Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. The term comes from mid 16th century, via Latin from Greek, from the word arthron, meaning ‘joint’. "-Itis" is a suffix in medicine and it means Inflammation. Osteo means bone. Put them...
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Coffea arabica
Coffee is the third most consumed beverage around the world after water and tea. Endemic to the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia, Coffea arabica (the Latin name of coffee) is grown in dozens of countries between the Tropic of Capricorn and...
Stethoscope: a symbol and relic of medicine
The stethoscope is a simple tool using basic physics to amplify noise within the body. You’ve probably seen one by now or even better, your chest or your back made contact with one during one of your visits to your...
AI in Medicine
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...
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...
Ashwagandha
"Ashwagandha" is a medicinal herb commonly used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine, which originated in India. Its botanical name is Withania somnifera, and it is also known as Indian ginseng or winter cherry. Ashwagandha has also been called the king 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,...
Heat intolerance
In the wintertime in Canada, people often dream of what they'll do when it gets hot again. Some even travel for shorter or longer periods of time to warmer climates to wait out the cold weather . But as enjoyable...
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...
Licorice: a sweet tale
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza plants, usually the Glabra species) have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to a long time for various digestive and health problems, and as a general vitality promoting agent. People know Licorice mostly as a candy product, and...