Understanding the Aggressive Nature of Pancreatic Cancer: Barriers and Breakthroughs
Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains one of the most lethal cancers globally, with a dismal five-year survival rate of about 12%. Its high...
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Stephanie Ray
2 days ago3 min read
Understanding the Causes and Symptoms of Pancreatitis
Stephanie Ray, RN, BSN What is Pancreatitis? Pancreatitis is inflammation in your pancreas. It's usually temporary (acute) but can also...
Anshul Kapur
4 days ago2 min read
Beyond the Brain: Unlocking Memory and Processing in Non-Neural Cells
For decades, the prevailing view in neuroscience has been that memories are exclusively the domain of neurons in the brain. However, a...
Mustafa Dhanani
Nov 113 min read
An Inside Look at the Heart: Anatomy and Histology
Ever wondered how the heart keeps ticking like a well-oiled machine, beating close to three billion times over a lifetime? Let’s take a...
andrew0326lee
Nov 52 min read
The Integumentary System
The Integumentary System The Integumentary System: Structure, Function, and Importance The integumentary system is a complex network that...
andrew0326lee
Oct 102 min read
The Human System: An Incredible Feat
How much do you really know about your body? Aside from the average excretion of waste per day, do you know many systems are working...
Eiliyah Annam
Oct 43 min read
Reviving the Body: How Our Tissues Heal and Rebuild Themselves
Have you ever wondered how a cut disappears within a few days whenever you cut yourself? What happens to it to make it suddenly...
Myr Selvage
Sep 213 min read
Palmaris longus: the most variable muscle in the human body
The most variable muscle in the human body is the palmaris longus muscle [3] . People can be born without one or both, have two or three...
Rachael Ng
Sep 163 min read
Sudden Sharp Pain from the Rectum
Introduction Have you ever experienced random shooting sharp pains coming from your lower rectum? You’re not the only one, it’s quite...
Nguyen Myna
Jul 32 min read
An Overview of Dehydration: Causes and Effects
Background In clinical terms, dehydration results from the loss of bodily fluids that occurs when they are depleted at a greater rate...
Rachael Ng
Jun 273 min read
Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease
Introduction Did you know? The death rate for Alzheimer’s Disease is more than breast and prostate cancer combined. Did you know?...
Akshay Patil
Jun 183 min read
Intolerable Pain After an Accident: Simplifying Neck and Back Pain
Introduction We frequently encounter individuals experiencing severe neck and back pain, often due to slips and falls or serious car...
Ruhama Aschalew Asfaw
Jun 174 min read
Physiological Changes During Pregnancy
The female body undergoes complex changes during pregnancy in order to nurture and adapt to the growing fetus. The changes in each system...
Myr Selvage
May 95 min read
Cystic fibrosis: a molecular point of view on the cause of symptoms
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease caused by a mutation in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein...
Rachael Ng
May 92 min read
Body Defense Mode - Immunology
Introduction What stands between the viral infections from entering your body? There must be some sort of defense system activated to...
Adam Yilmaz
May 92 min read
What Does it Take to Become Ambidextrous?
Training yourself to use both hands equally is not easy, but has been shown to be completely possible. Learning to use both hands...
laveeshakewlani17
Apr 144 min read
UNLOCKING ANGINA: DECIPHERING THE CHEST PAIN PUZZLE
angina pain is curable, read the following article to learn more about angina.
Kaitlyn Szalontay
Feb 43 min read
A Possible First-Line Treatment for Symptomatic Hypermobility.
People with hypermobility may experience negative symptoms and they may be related to a specific vitamin-deficiency.
Muskan
Feb 34 min read
How Do We Grow? The process of Mitosis Cell Division
You were once composed of a single cell: the zygote. Today, you are a multicellular organism composed of about 37 trillion cells. Each of...
Krishnakoli Adhikary (she/her)
Jan 142 min read
Voltage-gated sodium channels – the gates in the cell membrane
Voltage-gated sodium channels are membrane-embedded proteins complexes that allow rapid flow of sodium ions across an electrochemical...
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