We are taught in school that the body has five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. However, experts now believe that there are quite a lot more—and the total number depends on the expert you are talking to and the definition they give to the word “sense.” Some say that there are nine...
The cancellous bone is a layer of bone cells, in between the compact bone and bone marrow. The purpose of the cancellous bone is to protect the bone marrow. Cancellous bone can often be found at the ends of rounded bones, such as on the leg and arm bones. Even if the cancellous bone is not as strong...
When people hear the term anorexia, the first thing that comes to mind is a person who does not eat because he thinks that he is too fat. There is another kind of anorexia, however, which refers to the condition wherein a person engages in physical activity excessively. This is what is known as...
Yellow toenails are rather unsightly, and no one really wants to have people see their yellow toenails. Yellow toenails may be the result of two things. One, it can be that nail polish has been left on for too long. Two, there could be fungi in the toenails, causing the yellow color as well as...
The human body, though absolutely fascinating, does some pretty crazy stuff. Made of rather (absolutely) bizarre compounds, complete with weird behaviors, and often destined to do completely gross things, “People,” as Jim Morrison said, “are strange.” Some are more strange than others. But since...
Heroin addiction occurs when a person becomes dependent on heroin, which is a highly-addictive and illegal drug. Most people who use heroin would deny that they have an addiction problem. Signs of heroin addiction include: Changes in Appetite A person who is living with a heroin addiction usually...
You will never hear someone comment positively about a woman whose face is beginning to show her age. Wrinkles on a man may be considered distinguished. Wrinkles on a woman are just revealing. People will say she is past her prime; she must not have taken proper care of her skin. Some people...
Gamma globulin (otherwise known as immunoglobulin) is part of the body’s natural defense system. It is a kind of blood plasma protein, and along with the antibodies, help defeat disease-causing organisms. Today, medical science has found a way to extract gamma globulin and use it as a form of...
Hydrogenated oil is a kind of oil where the essential fatty acids that are the components of the oil is transformed into a different form through a chemical process. Oil has been hydrogenated as a way of extending its shelf life and to give the oils more stability. Hydrogenated oil will not get...
Myo-inositol is a naturally occurring substance, along with the presence of the PI3K gene may be the "pathway" to preventing lung cancer. In a breakthrough study, researchers found that after taking the readily available dietary supplement, a gene identified as PI3K gets deactivated and slows...
