The immune system is one of the most … extraordinary feats of Darwinian engineering on the planet. Over the past four billion years as life developed from single-celled organisms to complex multicellular creatures, we have been under continual attack by viruses,...
Every living organism is built from a design … which is coded in genes. All cells in the human body, except red blood cells, contain a nucleus which holds the genetic information necessary to make a completely new human being. In Sleeper, Woody Allen and Diane...
Vertigo means dizziness—actually a specific … kind of dizziness where you think the room is spinning or moving, as opposed to feeling unsteady on your feet with reasonably stable surroundings. Any child who has experimented with spinning around like a top knows...
Of all the diseases I commonly see in primary care … none is more likely to be improperly treated than bronchitis. What is bronchitis and why do physicians and patients often approach this disease incorrectly? Bronchitis is divided into two versions. Acute...
The entire world spends about $1.4 trillion every … year on research and development in all branches of science and among all industries. Drug companies and medical device manufacturers account for 10% of the total at around $150 billion dollars. The big...
