Ion Channels are the key structures that keeps the cells of the body functioning property. In recent years, new discoveries have linked diseases to defects in ion channel functions.
This morning I was lying in bed when the thought of a chain came into my head. A chain is a good metaphor for our lives and certainly our careers. If we are trying to be healthy but our exercise ''link'' is weak, we will struggle to maintain our health. When you are planning your career, be sure to take care of your link!
You know how it sometimes seems that pets and their owners look alike: the pug-faced fellow, for example, who owns a boxer or the frizzy-haired girl with the frizzy-haired poodle.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women. Women's heart disease can have different symptoms than men's, and for his reason, it is for women to recognize the various signs.
Registered nurses are the essential primary caregivers in health care facilities today. For millions of hospitalized people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, independence and dependency, success and failure.
Being president and founder of the only physician driven medical malpractice company in Pennsylvania and a practicing orthopedic spine surgeon has provided me with a unique perspective of the Commonwealth's medial malpractice marketplace.
Among all of the things for which the French are vilified (rightly or wrongly), one of the most confounding is gastronomical: Given the copious amounts of baguettes, wine, cheese, pate and pastries that French folk consume, why don't they get as fat as Americans?
Diabetes Complications are caused by damage to the blood vessels and nerves. If it is not controlled, diabetes can cause complications that can affect nearly every organ in the body. Good diabetes management can help reduce the risk.
New York's health care industry is at a crossroads. The 14% increase in medical malpractice insurance rates, the largest rate increase in a decade, means Governor Spitzer is facing the early stages of a medical malpractice market failure similar to that which Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell faced in 2003.
According to Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, salt is the single most harmful element in the food supply, worse even than saturated and trans fats.
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