The health risks associated with obesity are becoming well known. The current rise of obesity in society is a worrying trend as it also translates into additional strain on health care resources. Obesity leads to so many related problems, from…
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In 1957, a drug, produced by the German drug company Grunenthal, was released following the drug safety trials normal for that time. The drug had been tested on rodents and seemed to be safe. It was marketed as a sedative…
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If you have an inguinal hernia, or worse a double (both sides of your lower abdomen) and are scheduling surgery for a mesh repair, there are some common things you can expect. As with any type of surgery there will…
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Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence. It incorporates insights from the study of linguistics, psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and anthropology in an attempt to understand cognition, thought. This science tries to understand reasoning as a function…
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A hernia is tissue that bulges out of the wall of the abdomen. An inguinal hernia occurs when the bowel pushes through a weak spot of the abdomen into the groin. 75% of hernias are inguinal hernias. About half of…
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Vincent Liew was a 37-year-old diabetic man from Singapore who waited five years for a kidney transplant. He had to go through dialysis three times a week and thought his wish for a more fulfilling life had come true when…
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There is a particular process that the egg will follow from development through implantation, in which a union is formed with the sperm First, an egg is developed in the ovaries and is then directed to the oviducts (uterine or…
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In recent years a medical procedure called labiaplasty has become extremely popular. What is labiaplasty and why would a woman consider it? What is Labiaplasty? Labiaplasty is a surgical procedure that trims and shapes the labia majora and labia minora…
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Iridology like any belief claiming to be a science does not have the right to remain silent, and the burden of proof rests entirely with its believers. The main question of course is not one of innocence exactly so much…
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Any surgery no matter how minor should not be taken lightly. There are many risks that are associated with surgical procedures and some that are simply out of our control. It sounds ironic, but you need to be in the…
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