Medical facts


Now let’s talk about the length of the human intestines. I bet many of you know that the intestines are very long, but how many of you were interested in the length of all the intestines in the world? Well… The length of an average human’s...

HIV facts

April 8, 2012 | In: Medical facts

What is HIV? I’m sure you all heard about HIV. Well, the HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system, in other words, the body's defense against diseases.  The latest research suggests that between 70 and 90 per cent of people may...

The Black Plague is also known as The Black Death. It is a plague epidemic that swept through Europe from 1348 through 1351, killing an estimated 25–60% of Europeans. Some estimates are as high as 2/3 of the population. The exact number of deaths...

The human brain

March 25, 2012 | In: Medical facts

The home of our thoughts and wishes, our secrets and our IQ, the human brain is still one of the most interesting, strange and complex things in the universe. Our brain is 60% white matter and 40%, gray matter. The white matter is responsible with...

People say that the human body must be viewed not as a flesh, but more of a piece of art, a living wonder that’s continuously evolving and adapting to the living conditions on Earth. Truth is that we don’t know too much about the human body. Ok, we...

Vitamin D and our brain

February 17, 2012 | In: Medical facts

I’m sure we all remember our childhood, when our parents almost begged us to eat vegetables. We didn’t want to listen. The only vegetable we ate was something called French fries. It tasted so good and it still does. The problem with it is that it...

Ginger (JIN-ger) is a product that is made from the plant Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Products made from plants are often called botanicals or herbals. Ginger has been used by many people for the prevention and treatment of nausea and vomiting caused...

Bones are comprised of fibers of collagen which provide elasticity, and calcium which provides strength. As a normal part of aging, bones tend to lose both collagen and calcium. This loss of bone density with age is more pronounced in women than in...

Red blood cells function by carrying oxygen to every part of the body, and then carrying carbon dioxide back to the lungs. Red blood cells are very well designed to perform this important job. First, they are packed full of hemoglobin, which is an...

The basic function of the nervous system is to transmit messages from one place to another. The nerve cells which do this job are called neurons. Neurons can vary widely in their shape, but they all have several basic things in common. Like all cells,...

The inner ear consists of the cochlea and the semicircular canals. The cochlea serves to permit hearing...

There are three main types of cells within the blood, platelets, white blood cells and red blood cells. White blood cells are much larger than red blood cells, and platelets are much smaller than red blood cells. Red blood cells are the most numerous by...