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By dr rend-san
15 Aug 2010

Basic Knowledge About Anemias

Anemia may be defined as a deficiency in red blood cells or hemoglobin or both. Anemia is serious because of the impaired ability of the blood to carry oxygen. As a result the cells degenerate, especially those of the nervous system. This explains such early symptoms as disinterest, fatique, and loss of energy.

There are various kinds of anemia. For example, blood loss anemia is a result of hemorrhage or the chronic loss of blood. Although the bone marrow may be able to maintain a nearly normal red blood count, the iron stores of the body become progressively decreased. Accordingly, this type of anemia is marked not only by a decrease in the number of red blood cells but also by a severe drop in hemoglobin.

Iron deficiency anemia results from the insufficient intake of iron. Although the red cell count is usually nearly normal, the concentration of hemoglobin in each cell is reduced greatly, hence the expression hypochromic anemia. This condition is quite common and is treated successfully with iron compounds such as ferrous sulfate.

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By Fallen
11 Aug 2010

A Brief Review about Bullguard Antivirus

When dealing with internet through PC or mobile phone, you may have the risk to be attacked by viruses or other harmful threats. Thus, many people choosing to protect their PC or mobile phone with antivirus. Honestly, you would find many antivirus out there and each of them promises you excellent protection. Undoubtedly, this will be a hard task to pick the right choice.

However, among the antivirus offered through websites on internet, Antivirus Protection from Bullguard should be one you can take into account. This antivirus is equipped with comprehensive and enhanced protection that will secure your PC from viruses and other threats. It is also able to create backup for any file you have like document, music, and photo.

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By dr rend-san
08 Aug 2010

Water Balance For Life

Plant and animals vary tremendously in their water requirements. Intake increases with size and, interestingly enough, in a mathematical way. Also of interest is the time required for a given member of a species to imbibe a quantity of water equal to its own weight. A mouse take 5 days; a cow, 2 weeks; a camel, 3 months; a tortoise, 1 year; a human being 1 month;and a cactus, 29 years.

Regardless of the amount of water taken in, however, the body normally balances the gain with an equivalent loss. Conversely, the body balances a loss with an equivalent gain. Either way, the central idea is balance. Humans possess phenomenal balance, in a 24 hour period a person's weight may vary less than 250 g.

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By dr rend-san
05 Aug 2010

Neurons And Nerves

The human body contains a dozen billion nerve cells (neurons) interwoven into what we call the brain and spinal cord. The basic unit of the nervous system is theĀ  neuron, which consists of a cell body and branched extensions, or processes. Dendrites are those processes conducting nerve (electrical) impulses to the cell body, and axons are those processes conducting nerve impulses away from it. Sensory neurons conduct nerve impulses to or toward the central nervous system; motor neurons conduct nerve impulses to the muscles, glands, and organs; and connector neurons conduct impulses from sensory to motor neurons.

Whereas the sensory neuron typically has long dendrites and a short axon, the motor neuron has short dendrit and a long axon; connective neurons generally have short processes. The junction between the terminal endings of the axon of one neuron and the dendrites of another is referred to as a synapse.

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By dr rend-san
02 Aug 2010

The Ear, the organ of sound and balance

The ear is divided into the outer, middle, and inner parts. The outer ear consists of the auricle and the auditory canal. The middle ear, a small chamber lying within the temporal bone and separated from the outer ear by the eardrum (tympanic membrane), houses the ossicles (three tiny bones bearing the names malleus, incus, and stapes) and communicates with the upper throat via the eustachian tube.

The inner ear consists of the outer osseous labyrinth enclosing the inner membranous labyrinth, whose parts are the cochle, semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule. A watery fluid, the perilymph, fills the space between the osseous and membranous labyrinths, and another watery fluid, the endolymph, fills the membranous labyrinth. The organ of Corti, the actual receptor of sound, is situated within the cochlea.

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