By: peterhutch  
Peripheral nerves are a collection of nerve fibers that originate from many different kinds of neurons. Motor fibers originate from motor neurons that are located in the spinal cord. Sensory axons originate from neurons that are located outside the spinal cord in large clusters called ganglia. The ganglia that contain the sensory neurons [...]

By: Nandeshori Devi Konthoujam Leukemia is any of the sharp or persistent neoplastic ailments of bone marrow wherein unrestrained propagation of leukocytes or white blood corpuscles occurs, generally in association with anemia that is damaged blood clotting, and magnification of the liver, lymph nodes, and spleen. Leukemia is observed in animals including as cats, cattle, [...]

By: Brady Quist A lot of us hear our fair share about stem cell research, but we don’t really even know what the controversy is over. So what is a stem cell exactly?
Stem cell research started primarily with the findings of two Canadian Scientists in 1957. Stem cells are specific types of cells common to [...]

By: Dr.T.V.Rao MD BIO-HAZARDS IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
Dr T.V. RAO MD.
INTRODUCTION
Bio-hazards remain a great challenge to the health care workers who come in contact with the patients. In a health care setting the problem of bio-hazards rarely spread from health care workers to patients. In each of these pathways transmission risk depends on the prevalence of [...]

By: Tom Donne Over the years men complain of two distinct sexual problems: lack of desire and impotence. Impotence or erectile dysfunction is the inability to hold an erection long enough to pursue in sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction (ED) can be a total inability to achieve erection, an inconsistent ability to do so, or a [...]

By: Melvin Magadia A spinal cord injury refers to any damage in the spine that may result in the loss of functions such as movement and feeling. The most common causes of this injury are traumatic events (such as automobile accidents, slip and fall) or sickness (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich’s Ataxia, etc.).
In the United [...]

By: Fred Tutwiler Cruising is such a great thing to do. Shoot, what’s not to love about it? All that wonderful leisure fun, getting taken care of by all those people, going to cool places. Damn skippy!
One of the things I really like about cruising is telling people neat stuff to make [...]

By: Greg Roy The primary benefit to cord blood banking is that it provides a type of medical insurance. This insurance is not from a financial prospective, but rather takes the form of having the necessary medical building blocks available should they be needed in the event of certain illnesses and diseases. Those medical building [...]

By: Patricia Woloch The spinal cord is the pathway that processes impulses from the body to the brain and from the brain to the body. The impulses sent by the spinal cord are different signals our brain sends and receives from our bodies.
Spinal cord injuries (sometimes referred to as “SCIs”) are usually caused by a [...]