Medical Science

The human immune system is very complex, and the body’s largest organ, the skin, provides the first order of defense when a virus, bacteria or some other pathogen tries to get into the body. The skin, which is multi-layered, provides…
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On a serious level, it makes sense that humans only use ten percent of their brains. We have the most complex and multitasked brains and bodies of all of the animals. Our brains are instrumental to regulating or at least…
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Stent is defined as a “thread, rod or a catheter that is lying within a tubular structure, which provides support and assures the patency of an intact but contracted lumen”. Urethral stents are usually made up of metal, polymeric or…
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As diseases become more in quantity, quality and complexity, doctors need more innovative medical tools and techniques to be able to give proper diagnoses. Ultrasonography (USG), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and CT scan are some of the innovation. Besides those,…
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Urethral stents are plastic, metal or biodegradable mesh tubes placed in the urethra to correct an obstruction in the flow of urine from the bladder. The placement of a stent in the urethra, whether anterior or prostatic, depends on the…
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Activated charcoal is a form of carbon that has been treated to open up millions of microscopic pores, making it extremely porous. Through this activation process, it can have a huge surface area of anywhere between 300 – 2000 square…
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Our hearts are organic pumps, far more capable and efficient than anything our technology can yet create. In romantic literature and popular culture they are frequently linked to love. But the physiology of love is still unknown, despite the amazing…
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Many years ago, there was a fellow in the San Diego area who invented a super-microscope which, it was claimed, visualize living virus cells. He also had built a “Ray Tube” device which could destroy the bacteria and virus cells…
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Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine based on the nuclear properties of matter. The procedures involved in diagnosis, such as medical imaging, and therapy use radiopharmaceuticals (drugs labeled with radionuclides). These drugs emit low levels of radiation that can…
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The heart distributes fresh oxygen to all parts of the body, in fact it has everything to do with circulation. Without it beating there would be no blood circulating, and without this there would be no  live activity. Or, if…
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