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Yesterday in class I spoke up about the electronic cigarette. The professor allowed me to make my point, but she ended with, "... but of course Nicotine itself is a carcinogen." I let it go, because I didn't have data with me, but actually the data doesn't support that claim. Nicotine becomes carcinogenic when you add nitrates or nitrites (they ( Read more... )

The lining of your blood vessels, the tunica intima, is made of a delicate endothelial layer. LDL cells start to wreck havoc in your body by sliding under this thin, permeable layer. Your helpful immune system cells, macrophages, will then hunt the LDL down, engulfing it. There they sit, now known as foam cells. Tadaa! You have an atheromatous ( Read more... )

I don't recommend GISing keratomalacia. Eat your Vitamin A, people!

"Most people have heard of an association between Aluminum and the development of Alzheimer's, although a causal connection seems unlikely. Brain concentrations of aluminum in people with Alzheimer's exceed normal brain concentrations by some 10 to 30 times, but blood and hair aluminum remains normal, indicating that the accumulation is caused by ( Read more... )

"The timing of vomiting gives clues to its cause. Vomiting that occurs within an hour after a meal suggests peptic ulcer or a psychological cause. If it occurs more than one hour after a meal, possible causes include food poisoning, an obstruction that prevents stomach emptying, or a stomach motility disorder."

caseous necrosis: degeneration and death of tissue with a cheese-like appearance.

http://www.topp.org/

An informative little website where you can see critters that scientists have tagged and let loose again. This site specifically focuses on predators in the pacific ocean. They have maps where you can watch them as they travel the seas!

After a meal, peristalsis begins near the gastroesophageal sphincter, where it produces gentle rippling movements of the thin stomach wall. But as the contractions approach the pylorus, where the stomach musculature is thicker, they become much more powerful. Consequently, the contents of the fundus and body (food storage area) remain relatively ( Read more... )