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Melanin Human Adaptation

Melanin is a brown pigment that occurs in the form of intracytoplasmic granules inside melanocytes.

20 Nov 2011

Melanin is a complex polymer derived from the amino acid tyrosine. Melanin is responsible for determining skin and hair colour and is present in the skin to varying degrees, depending on how much a population has been exposed to the sun historically.

20 Nov 2011

Mastitis and Breast Cancer

Women who develop mastitis often fear they are at risk of breast cancer, which may either occur alongside mastitis symptoms or mimic them. Careful examination of any symptoms is therefore required to ensure that no cancer is present in the breast.

13 Nov 2011

Mastitis Diagnosis

A diagnosis of mastitis is based on the patient’s symptoms and a breast examination. A sample of the patient’s breast milk may also be taken and sent for analysis.

13 Nov 2011

Mastitis Complications

Mastitis is a painful condition of the breast that usually develops when a woman is breastfeeding.

13 Nov 2011

Mastitis Causes

Milk stasis can develop when the breast is not completely emptied of milk at the end of breastfeeding sessions. This can occur if the baby’s mouth is not properly attaching to the breast during feeding or if feeding sessions are missed or infrequent. Milk stasis can also develop in cases where women favour one breast for feeding because the other nipple is sore or injured, for example.

13 Nov 2011

Mastitis Symptoms

Mastitis refers to inflammation that occurs in the breast, usually in women who are within their first three months of breastfeeding. Mastitis usually only affects one breast and symptoms develop rapidly.

13 Nov 2011

What is Mastitis?

Mastitis is infection of the breast tissue, which causes pain and swelling in the affected breast. Women with this condition may also experience fevers and chills. Usually, the condition affects women who are breast feeding and this is refereed to as lactation mastitis. However, mastitis may also occur in individuals who are not breastfeeding.

13 Nov 2011

Nutraceutical Regulation

Nutraceuticals are natural, bioactive chemical compounds that have health-promoting, disease-preventing, or general medicinal properties.

19 Jul 2011

Nutraceutical Industry

Nutraceuticals can be defined as any food product (or part thereof) which provides health benefits, in addition to the basic nutritional value found in foodstuff.

19 Jul 2011

What are Nutraceuticals?

Nutraceuticals is a term used to describe any product derived from food sources with health benefits in addition to the basic nutritional value found in foods.

19 Jul 2011

Iodine-131 Medical Use

Radioactive iodine (I-131) can be used in medical therapies as a treatment and a diagnostic tool. It is most commonly used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease or a nodule in the thyroid gland.

9 May 2011

Iodine-131 Exposure

Iodine-131 - I-131 is a radioactive substance that emits both beta and gamma radiation and has a half-life of 8.03 days.

9 May 2011

Radioiodine Production

Radioiodine is defined as a radioactive isotope of the chemical element iodine.

9 May 2011

What is Radioiodine?

Iodine is a nonmetallic basic element and an essential mineral for the human body. It is pivotal in the synthesis of thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and hence essential for normal function of the thyroid gland. Radioiodine represents a radioactive form of iodine most often used in the treatment of thyroid diseases.

9 May 2011

Mucopolysaccharidosis Treatments

Mucopolysaccharidoses are genetic lysosomal storage disorders caused by the deficiency of enzymes catalyzing the degradation of glycosaminoglycans.

9 May 2011

Mucopolysaccharidosis Clinical Features

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a prominent group of genetic lysosomal storage diseases.

9 May 2011

Mucopolysaccharidosis Types

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are lysosomal storage disorders caused by the deficiency of enzymes needed for the stepwise breakdown of glycosaminoglycans (also known as mucopolysaccharides). During the last decades the enzyme deficiencies underlying each disease – as well as the molecular defects causing them – have been recognized and extensively analyzed.

9 May 2011

What is Mucopolysaccharidosis?

MucopolysacMucopolysaccharidoses represent a family of heritable disorders caused by a deficiency of lysosomal enzymes required to degrade glycosaminoglycans (also known as mucopolysaccharides, which is their older designation). These disorders are chronic and progressive, usually displaying a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations within one enzyme deficiency.

9 May 2011

Dysphagia Diagnosis

The term dysphagia refers to difficulty swallowing. In some cases, the difficulty swallowing may be restricted to food only, while in others, liquids are also difficult to swallow. Some people are unable to swallow at all.

10 Apr 2011