Posted in Health on Jun 16th, 2008
Recently a neurologist I saw told me about adaptogens that can be used to regulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis or HPA axis. The term adaptogen is used by herbalists to refer to a natural herb product that is proposed to increase the body’s resistance to stress, trauma, anxiety and fatigue.
One such adaptogen is licorice. I am [...]
Posted in Health on May 17th, 2008
For a class I am currently taking, I am working on a project with a team of other students on distributed computing. For those who do not know what it is I feel that it is a worthwhile endeavor to consider getting involved with. It is a way of connecting thousands of computers and making [...]
What is a Narcotic?
A narcotic is an addictive drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour.
In US legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic or fully synthetic substitutes as well as cocaine and coca leaves, which although classified as “narcotics” in the U.S.
Drug effects depend heavily on [...]
Posted in Health on May 7th, 2008
What is Pharmacology?
Pharmacology is the study of how substances interact with living organisms to produce a change in function.
If substances have medicinal properties, they are considered pharmaceuticals.
The field encompasses drug composition and properties, interactions, toxicology, therapy, and medical applications and antipathogenic capabilities. Development of medication is a vital concern to medicine, but also has strong [...]
Posted in Health on Apr 17th, 2008
If anyone suffers from a chronic illness they know that in order to help achieve better treatment options for patients and a cure for the disease it needs to achieve publicity. The following are some ways to help better make others know about certain illnesses and conditions so that additional research and knowledge can be [...]
