… an illness, to prevent an illness and to solve other issues, which the medicine might not be intended for. Many people start their day and end their night with some type of medication; whether it is a painkiller, a vitamin, or a cough drop. Do people…

… wisely. Not so long ago, bagels reigned. And people thought they were the perfect fat-free food. But now, bagel is practically a dirty word. They're empty calories, the thinking goes, forbidden carbohydrates. So why the change? Because the aversion…

… for people over the age of 70 is Alzheimer's disease. Alois Alzheimer discovered this condition in 1906. In the last 97 years humanity could not find a cure for this dodgy ailment. With no known causes for this strange condition we have not gotten far…

… the first twenty weeks. after the first twenty weeks the death is defined as a still birth. only one quarter of all women have a miscarriage. fifteen to twenty percent of miscarriages are in the first trimester. the cause of miscarriages could…

… exchange information. It is how we express our thoughts, feelings and needs to one another and the people around us. This is a two way process that can only be effective if the message is interpreted as the sender intends it to be. This message can be…

… during my first six-week placement on an ear, nose and throat ward at a local hospital. In order that I could use this situation for my reflection the patient will be referred to as "Mr H". This is in order that his real name is protected and…

… room and kissing her baby good night, expecting to hear the gentle breath of her baby. Instead all that she hears is silence. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the "sudden death of an infant under one year of age which remains unexplained…

… contains 400 different chemicals, 60 of these have been proven to cause cancer. Alcohol is eliminated from the body in a few hours. THC, delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol, the strongest intoxicating substance in dagga, stays in the body fat for months,…

… scuba diving, including the open water teaching manuals, includes some information on anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system. Why is this material important to explain scuba diving? First, because it helps explain the origin of major problems…

… is killed by skin cancer and every thirty seconds one American gets skin cancer. Cancer is a deadly disease that alters the DNA of a skin cell and causes it to reproduce at a rapid pace. This overproduction of cells can be harmful and…