Medical Science

Debate on the ethics of research using cells from human embryos still roars today, and most of it seems to be either missing or deliberately avoiding a crucial point: There are embryos that are being destroyed which could be used…
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Laproscopic surgery is also commonly referred to as minimally invasive surgery. The procedure replaces invasive procedures that have in the past required large incisions, multiple stitches or staples, and long recovery times. The laproscopic procedure is very simple. Your surgeon…
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You can look over the last century, even the last decade and can see that modern medicine is increasing our life span. In fact, it is this increase in life span that has put the Social Security System in such…
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Hartmann’s procedure is an operation when the rectum and a section of the bowel is surgically removed.  This surgery, which once was commonly used to treat diverticulitis and colon cancer is now more commonly used in emergency cases when the bowel…
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The discovery that tapping on the chest and listening to the sounds made could give information about internal organs such as the beating of the heart or the breathing in the lungs was made by the Austrian, Leopold Auenbrugger, in…
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The initial response of the human body to the HIV virus is the same as that to any other viral infection: the immune system activates its defense mechanisms to attack and destroy the infection. One of the most important of…
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Chlamydia is a genus of bacteria in the Verrucomicrobia group. According to the Microbe Wiki supported by Kenyon College, the various strains of chlamydia vary by nearly 200 genes. Though they are classified as gram-negative bacteria, they are actually difficult…
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There are probably not a lot of people in this day and age who have not heard about sexually transmitted diseases and how to avoid them. Chlamydia is one of the most common of sexually transmitted diseases that are reported…
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Infections are diseases caused by organisms which enter an animal host and colonize within the host tissues to initiate a pathological process. All human beings are susceptible to infections, though many such infections will resolve without any complications through natural means….
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a degenerative motor disorder resulting from the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in an area of the brain known as the basal ganglia, in particular two clusters of cells called the substantia nigra. The manifestations of PD…
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