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What is Decaffeination?

Coffee is consumed in large amount by populations across the world and is the world’s second most valuable commodity after petroleum. Coffee has now been available in the decaffeinated form for decades.

28 Feb 2010

Caffeine Pharmacology

Caffeine is a stimulant of the central nervous system that occurs naturally in over 60 species of plants and is used in several foods, drinks and medications. The United States Food and Drugs Administration classes caffeine as both a food additive and a drug.

28 Feb 2010

Caffeine Occurrence

Caffeine occurs naturally in over 60 plants including coffee beans, tea leaves, kola nuts, yerba maté, guarana plants and cacao pods. Caffeine is added to food and drink items as well as to certain drugs and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) defines caffeine as both a drug and a food additive. Drinks that commonly contain caffeine include tea, coffee, energy drinks, Coca-Cola and hot chocolate.

28 Feb 2010

What is Caffeine?

Caffeine is present in over sixty plants, including coffee beans, tea leaves, cacao pods and kola nuts. Around 90% of individuals use caffeine in one form or another. Caffeine is added to food and drink items as well as to certain medications to relieve drowsiness or enhance the effects of pain killers. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) classifies caffeine as both a drug and a food additive.

28 Feb 2010

Dyslexia Theories

Experts have been trying to elucidate the biological basis of dyslexia since the condition was first identified in 1881 by Oswald Berkhan and described as dyslexia in 1887 by Rudolf Berlin.

25 Feb 2010

Dyslexia Causes

Dyslexia is used to describe a common learning disorder in which reading ability is impaired.

25 Feb 2010

Dyslexia Symptoms

The symptoms of dyslexia vary in severity from person to person. Each individual affected by the condition has their own set of particular strengths and weaknesses regarding their ability to comprehend, interpret and relay verbal information.

25 Feb 2010

What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is a learning disorder that manifests itself as a difficulty with reading, spelling and in some cases mathematics. It is separate and distinct from reading difficulties resulting from other causes, such as a non-neurological deficiency with vision or hearing, or from poor or inadequate reading instruction.

25 Feb 2010

Diarrhea Treatment

In most cases of diarrhea the condition resolves on its own in a day or two. These types of diarrhea do not require assessment, diagnosis and treatment other than prevention of dehydration. The body’s immune system gears up to fight and remove the infection.

25 Feb 2010

What is Diarrhea?

The term diarrhea (also spelled diarrhoea) refers to passage of loose, watery stools. The usual frequency of passing loose stools or watery stools in cases of diarrhea is at least three or more times a day.

25 Feb 2010

Wart Treatments

Benign cutaneous infections caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) are one of the most quotidian and troublesome conditions seen in dermatological practice. This virus can cause a myriad of infectious lesions, and among them, cutaneous warts are most frequently observed. They can be further divided into common warts, plantar warts, flat warts and genital warts.

25 Feb 2010

Types of Warts

There are various types of warts, also known as verruca, that affect humans.

25 Feb 2010

What are Warts?

Warts, which are also known as verrucae when appearing on hands and feet, are benign epidermal proliferations caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

25 Feb 2010

Thalidomide Side Effects

Thalidomide is well known for its damaging effects on the unborn baby when taken by a pregnant mother. Some of the side effects of taking this medication are described in more detail below.

25 Feb 2010

Thalidomide Uses

Thalidomide is a drug that used to be given to pregnant women to alleviate morning sickness. However, it was withdrawn from the market in 1961 after it was found to cause severe birth defects in children born to mothers who took it.

25 Feb 2010

History of Thalidomide

Thalidomide was first developed by a German pharmaceutical company called Grünenthal in Stolberg near Aachen. The company secured its patent for the drug in 1954, which lasted twenty years.

25 Feb 2010

What is Thalidomide?

Thalidomide is a sedative that used to be prescribed to treat anxiety, tension, gastritis and insomnia. It was also used to relieve morning sickness in pregnant women. However, thalidomide was found to cause deformity in children born to mothers who took the drug and it was withdrawn in the UK during the early 1960s.

25 Feb 2010