You’ve heard of deficiencies before? That’s when you don’t get enough of a certain nutrient. Well, here’s a Fountain of Youth deficiency and one thj, way too many of us suffer from.Fifty per cent of Americans don’t eat a single veggie or piece of fruit-ever. Ninety per cent of Americans don’t get their five-a-day servings [...]

Drug resistance is a term used to describe a condition in which cells are able to survive despite drug therapy. There are at least two forms of resistance. In the first variety, called innate resistance, tumor cells are resistant even before any drugs have been given. This kind of resistance is usually not typical of [...]

The blood test for HIV infection can now be justified for virtually any person concerned about HIV infection. Most clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases will routinely test for HIV. Some hospitals are also contemplating using the HIV antibody test as one of the routine tests for admission. Many advocate testing pregnant women, especially those [...]

In the performance of analytical studies epidemiologists move from the demanding chores of collecting accurate information into the realms of designing studies that seek to answer important individual questions about the causes of cancer. In this area they will usually have an idea to test – a hypothesis about some possible causative factor. The focus [...]

If you have established from your answers to the above questions that you are suffering anxiety symptoms, you should stop and ask yourself two questions in relation to the work you are doing or the problems you are facing, and three questions relating to the function of your brain at that time. You should therefore [...]

Grief is a process to be worked through. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. That is not to say that you will ever forget the person you have lost or stop loving them, but if you hang on to grief for years and use it as an excuse to give up on [...]

Mr. J. Singh had no child. He had a tiny pet dog which was the centre of affection of the childless couple. Later on they brought an adopted child in the home and showered their love on the child Not that they ignored their pet dog. He received their attention in the matter of food [...]

A number of progressive, degenerative diseases of the brain affect children. Epilepsy is commonly seen in most of them. One group is called storage diseases because the proteins and fats that are normally broken down to waste products (metabolized) and eliminated from the body cannot be broken down in these rare inherited metabolic conditions. These [...]

Check points Are your strips in date? Are they the right ones for your meter? Have you calibrated your meter/biosensor for this particular batch of strips? Is your meter working properly? Have you followed up any error messages? Does it need a new battery? Have you kept your strips dry and not too cold or [...]

One of the most important dates in the early history of heart surgery is 9 September 1896, for it was on that day that a 22-year-old man, Wilhelm Justus, was operated on by Ludwig Rehn. Rehn, a German surgeon, successfully stitched up a wound in Justus’ heart which went on to heal perfectly, thus demonstrating [...]