How Does An Antioxidant Work?/Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals, thereby leading to chain reactions that may damage the cells of organisms. Antioxidants such as thiols or ascorbic acid (vitamin C) terminate these chain reactions. To balance the oxidative state, plants and animals maintain complex systems Read More …
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Fast Heart Rate, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Fast Heart Rate/Tachycardia conventionally but arbitrarily defined as an atrial and/or ventricular rate of >100 beats per minute, is encountered commonly and can be physiological or pathological in origin. Various adverse consequences from tachycardia have been recognized, and an important Read More …
What Food is High in Niacin, Vitamin B3
What Food is High in Niacin/Niacin is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B family, which occurs in many animal and plant tissues, with antihyperlipidemic activity. Niacin is converted to its active form niacinamide, which is a component of Read More …
What Plant Does The Devil’s Claw Come From
What Plant Does The Devil’s Claw Come From/Harpagophytum also called grapple plant, wood spider and most commonly devil’s claw is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name “devil’s claw” to the peculiar appearance of their hooked Read More …
Fluid Retention Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Fluid Retention Symptoms/Water retention or hydrops, hydropsy, edema, signifies an abnormal accumulation of clear, watery fluid in the tissues or cavities of the body. Water is found both inside and outside the body’s cells. It forms part of the blood, helping to Read More …
Conjunctivitis Treatment, Complication, Prevention
Conjunctivitis Treatment/Conjunctivitis is any inflammation of the conjunctiva, generally characterised by irritation, itching, foreign body sensation, and watering or discharge. Treatment is often based on clinical suspicion that the conjunctivitis is bacterial, without waiting for the results of microbiological tests. Read More …
How Do You Get Rid of Epigastric Pain, Prevention
How Do You Get Rid of Epigastric Pain/Epigastric pain is felt in the middle of the upper abdomen, just below the ribcage. Epigastric pain is pain that is localized to the region of the upper abdomen immediately below the ribs. Read More …
How Much Does It Cost to Have Plastic Surgery
How Much Does It Cost to Have Plastic Surgery/A new report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) found that Americans spent $16 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery and minimally invasive procedures in 2016. Breast augmentation — more than 290,000 Read More …
Penetration Wounds, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Penetration Wounds/Wounds are defined as a disruption of the normal structure and function of skin and underlying soft tissue that is caused by trauma or chronic mechanical stress (e.g., decubitus ulcers). Wounds can be broken down into acute or chronic, Read More …
Avulsions Wound, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment
Avulsions Wound/Wounds are defined as a disruption of the normal structure and function of skin and underlying soft tissue that is caused by trauma or chronic mechanical stress (e.g., decubitus ulcers). Wounds can be broken down into acute or chronic, Read More …
Binge Type Anorexia Nervosa, Causes, Treatment
Binge Type Anorexia Nervosa is the person struggling with this type of eating disorder will often purge after eating. This alleviates the fear of gaining weight and offsets some of the guilt of having ingested forbidden, or highly restricted food. Read More …
What Are the Early Warning Symptoms of UTI
What Are the Early Warning Signs of UTI/ Urinary Tract Infection is a bacterial infection of the bladder and associated structures. These are patients with no structural abnormality and no comorbidities, such as diabetes, immunocompromised, or pregnant. Uncomplicated UTI is also Read More …