Medicine

We all know the story of antibiotics.

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and there was much rejoicing.

Well, actually the rejoicing comes a little bit later, because Alexander Fleming didn't actually do anything.

Women currently make up roughly 1/2 of every medical school class in the United States. This isn't always true; at Albert Einstein, they make up something like 58% of each incoming class, and at other schools, they make up a smaller percentage. That's good, right?

Anabolic steroids are related to the hormone testosterone. It increases the synthesis of protein in cells. Increase in “androgenic and virilizing properties” can cause an increase of male characteristics such as growth of the vocal chords.
These steroids are used by some athletes to try and improve their game but these steroids are also used for treating cancer.

Next time you're in a lecture hall, or on a bus or in the grocery store, look around. Count off people in fours. Now everytime you reach four, pause on that person, not too long, just a monent then go on the next four.

Why am I asking you to do this exercise?

The Cause of SIDS. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

Babies delivered in the early morning, at noon time, and in
the early evening are more likely to develop SIDS than babies born at other times. Doctor skipped a meal thinks what the hell,
I"ll just take a bite out of one of the legs, just a nibble.
He looks at the baby and thinks "well now i have to even up

I really need to stop reading the news. I was perusing an article on cnn.com about the amount of prescription medication in our drinking water and became ill. No, seriously my stomach started hurting.

New research suggests that blood tests could be used in the diagnoses and assessment of several mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder. This discovery has long been awaited in the field of psychiatry, as it can accurately detect mental illness.

This is one of the craziest medical stories I have ever heard about. A man in Ireland used his sons tooth to rebuild an artificial cornea. The article that I read (the link is below) said that this procedure started being done back in the 60’s in Italy . This story is so unique I figured that we would have heard about this “medical miracle” before now.