Medical Science

It’s very true that humans use a small percentage of their brain, and the ten percent figure has been used for a number of years. There is a motherlode of untapped potential in the human brain, and who knows what…
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Kidney dialysis is a treatment that artificially replicates the behaviors of the kidneys. The kidneys are a vital piece in the renal system and the overall operation of the human body. Among other functions kidneys take part in the disposal…
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Chimerism occurs when an organism has at least two different sets of DNA. There are a variety of forms, some of them very common. For example, microchimerism, where a few cells of a different organism are found within the individual’s…
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Understanding the human brain is no easy task. Human intelligence seems to have developed from small refinements in brain architecture. Other animals, such as the parrot cannot solve mathematical equations and dolphins cannot write poetry. Researchers have looked at the…
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With one in three elderly people suffering from osteoporosis, fractures of the femoral head and neck are very common. The complications of such a fracture range from pain and inconvenience of a hospital stay to months of rehabilitation and loss…
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The human heart is a muscular pump. It is the second most important organ in the body, second only to the brain since the brain has a command centre for controlling the heart as well. It pumps about 75 times…
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Although terms like breathing and respiration have often been used interchangeably as being the same thing, there are however, many differences between the two processes. While breathing is from without, or external, respiration takes place inside the body, at an…
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While there are three types of muscle tissue (smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and skeletal muscles) only the skeletal muscles are under our voluntary control. The smooth muscles of the digestive tract and blood vessels, for example, function below our consciousness…
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Endocrine disorders are usually manifested by an over or under production of hormones that manage/control the functions of various body systems. The endocrine system alongside the immune system is the communication system of the human body. Glands and cells that…
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Surviving the permanent loss of my sense of smell. It was one week before Thanksgiving 2000. I couldn’t wait to smell the aromas of a traditional American Thanksgiving, to taste the turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes… Of course, included in…
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