Medical Science

Many of us at some point during our lives have had an infectious disease such as influenza. Knowingly or unknowingly you are exposed to someone that is infected. You feel fine for a few days and then you begin to…
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The influenza virus is well-known for its fast mutation rates, which frustrate scientists who develop vaccines and treatments. While these viruses have fast mutation rates, one of the most rapid and dangerous transformations happen in the form of something called…
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If you’re anything like me, public toilet seats gross you out. The mere thought of sitting on a public toilet seat makes me want to hold my full bladder until I get home. This isn’t always a healthy idea when…
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Introduction Brain hemorrhage is a condition in which a bleeding takes place within the skull due to various reasons. The amount of bleeding can differ depending on the underlying cause and its manifestations would be dependent upon the site of…
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Diseases prevented by vaccines number quite a few now then they did years ago. My article here, will give you a listing of which diseases are preventable through getting a vaccine. There is now a chickenpox vaccine. Chickenpox has been…
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Vaccines have saved many lives, and will save many more. The benefits of preventing disease rather than treating it are immense and obvious. Medical scientists are working on increasing the scope of disease prevention, by working on new vaccines against…
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Vaccine Safety Disease eradication comes from prevention, but on the individual level, it becomes a risk. For the future benefit of humankind we vaccine. Diseases that plagued our grandparents are known existent and illness we suffered as children have become…
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My father died from a brain haemorrhage back in 1968, and he’s in exalted, if unlucky company. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, actor Richard Burton and film director Anthony Minghella are just some of the famous names who have succumbed to…
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All medical interventions have the potential for side effects. Whether one pursues an intervention should be determined by the benefits of the intervention weighed against the risks of not performing the intervention. This is also true for vaccines. The benefits…
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In this article, I will discuss an important disorder of the antidiuretic hormone which is an important hormone for the regulation of water balance in the body as will be discussed later.  This hormone has two clinical syndromes that are…
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