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GeneralCarditonics ” Digitalis glycosides “
Digitalis: Digitalis is a great great plant 🙂 ! , it’s leaves are rich in Glycosides which are very popular in the treatment of many cardiac diseases especially ” Digoxin glycoside ” 🙂 Digitalis is sub-classified into many species ” e.g: Digitalis Lanata ” Let’s have a look on our today’s toon :whistle:
Aug 26, 2012
PhysiologyMemorizing Immunoglobulins ” Types of antibodies “
Immunoglobulins Antibodies ” immunoglobulins 😎 ” are protein molecules produced by our immune system to detect and attack the foreign weird antigens :alien: , ” Antigen – antibody ” reactions are very famous in biological , medical & analytical fields, So it’s important to fully understand the basics of immunology 🙂 this post is…
Sep 11, 2011
PhysiologyAntibodies ↔ complement system >> the Body cookers !
When evil bacteria enters the human body , different types of Macrophages start attacking them and try to eat as much bacteria as possible to prevent , decrease or eliminate the infection . Unfortunately , it’s a hard process because Bacterial cell membrane carry a -VE charge & also our Phages carry a -VE one…
Dec 24, 2010
PhysiologyMetabolism ( Anabolism ↔ Catabolism )
What is Metabolism ?! it’s a series of different chemical reactions and pathways that occur in all living organisms , each step transfers one chemical substance to another by the help of Enzymes Metabolism is classified into 2 Major pathways : Anabolism & Catabolism
Dec 18, 2010
Drug factsSelectivity of Beta blockers
Beta blockers prevent catecholamines ( Epinephrine & Norepinephrine ) from binding to beta receptors. Mainly , 3 types of beta receptors have been internationally identified : β1 , β2 , β3 ” Beta receptors will be illustrated in other coming posts “ ~ First generation of β blockers ~ Non-selective =…
Dec 15, 2010
General10 tips | How to take care of Your Hair :)
Caring for one’s hair becomes more simple when we learn more about! 10 basic tips for a better Hair care ↓ ↓
Dec 11, 2010
Drug factsNew promising treatment for Diabetes
Doctors in china discovered a new interesting technique to treat diabetic patients in brief , They make a surgical procedure in which they take some blood from the patient , extract stem cells from WBCs then , these stem cells are injected to his sick pancreas making it activated again and able to secret insulin…
Dec 7, 2010
GeneralExams time ..
Mid term exams arrived . . . the worst thing about college is having to go through lots of exams and sheets :ermm: for me , i like reading and find many pharmaceutical and medical subjects interesting and create many mnemonics to make studying them easier Maybe i’ll make a post about studying tips one…
Nov 18, 2010
PhysiologyImmunity : Phagocytic cells
Phagocytic leukocytes are specialized White blood cells – WBCs – that can eat and digest microorganisms, foreign substances, abnormal cells, cellular debris and waste products. You can consider them as the body’s garbage collectors. These phagocytes are considered a very important part of the immune system offer the body protection against diseases & infections .…
Nov 10, 2010
Patho-physiologyInflammation
Inflammation is the response of living tissues & cells to any kind of Injury such as wounds , burns , trauma , toxic substances or Invading pathogens ( Bacteria , parasites , .. etc ) to protect it self . Basic Symptoms of inflammation : 4 symptoms are commonly developed at the site of infection…
Nov 4, 2010
GeneralHow to make a Urine analysis report
Doctors can learn a lot about patients from their urine, Urine analysis help in detecting kidney diseases , diabetes , Bilharziasis , Ketosis , drug abuse, and many other disorders . I – Preparing a Urine sample : A- The most popular technique for getting some urine is the clean-catch method, – The urethral opening…
Oct 27, 2010
GeneralHow to Give an insulin Injection
Where is insulin injected ? Insulin is injected subcutaneously – into the fat layer just under the skin – If the syringe needle is injected too deep and reached the muscle, the insulin will be absorbed too fast as all the administered dose will move Quickly into the blood stream . Common sites…
Oct 24, 2010