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Adenoids are clumps of spongy tissue that lie on each side of the throat, between the nose and the roof of the mouth. Although they're usually grouped together with the tonsils, adenoids aren't visible when you open your mouth. 편도와 마찬가지로 이 림프 조직의 덩어리는 필터의 역할을 함으로써 인체를 보호하는 것을 돕는다. 각각의 아데..

In the early 1900s, scientists were steadily searching for new ways to see into and manipulate the beating human heart. It was clear that more and more people were dying of cardiovascular disease, clogged artries, and heart attacks, but it wasn't until cardiac catheterization was put into use that doctors could see what was really going on inside a living person's circulatory ..

Vitamin C, which is also called ascorbic acid, is a vitamin that your body requires for good health. Your body uses it to form collagen in bones, cartilage, muscle, and blood vessels and to help with the absorption of iron. Vitamin C can be found in fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits, such as lemons, limes, and oranges. Currently the recommended daily intake of vi..

Chlamydia is one of the most overlooked sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet it's also one of the most prevalent. Although as many as 10 million Americans are exposed to it every year, it's thought that only 20 percent are ever diagnosed and properly treated. That's because chlamydia's trademark symptoms are easily confused with those of other conditions. Most often, th..

The loss of tissue and neurons in the brain as a result of disease, injury, or old age is called cerebral or brain atrophy. Brain atrophy can be generalized, meaning that tissue is shrinking all over, or it can be focal, affecting only a limited area and impairing only the functions that that part of the brain controls. Atrophy of the brain is not a medical diagnosis, but rath..

Since America's colonization, midwives have been caring for pregnant women and attending births in the United States. Today, certified nurse-midwives can run their own practices, perform clinical exams, and even prescribe medicine ― not just during pregnancy, but at all stage of a woman's life. However, most states require that a midwife practice have a physician backup or s..

A healthy colon is a 5-foot tube of smooth muscle tissue. But some people's colons develop small bulges caused by weak spots in the muscle. More than half of all people over age 60 have this harmless condition, which is called diverticulosis. But when these marble-size pouches of intestinal lining become inflamed and infected, it becomes diverticulitis. 게실증을 갖고 있..

The thyroid, a 2-inch-long, butterfly-shaped organ that sits at the front of the throat, plays one of the most important roles in the body. The control center of the endocrine system, the thyroid pumps out hormones that help determine how smoothly and quickly the body runs when converting calories to energy, contracting the heart muscle, or recalling a memory, among other thin..

세계 최초, 가장 잘 알려진 "기적의 약" 발견은 매우 우연히 일어난 일이며 더러운 연구실과 알렉산더 플레밍의 신속한 생각 덕분이다. 제 1차 세계 대전에서 군의관이었던 알렉산더 플레밍(1881 - 1955)은 무섭도록 피해를 주는 박테리아 감염이 영국 군대를 휘어잡고 있는 것을 직접 목격했..

Antioxidants are substances that bolster(지지하다) your immune system by protecting you from the harmful effects of oxygen released by chemical reactions in your body. The name antioxidants stems from their ability to help prevent and possibly even repair the damage caused by the process of oxidation. Oxidative damage 는 당신의 몸이 음식을 분해하여 산소를 ..