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  How does your body react to a coke can ?

  Coke is a popular drink worldwide and Coca-cola as a trademark is one of the most highly evaluated & ranked trademark. However, does it really good for your body ? many studies have shown the true damage over long term consumption of soft drinks! here is an interesting infographic shows how is your body reacts…

  Aug 20, 2016

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  5 Questions you have to ask before swallowing a medication

  Question #1: What do you call this ? Pretty basic, as the pharmacist or technician asking you about your ID or insurance ID, you have to ask him/her about the names of your medications even if you are refilling! Knowing the name of medication is important at least to know what you are going to…

  Aug 16, 2016

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  Dose measurements

  Commonly used pharmaceutical Antidotes

  This reminds me about that episode of Sherlock show when he was confused about two tablets, one is poison and the other is not! Actually, every single drug or tablet has both effects, the poisonous effect at the wrong dose and the remedy effect at the correct dose!   So, I am going to list…

  Aug 13, 2016

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  Pharmaceutical Substances knowledgebase

  Long time away from Phartoonz :ermm:  due to my personal duties & other projects that I work on. I want to share with all of you a beta version of a pharmaceutical substances database. It has 8000+ drugs & pharmaceutical related substances categorized and formatted for super easy basic data access. Please find it…

  May 8, 2016

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  Drug facts

  what does insulin do to the body ? [Video]

  When you hear the word insulin you may think of a drug taken by people who have diabetes either type 1 or type 2. Yes this is true, but what you may not know that insulin is already one of hormones secreted by your body. Insulin is important to the body, insulin allows the…

  Dec 25, 2015

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  Video – Cardiac conduction system wtih ECG / EKG

  A good video that illustrate the conduction system of the heart with relationship to ECG. Here are another articles & videos that are previously posted : http://www.phartoonz.com/2015/07/24/cardiac-conduction-system-ecg-video/ http://www.phartoonz.com/2010/09/10/electrophysiology-phases-of-the-cardiac-cycle/ http://www.phartoonz.com/2010/09/25/how-to-read-ecg-basic-common-charts/ http://www.phartoonz.com/2010/09/02/electrical-conduction-system-of-the-heart/

  Dec 19, 2015

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  Interactive Eye Anatomy

  [kml_flashembed publishmethod=”static” fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”http://phartoonz.com/phartoonZuploads/Eye-Anatomy.swf” width=”800″ height=”600″ targetclass=”flashmovie”] [/kml_flashembed] The most popular questions ( FAQs ) about the eyes from Google : What part of your eye is the iris? The colored part of the eye is the iris. It controls light levels inside the eye . The round opening in the center of the iris…

  Oct 21, 2015

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  HIV (AIDS) illustrated by video

  HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. HIV is very similar to a virus called SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus), which is found in monkeys. The main ways HIV can be passed on to another human are: during unprotected sex, by using used injecting equipment, and from a mother to the fetus during pregnancy, birth or through…

  Oct 17, 2015

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  Always have a bottle of water with you!

  H2O is the major constituent of the fluids of organisms, even earth! Water is essential for every living organism and therefore for YOU. An interesting infographics about water that I’d like to share with you.   Click on the image to Enlarge!

  Oct 14, 2015

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  Understanding The Ebola virus [Video]

  How does Ebola virus attack the body? Good video for better understanding how the Ebola virus attacks human body!  How does it take over the body cells as well as other interesting info and statics. You can read more about Ebola virus here or here. Ebola virus latest info on CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html

  Oct 10, 2015

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  Drug facts

  The “ABCDE” uses of Heparin – Mnemonic

  What is Heparin? Heparin is a drug used to prevent clots in the blood vessels. Simply a blood thinner. Uses of Heparin : A:   Acute coronary syndrome. B:  Bypass Surgery. C:   Cardiac Thrombi D:   Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) E:   Embolism ABCDE  uses of Heparin.

  Sep 28, 2015

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  FDA warns severe joint pain may be caused by Gliptins – DPP-4 inhibitors

  DPP-4 inhibitors used to treat type 2 diabetes, this class includes different brands in single molecule or combined with other molecules like metformin. DPP-4 inhibitors brands:  Brand name  Active ingredient(s) Januvia sitagliptin Janumet sitagliptin and metformin Janumet XR sitagliptin and metformin extended release Onglyza saxagliptin Kombiglyze XR saxagliptin and metformin extended release Tradjenta linagliptin Glyxambi…

  Aug 28, 2015