October 31, 2013 Medical Science
What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a fatty substance which is produced in the liver and would get stored in number of ways within our body. Although the body would require certain amount of cholesterol for its metabolic activities, it would…
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October 31, 2013 Medical Science
The Dimino Challenge: Behold the Pie Map Looking at possible, undiscovered approaches to medicine and thus scientific achievement presents a challenge. This article will look at a very large picture, with respect to known knowledge about medicine and medical treatment,…
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October 31, 2013 Medical Science
Respiration is the process in which outside air is taken in via the nasal passages into the lungs and air within the lungs are expelled via the same route. It alternates with each other and is an involuntary mechanism that…
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October 31, 2013 Medical Science
Imagine a time when surgeons work without the use of anaesthesia and blood-letting is a common practice. It’s a time when very little is known about how the human body works. This was the state of medicine when William Harvey…
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October 30, 2013 Medical Science
Life is precious, Life is sacred. That is what we are taught when we are young and that is what we are told when we grow old. Teachers and Preachers, both continue to harp on the value of life, the…
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October 30, 2013 Medical Science
Iridology is the diagnosis of disease based on the appearance of the iris, the colored part of the eye. The practice is considered an “alternative” medicine in that it is not an accepted practice of the basic medical establishment. The…
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October 30, 2013 Medical Science
William Harvey was an English medical doctor, who has the esteemed acknowledgment of being the first doctor to properly describe, in exact detail, the human body’s systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped around the body by the heart….
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October 30, 2013 Medical Science
The Constitution writers would have scarcely fathomed the concept of assisted suicide; we must appreciate the Christian and church-dominated context of society at that time. But our founding document provides for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without respect…
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October 29, 2013 Medical Science
More than 12,000 U.S. infants and children are diagnosed with some type of pediatric cancer every year. About 650 new cases of Neuroblastoma, the most common cancer in infancy, are diagnosed every year in the United States. Neuroblastoma is the…
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