually appears around individuals around 40 years of age. They are generally overweight, and their body produces excess amount of insule, but their bodyes resist the glucose controling action of insulin.
Although the cuases are not well understood, most diabetics probably inherit some form of susceptibility to the effects of enviormental conditions that could affect insuline production. For type 1 diabetes, one enviormental conditions seem to involve a viral infection that stimulates the immune system to attack pancrease cells. For type 2, diest high in fat and sugar, stress, and an overprodcutuion of a proteitn that impairs metabolism of sugar and carbohydrates.
Diabests can be a direct cause of death; in the United states it claims over 70,000 lives year year. Diabetes can also lead to neuropathy, or nerve disease. High blood glucose levels appear to cause chemical reactions that can destory the myelin sheath that insulates nerve fibers. Diabetics can also cause blindness, kidney diease, gangrene, heart disease, and stroke." (Sarafino, 356).
watch out.
Dude..Dr. Kong is crazy...I'm glad none of my doctors explain anything to me ever...
actually.. according to stats, patients who know more about their conditions are more likely to adhere and stick to the regime.
health psyc final todai. sorrie boys.
I think he's gone crazy.
Someone get him 500cc's of booze, ASAP.
Doctor's orders.
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