Immune System
by Abigail B. February 27th, 2006 | Illness
Every minute of every day wars rage within our bodies. The combatants are too tiny to see. Some, like the infamous virus that causes AIDS, are so small that 230 million would fit on the period at the end of this sentence. Of all the body’s enemies, the virus is both the simplest and the most devious of all. A virus, such as the Human Parvo Virus B19, contains instructions for making copies of itself. When a virus enters one of our cells it issues its own instructions. The cell becomes a virus factory, producing identical viruses. Eventually
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Benefits of Vitamin E
by Abigail B. February 6th, 2006 | Vitamins
The primary benefit of vitamin is as a powerful antioxidant. In this role it protects cells from damage caused by free radicals. Because the body is made up of cells this one role of protecting one’s cells helps with heart disease, cancer, blood cells, the nervous system, the skeletal muscle and the retinas in the eyes. In order to afford themselves of these benefits more than 37 million Americans take this vitamin daily. 90,000 nurses in a study in 1993 that took Vitamin E and lowered their rate of coronary heart disease by 30-40%. A lower death rate from heart
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Lasik
by MPK February 3rd, 2006 | Surgery, Vision
Lasik is a laser eye surgery that is used to correct vision problems such as near- or farsightedness. In lasik surgery, a laser is used to reshape the cornea of the patient. The lasik surgery can be performed as an outpatient procedure by a doctor in scrubs, though patients are advised to avoid rigorous physical activity while the eye heals. Lasik surgery can corrent many minor vision problems, though if those problems are severe enough, a patient may still require corrective lenses after the surgery