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The Disease of Malaria
Written on 5 Nov, 2010 at 7:27 in Uncategorized | viewed 149 views times | No Comments
Malaria easily made the list we published last year of the ten worst diseases. It infects more than 250 million people per year and can cause nasty symptoms including fevers, chills. Of those, roughly 2.5 million die. What makes it... (Continue reading)
Video Laryngoscopes – Use and Development
Written on 16 Oct, 2010 at 15:35 in Uncategorized | viewed 383 views times | 2 Comments
Intubation When you are sedated or unable to breathe, very often a breathing tube will be inserted to provide you with oxygen. The procedure to do this is called intubation, and typically uses a laryngoscope to open the mouth wide... (Continue reading)
Modern Drug Development
Written on 28 Sep, 2010 at 15:30 in Uncategorized | viewed 226 views times | No Comments
Modern Drug Development As we’ve entered the modern era, it seems that most medications these days are developed due to conscious attempts to target specific molecular patterns. Gleevec, for instance, a major breakthrough in the treatment of a specific type... (Continue reading)
Why Unsafe Meds Can Be Approved
Written on 22 Sep, 2010 at 15:31 in Uncategorized | viewed 138 views times | No Comments
Why do medications that eventually are linked to significant health problems pass the FDA and make it to market? The answer is relatively straight forward. It all stems from the way that medications are tested and developed. To get a... (Continue reading)
Design of the Immune System
Written on 14 Sep, 2010 at 5:27 in Uncategorized | viewed 367 views times | No Comments
The design of the immune system One of the most beautiful images I have seen was the way that a certain type of immune cell generates its defenses. The immune system is a beautiful defense mechanism – but what is... (Continue reading)
Some Thoughts on the Immune System
Written on 31 Aug, 2010 at 16:10 in Uncategorized | viewed 169 views times | No Comments
There is bacteria everywhere. More of the genetic information in our DNA consists of code put in there by infecting viruses than is actually used to make our bodies and who we are. Cut open a wet fruit and leave... (Continue reading)
Treatment of Cancer: Now and the Future
Written on 24 Aug, 2010 at 12:24 in Uncategorized | viewed 227 views times | No Comments
Cancer is when something in your body goes wrong. A cell that normally should stop growing or die refuses to do so. It keeps dividing. As it grows, it forms a mass of cells that may or may not decide... (Continue reading)
Signs of High Blood Pressure
Written on 1 Jul, 2010 at 6:57 in Uncategorized | viewed 2,486 views times | 1 Comment
What are the signs of high blood pressure? How do you know if you have it or not? The bad news is that in most cases you simply can’t tell – high blood pressure, or hypertension, usually has no symptoms... (Continue reading)
Omron Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor
Written on 29 Jun, 2010 at 7:02 in Uncategorized | viewed 1,580 views times | 4 Comments
Omron is one of the top manufacturers of blood pressure monitors. They are very popular and have a solid reputation. One of the features that some of their monitors have which is especially useful is the automatic detection of certain... (Continue reading)
Cancer Research Blog Carnival #32
Written on 2 Apr, 2010 at 5:50 in Uncategorized | viewed 108 views times | No Comments
Health and Life is proud to be hosting the 32cond edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival! Dr. Henneman Let’s start this month off with the submission, Does Fosamax prevent breast cancer? It was not written within the official scope... (Continue reading)