Medical Science

MEDICAL IMAGING “Go and look at your toes, John,” my Mother used to tell me when she was choosing shoes. So I would obediently trot off to the X-ray machine. Not that I was ever really obedient but I liked…
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African trypanosomiasis is a very serious tropical disease. Most people know it as sleeping sickness. It often results in death even though it is treatable. This is mainly caused by the fact that sleeping sickness is transmitted by tsetse flies…
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XMRV, or xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, is a newly discovered gammaretrovirus which some medical researchers believe might be behind certain cases of prostate cancer as well as chronic fatigue syndrome. Since the possible link between XMRV and chronic fatigue…
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Fungi are organisms which can cause many varieties of infections in humans and in most instances, the infections would affect the feeble and the immune-compromised. But, it can infect even the perfectly healthy individuals when the environmental or the body…
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XMRV, or xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, is a recently discovered virus known to infect a small percentage of the population. Although it is not associated with any particular illness, several studies have suggested that there may be a link…
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Common cold is something we all have had our own share of experience and would continue to disrupt our seamless activities from time to time throughout our life. It is not a condition which affects certain regions of the world…
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When a pathogen or foreign agent enters the human body, the immune system responds in both a broad and specific manner. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS, is no exception. The specific immune response involves the…
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Muscle contraction begins when a nerve impulse reaches the synaptic terminals of a motor neuron that synapses with a muscle fiber. The motor neuron releases an excitatory neurotransmitter, which then diffuses across the neuromuscular junction. The neurotransmitter then encounters receptors…
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Folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicles; a condition that can result from many different causes. The bumps, commonly called “hot tub itch”, occur shortly after spending time in a not-so-sanitary pool or hot tub, and are caused by…
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The earliest hearing aid device was developed over two hundred year ago and came in the shape of a small trumpet-like device which collected sound. Compared to the hearing aid today, the trumpet can only be described as a large and clumsy objects which provided…
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