Posted on December 29, 2011
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Christmas this year was a calling to thousands of NBA fans that, yes, there is going to be a season. During the Lakers vs. Bulls games the commentator began discussing Kobe’s knee treatment. The procedure involved centrifuging the patients blood and using the serum as an anti-inflammatory drug. Tracy McGrady reportedly recommended the therapy to [...]
Posted on December 24, 2011
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Well…it was some work, moving the mouse from the middle of the screen to the “Add New Post” button, and the hardest is still to come. October 20, 2009, that was the last time a post was written for the blog, and now here I am scrounging down in the deepest corners of my brain [...]
Posted on August 7, 2009
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Beef and red meats have always been popular meals for dad’s at their grill and five star restaurants alike, however, studies suggest that red meats and poultry contain carcinogens known as heterocyclic amines (HCA) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). When these meats are cooked at high temperatures amino acids, sugars, and other compounds in the [...]
Posted on August 6, 2009
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B-12 supplements and injections have stormed the public the same way energy drinks did a few years ago. What is all the hype really about? According to researchers, the B vitamin group helps promote higher metabolism which can lead to a variety of health benefits for users, primarily for those constantly suffering from fatigue and [...]
Posted on August 6, 2009
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1QhKjPHMdI Another great video by him: Anaesthetists Hymn Watched it three times already and it still hasn’t bored me. The singer makes a great song on ‘Careless Surgeons’. Anyway great video, worth the watch. Share and Enjoy:
Posted on August 6, 2009
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A team led by MIT Professor Robert Langer and Jeff Karp, created an adhesive tape that could become an important tool for surgeons in the near future. The tape could serve as a replacement for staples or sutures in surgical processes as it is both biodegradable and can stick in wet environments without to much [...]
Posted on August 6, 2009
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The youngest mother, how old could you expect her to be? Ten, Eleven, or Twelve? Those were the ages that first came across my head as I began to read about five-year-old Lina Medina, who gave birth to a 6 lb child at the Andean village of Ticrapo in 1939. It was a very phenomenal [...]
Posted on August 5, 2009
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Mom’s are usually born with a library of remedies passed down from, well, who knows where. Being born into a family that has always been bent towards homeopathic medicines and remedies, I’ve come across the strangest solutions for even the most common illnesses. One of these, though certainly not the strangest, is the belief that [...]