Angela Angusti Osteopath D.O.

06/07/2025

Still relevant today in medical practice and osteopathy:

https://www.facebook.com/100064430450013/posts/1125903519567319/

Dr. Virginia Apgar, the pioneering anesthesiologist who was born on this day in 1909, invented a simple yet revolutionary tool that has helped save the lives of countless infants around the world by helping doctors quickly assess the health of newborns to determine if they need medical intervention. To read the inspiring story of the Apgar Score inventor -- who once declared "Nobody, but nobody, is going to stop breathing on me" -- visit https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=15378

For an inspiring chapter book telling her story, we highly recommend "She Persisted: Virginia Apgar" for ages 6 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/she-persisted-virginia-apgar

Virginia Apgar's story is also told in the picture book "She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World" for ages 5 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/she-persisted), "Girls Think of Everything" for ages 8 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/girls-think-of-everything), and "Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World" for ages 10 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/trailblazers-33-women-in-science)

For teens and adults, she's also featured in the books "Bold Women of Medicine" (https://www.amightygirl.com/bold-women-of-medicine) and "Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – And The World" (https://www.amightygirl.com/headstrong-52-women)

For children's books about more trailblazing women of science, visit our blog post "60 Books to Inspire Science-Loving Mighty Girls," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=13914

To encourage your Mighty Girl's love of science at every age, you can find many empowering science toys and kits in our blog post "Top Science Toys and Kits for Mighty Girls" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10528

04/10/2025

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Saviez-vous que la prévalence du diabète gestationnel a triplé en 24 ans?Si cette condition n'est pas traitée de manière appropriée, elle peut mener à descomplications tant pour la mère que pour le bébé. Ces enjeux soulignent l'importanced'une gestion adéquate de la santé maternelle pend...

04/06/2025

https://iai.tv/articles/pain-destroys-the-mind-body-problem-auid-3092?fbclid=IwY2xjawJfVU5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnTJ9xUw0vslOI6J7yjL3nfdsoml_YSBfjgXbJL54dDCLkMpdYPWZX_xgtmh_aem_9ebnUvwySHamsH5OPfipmg

Pain defies the mind-body divide. We usually see physical and psychological pain as separate, but research shows that pain doesn’t work that way. Sabrina Coninx and Peter Stilwell argue that pain is not simply in the body or the mind but emerges from the complex interaction of our biology, mindset...

02/18/2025

Holding down tears can definitely have an impact on our bodies.

https://www.facebook.com/100047242291523/posts/1168755481375851/

Pour une majorité de personnes, pleurer semble représenter le summum de la faiblesse, et probablement encore davantage à l’âge adulte : cela signifierait que l’on ne maîtrise plus ses émotions ou que l’on se laisse aller de manière embarrassante. La présidente de l'Ordre, la Dre Christine Grou, psychologue, mentionne dans sa chronique que ce n’est pas la personne qui pleure qui devrait inquiéter, mais plutôt celle qui refoule systématiquement ses émotions et qui ne verse jamais une seule larme.

https://www.ordrepsy.qc.ca/chroniques-presidente-journal-de-montreal

02/09/2025

Is your cortisol out of control? Do you know that self-care is one way of keeping your hormones on track?

https://www.facebook.com/100044550544397/posts/1169890494505958/

Hormones are chemical messengers.

They are released by various glands in your body into the bloodstream and then travel on to all parts of your body, communicating with your cells.

Hormones influence behavior, emotion, brain chemicals, the immune system, and how you turn food into fuel.

Each hormone has many jobs. For example, the hormone estrogen has over 300 functions or biological tasks in the female body.

In women, the three primary hormones to pay attention to are:

▪ CORTISOL
▪ THYROID
▪ ESTROGEN

Cortisol: governs blood sugar, blood pressure, and immune function.
Thyroid: affects metabolism, and energy. It’s like the gas pedal for your body.
Estrogen: regulates menstruation (builds uterine lining to prepare for pregnancy), keeps women lubricated from joints to va**na

Your most essential hormone is cortisol, the main stress hormone, which will be produced in your adrenal glands under most conditions, stressful or not. Thyroid is the next most important hormone, and of the three, estrogen is considered less essential than the cortisol or thyroid hormones, since you don’t need to ovulate to survive.

Each hormone is important, useful, and essential on its own. But when they work together at the height of their individual powers, magic happens. Health. Happiness. Vitality.

A key feature of women’s hormones is that some tend to get more out of control than others. Take cortisol, for example. At chronically high levels, cortisol often behaves like a runaway train. That is, as you rush from task to task, your cortisol levels climb even higher (similar to a runaway train that picks up speed over time), causing cravings for sugar or wine, depositing more fat around your belly, and giving you a false sense of energy or a second wind.

Before you know it, you’re scrolling or watching one more Netflix episode even though you have to get up for work in six hours, yet you’re so wired you can’t sleep.

When this happens, cortisol is running roughshod over your other hormones.

Cortisol is the alpha hormone and it’s one I’ll share more on in an upcoming post.

02/01/2025

Because inflammation affects us differently as we age, we must adopt new habits to protect our tissues. Nutrition, sleep and physical activity are the pillars, as always. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15eGBJpzSb/

Advances in immunology are lending new insights into how we can allow good inflammation to proceed while squashing the bad that can come from too much of it. For now, there are simple steps people can take to address inflammaging in their own bodies, experts say, including exercise. Learn more at: https://on.natgeo.com/4g7AUtf

02/01/2025

https://www.facebook.com/100085226177462/posts/586489520868582/

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01/26/2025

https://www.facebook.com/100064867622552/posts/1045179424320969/

A healthier, happier you contributes to a healthier, more harmonious world...

12/29/2024

Avez vous jamais entendu une femme enceinte ou une nouvelle mère dire d'avoir "le cerveau d'un poisson rouge"? Moi oui, parce que je cotoie des femmes brillantes et avec beaucoup d'humour!

Multiple studies published in Nature Neuroscience revealed that pregnant women experience a decrease in gray matter in specific brain regions affecting their memory and executive functions while enhancing a mother's feelings of attachment to her baby and improves her ability to understand their needs and emotions.
But worry not! This brain reshaping is just temporary and it's an example of neuroplasticity.

Pour soutenir la neuroplasticité pendant la période périnatale, assurez-vous d’adopter une alimentation riche en oméga-3 et en magnésium. C'est plus important de ce que vous pensez!

12/28/2024

First acknowledge it, then fix it.

12/24/2024

This applies to runners and to Madame et Messieur tout le monde. Which stage are you?

https://www.facebook.com/100044305365610/posts/1161555205331314/?app=fbl

10/31/2024

Memory as a signal of future:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/910301837450032?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v