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...
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...