Medical Science

There has always been pressure on women to look good, usually requiring them to be slim, to look after their skin, hair and nails, to wear make-up and flattering clothes. However, this pressure has intensified, and it affects both men…
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An MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imager) is a Medical Imaging tool designed to image soft tissue in the human body. Essentially the machine uses a Radio Frequency Transmitter and Receiver combined with a strong magnet and a high speed computer to create…
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It seems that over the past few years America’s next generation of scientists don’t want to wait until they’re adults to make their mark in science. Cases in point include Angela Zhang, a 17-year-old Cupertino, California high school student who…
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When a baby is born, as joyous moment. However, most parents don’t realize to save the baby’s umbilical cord blood, which is often discarded. The cord blood contains stem cells, which can save the baby’s life, family member or lives…
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A major step in scientific research is the confirmation of experimental results. Studies are replicated to ensure that their results are not due to errors or fraud. However, this process is time-consuming, expensive, and potentially biased. Having an accepted and…
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St. Jude Medical has introduced a device that quickly closes a puncture in the femoral artery and requires little or no manual compression. Utilization of this device allows a patient to avoid 4 to 8 hours of lying flat in…
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Modern science and medicine have made vast leaps forward towards the prevention and cure of hundreds of diseases.  For decades now, cancer has managed to resist scientists’ best efforts. Treating cancer is like the old saying ‘out of the frying…
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 In the United Kingdom there are over 10,000 people currently in need of a transplant. Three people die every day in the UK waiting for healthy organs to become available (www.uktransplant.org). In the US 105,747people are waiting for an organ…
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We and all living things that are around us are here as a result of natural selection (for the most part). Proposed initially by Charles Darwin, natural selection refers to the notion that subsequent generations are ‘selected’ based on their…
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How does the brain sense osmolality? Before answering this question, it is necessary to understand the meaning of the term osmolality as well as its implications for human physiology. In chemistry, the osmolality of a solution is defined as the…
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