Glaucoma is a vision problem caused by damage to the optic nerve. The pressure in the eyeball is often increased, but the disease is not fully understood. Recent research may change this situation.
Glaucoma: Eye Biology, Nerve Damage, and Recent Research
Hair loss is a frequently caused side effect of drugs but hair color is another adverse effect that is rare but bothersome. Black or brown hair changing to blond, greying or reddening of hair, and darkening of originally grey hair have been reported in many cases.
Drugs That Induce Hair Color Changes
This is an example of a brief review of an article covering a current event in nursing. This is a common assignment to encounter in nursing school.
Brief Review of a New York Times Article on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a very serious problem. Phage therapy—treatment with viruses that attack bacteria—may be the solution.
Bacteriophages, Phage Therapy, and Antibiotic Resistance
Saliva is made by salivary glands and has important functions. The glands may sometimes develop stones. In Sjogren's syndrome, insufficient saliva is made.
Saliva and Salivary Glands: Facts and Health Problems
A shocking amount of people believe that vaccinations cause autism. This article proves that to be untrue.
The Link Between Vaccines and Autism
Clostridium perfringens is a bacterium that can have big effects on humans. It's a common cause of foodborne illness and may cause multiple sclerosis.
Clostridium Bacteria in Foodborne Illness and Multiple Sclerosis
The wood frog survives freezing. A study of its adaptations for survival may be helpful in understanding human health problems and in the use of organs for transplants.
Cryobiology: Frozen Wood Frogs and Adaptations for Survival
Some people believe that NDE is proof of an afterlife. However, science provides alternate, and more plausible, explanations.
The Truth About Near Death Experiences: Scientific Explanations of NDE and OBE
There are many medical advances that are available to trained orthopedic physicians that will heal an injury or chronic pain problem. This article describes the procedures, including stem cell therapy, prolotherapy, platelet rich plasma therapy and acupuncture. These procedures may prevent surgerie.
Spectrum of Orthopedic Healthcare Without Surgery
Bone marrow is an essential tissue. It contains stem cells that produce all of our blood cells. Bone marrow transplants are used to treat some serious diseases.
Bone Marrow: Facts, Functions, and Transplants
The tumor microenvironment is a key component to cancer cell biology
Components of the Tumor Microenvironment
This is no joke. In 2018, researchers recreated the brains from our ancient non-human cousins and want to study the lumps to understand the mysterious Neanderthal extinction event.
Scientists Grew Neanderthal Brains and They Want it to Learn
Tiny microplastic particles are produced from plastic waste. The particles enter the human body in a variety of ways. Their effects on the body are unknown.
Microplastics in the Environment and in the Human Body
Human African trypanosomiasis is a significant tropical disease, affecting around 65 million people per year in over 30 countries. Treatment is particularly difficult as the parasite has evolved several mechanisms to evade and manipulate the host's immune system in order to survive in the host.
Host Immune Evasion by Trypanosoma Brucei, the Causative Agent of African Sleeping Sickness
Trypanosoma brucei is the causative agent of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), otherwise known as sleeping sickness, affecting millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.
Human African Sleeping Sickness: Biology of Trypanosoma brucei