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NHJK GM It has been said that truth is stranger than fiction.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in the field of medicine, where various physiologic functions, structures, and even diseases can be unbelievably bizarre

This sounds impossible, but a heart can now be kept alive and beating outside of a human body thanks to the amazing Orga...
18/11/2021

This sounds impossible, but a heart can now be kept alive and beating outside of a human body thanks to the amazing Organ Care System (OCS) machine.

The Organ Care System (OCS) by TransMedics is revolutionising the way urgent organ transplant deliveries are being carried out. Previously, donor hearts and organs had to be placed on ice in plastic coolers and had to be raced to the destination hospital, with little time to spare. In many cases, the heart either doesn’t make it there on time or it has been too damaged from the cold ice

Oh yes, there’s enough fat in your body to produce 7 solid bars of soap. Can you imagine scrubbing away dirt and grime f...
18/11/2021

Oh yes, there’s enough fat in your body to produce 7 solid bars of soap. Can you imagine scrubbing away dirt and grime from yourself using a bar made from the fat that is stored in your own cells?

This is actually possible since soap is partly made of fats and oils, from animal or plant sources. To make soap, fats need to combine with a strong alkali such as sodium (to make hard soap) or potassium hydroxide (if you want liquid soap) — this process is called saponification.

If you thought only your face turned into an embarrassing shade of tomato red when you blush, you’ll be amazed when you ...
18/11/2021

If you thought only your face turned into an embarrassing shade of tomato red when you blush, you’ll be amazed when you find out that your unassuming stomach blushes too.

Festive weight gain sucks (thanks, amazing but terribly fattening food), but if you were ever tempted to go for days wit...
18/11/2021

Festive weight gain sucks (thanks, amazing but terribly fattening food), but if you were ever tempted to go for days without food just to lose a kilo or 5, stop right there.

According to researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, extreme dieting causes the brain to eat itself! When the body is starved for sustenance, the hypothalamus in the brain self-cannibalises as cells try desperately to get nutrients. You obviously want to keep your brain functioning, so eat a balanced diet to keep yourself healthy.

The availability of medicines in developing countries is undermined by several factors: poor medicine supply and distrib...
18/11/2021

The availability of medicines in developing countries is undermined by several factors: poor medicine supply and distribution systems; insufficient health facilities and staff; and low investment in health and the high cost of medicines.

The Essential Medicines List can help countries rationalize the purchasing and distribution of medicines, thereby reducing costs to the health system.

Did you know that the little blue pill (sildenafil [Vi**ra]) can also make cut flowers stand up straight? What is perhap...
18/11/2021

Did you know that the little blue pill (sildenafil [Vi**ra]) can also make cut flowers stand up straight? What is perhaps more amazing is that researchers actually studied this. They found that only 1 mg of the drug (compared with the 50-g dose used by men with erectile dysfunction) dissolved in water can double the life of cut flowers, making them stand up straight for up to 1 week longer than they usually would. The same held true when they tested sildenafil on strawberries, broccoli, and other produce.

The arteries of the blue whale—the largest living creature on earth—are so big that a full-sized human being could swim ...
18/11/2021

The arteries of the blue whale—the largest living creature on earth—are so big that a full-sized human being could swim through them. Blue whales can grow to be over 100 ft long, and weigh over 100 tons. Because their hearts can weigh up to 1,300 lb—with aortas over 9 inches in diameter and a heart rate of 8-10 bpm—it's no surprise that the arteries needed to transport blood from whale hearts to the rest of their bodies are large enough to swim laps in.

The human nose can remember 50,000 different scents, and experts say that the memories evoked by our sense of smell are ...
18/11/2021

The human nose can remember 50,000 different scents, and experts say that the memories evoked by our sense of smell are some of the oldest and most potent we have. Think of how you feel when you smell a flower that used to grow in your grandmother's garden, or the shaving cream your father used when you were a child. Researchers have found that brain waves connect smells through memories via an associative process that links neural networks through synchronized brain waves of 20-40 Hz. The result? Smell is the strongest memory retainer.

The human body has incredible regenerative powers. For example, your entire brain replaces itself every 2 months; your l...
18/11/2021

The human body has incredible regenerative powers. For example, your entire brain replaces itself every 2 months; your liver, every 6 weeks; and your epidermis, every 35 days. Even your stomach lining replaces itself every 3 to 4 days. If your body didn't do this, the strong acids used by your stomach to digest food would also digest your stomach! And speaking of your stomach, did you know that your stomach acids are so strong that they can dissolve razor blades?

Having a good cry really is good for you. The tears you shed when you cry contain stress hormones, and crying itself may...
18/11/2021

Having a good cry really is good for you. The tears you shed when you cry contain stress hormones, and crying itself may actually stimulate the production of endorphins—the body's natural painkiller—as well as feel-good hormones such as oxytocin.

And speaking of bones, did you know that one-fourth of all of the bones in your body are in your feet—which are made up ...
18/11/2021

And speaking of bones, did you know that one-fourth of all of the bones in your body are in your feet—which are made up of 26 bones and 33 joints each—for a grand total of 52 bones in each foot? It's strange that such a relatively small part of your body houses so many bones.

Babies are born with about 300 bones, but by the time they reach adulthood, these bones will have fused together to form...
18/11/2021

Babies are born with about 300 bones, but by the time they reach adulthood, these bones will have fused together to form 206 bones. Babies are born with more cartilage than bone. With time, the cartilage is replaced by bone matrices, and the calcium salts babies get from their diets are laid to form hardened bone through a process known as endochondral ossification, or the conversion of cartilage into bone.

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