TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Greetings Infomaniacs,Last Friday, I had to have an angioplasty done to widen the artery leading to the kidney. My blood pressure had been running fairly high despite a daily round of medications, so the doctors figured something else had to be going on. They used a balloon to widen the artery, and afterwords I had to lay flat on my back for six hours to give the area time to heal properly.
After the procedure, they showed me an image of the troublesome artery, which was about the size of my thumbnail! Hard to believe something so small could cause such big problems! However, my blood pressure wasted no time coming back down to a normal rate, thank goodness! Now, here's hoping that it stays that way...
Enjoy!
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Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts."
HINT: (1926-), Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist.
RANDOM TIDBITSAn adult's heart pumps out 6,000 gallons of blood each and every day. Your heart beats approximately 30 million times a year.
In one drop of blood there are five million red blood cells, 8,000 white blood cells and 250,000 platelets.
If your blood vessels were strung together and measured, they would circle the globe 2 1/2 times.
Among the ancient Greeks, the arteries were considered to be "air holders" that were responsible for the transport of air to the tissues and were connected to the trachea.
William Harvey described and popularized the modern concept of the circulatory system and the roles of arteries and veins in the 17th century.
Alexis Carrel at the beginning of 20th century first described the technique for vascular suturing and anastomosis and successfully performed many organ transplantations in animals; he thus actually opened the way to modern vascular surgery that was before limited to vessels permanent ligatation.
VIDEO CLIPArrival on the Team Leader - Body MechanicsTake a journey inside the human body to see the forces that battle disease and germs. This animated film uses bug-busting heroes to teach kids about their health. Lucky for Jack, the teamleader has the same DNA.
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts."
ANSWER: Thich Nhat Hanh.
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