I have been wondering these days what is the status of the applications of AI in medicine…is it how many are predicting that the AI will carve out a hole in medicine and people will be losing their jobs? (this metaphor is because tomorrow is Halloween…) Will the doctors be replaced by machines anytime soon? […]
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LONELINESS and your health
There are more and more studies raising alarms about the impact of being lonely on our health. And the conclusions of those studies really shocked me so I decided to summarize and share this research in this blog. But first of all, how did they define loneliness? Loneliness is the cognitive discomfort or uneasiness of […]
From ancient medicines and witches to modern drugs
I think everyone is familiar with the images of the Medieval time witches flying on a broomstick or the witches making magical potions by stirring some awful looking substances in a boiling cauldron….these images are associated with Halloween nowadays… but, to your surprise (as well as mine), some of the brews these witches made were […]
99 fascinating (and weird!) facts about the human body
The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea of the eye. It receives oxygen directly from the air. The human brain has a memory capacity which is the equivalent of more than four terabytes on a hard drive. A newborn child can breathe and swallow at the same time […]
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a water-soluble vitamin that plays essential roles in red blood cell formation, cell/energy metabolism, nervous system function and the production of DNA. Vitamin B12 is an elaborate molecular jigsaw involving around 30 individual components. It is unique among the vitamins in that it is only made by certain bacteria, but the […]
AUTISM
The first appearance of autism in historical literature was in 1911 by Eugen Bleuler, a psychiatrist from Switzerland, who used the term to describe a unique cluster of symptoms that were traditionally thought to simply be symptoms of schizophrenia (Bleuler also coined the terms schizophrenia and schizoid and was a contemporary of Freud; his students […]
Exercise and its benefits
We all know (hopefully!) that exercise is important in our daily lives, but we may not know why or what are the benefits of exercise. I would like to emphasize from the beginning that these benefits are backed up by rigorous research and science and are truly amazing. Before I present these benefits, it’s important […]
Messi and the Yerba Mate tea
Yerba mate is a traditional South American drink that’s gaining worldwide popularity. Even the Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi was often seen enjoying a mug of Mate now and then and some people even go to distance to suggest that his soccer skills are somehow connected with this miraculous drink. It’s said to have the […]
The Mystery of the Itch
One might thing that is over the top and not so important but the science behind the itching was always flimsy. The medicine did not really know why we itch and what the neurological basis behind the mundane itch was. And it’s not over the top at all: chronic itch caused by dry skin, psoriasis, […]
Top 6 Carcinogenic Food Contaminants
Cancer is on the rise. The number of new cancer cases in Canada is expected to rise about 40% in the next 15 years, according to a new report – Canadian Cancer Statistics 2015 – released by the Canadian Cancer Society. Almost all cancer deaths in Canada (96%) will occur in people over the age […]