Dental Hygiene: Tips To Keep Your Teeth Healthy
Our teeth are supposed to be the strongest and healthiest in order to retain its form up until old age. The reason why your parents… Read More »
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The Benefits of Listening Therapy for Children with Autism
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, is a disorder characterized by sensory processing difficulties, communication problems, struggles with social interactions, and odd repetitive behaviors. Autism… Read More »
Why Women’s Wellness Matters
Women are incredible beings with an unquestionable capacity to multitask and juggle better than a bartender, but they also tend to sacrifice themselves in the… Read More »
Cerebral oedema
Two principle types; Vasogenic oedema Occurs when the integrity of the BBB is compromised and increased vascular permeability occurs Allows fluid to escape from the… Read More »
Adrenal Medulla
Developmentally distinct from the adrenal cortex Composed of neural crest cells called chromaffin cells which synthesise and secrete catecholamines in response to preganglionic nerve fibres… Read More »
Adrenal glands
Function of the cortex  In adults the normal adrenal gland weighs 4g but with acute stress, lipid depletion may reduce the weight and with… Read More »
Normal carbohydrate metabolism
Normal plasma glucose concentration is between 4.5 and 11mmol/L Almost all the glucose filtered by the renal glomeruli is reabsorbed by the renal tubular cells,… Read More »
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis may be defined to occur in patients with positive serum ketones and an arterial blood pH of less than or equal to 7.30… Read More »
Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
A group of disorders sharing the common feature of hyperglycaemia Hyperglycaemia is due to defects in insulin secretion, action or both Chronic hyperglycaemia and metablic… Read More »
The normal pancreas
Pancreas consists of 1 million islets of Langerhans Start to develop from week 9-11 gestation Contain exocrine and endocrine components Contain 4 major cell types, b, a, d and… Read More »