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… years (the earliest Herbal, the Shennong, was completed around 200 BC), yet we still trust modern medicine and its dangerous side effects more. “Western” medications go through approximately a year of testing and can have unforeseen side effects, but…

… the retrovirus that is the main cause of AIDS, has been a puzzle ever since it was discovered by Barré-Sinoussi and her colleagues in 1983. A chimpanzee named Marilyn that died years ago has helped scientists solve the lingering mystery of the…

… minorities in U.S. ORIGIN AND CAUSES OF ETHNIC INEQALITY APPLYED TO BLACKS For Blacks racial inequality existed from the very beginning. The whole black population wasn’t free. There were many white indentured servants in the earlier…

… and chloroplast have an inner and outer membrane, each a phospholipid bilayer with a unique collection of embedded proteins. The inner membrane of the mitochondria is convoluted, with infoldings called cristae which gives it a greater surface…

… the only natural satellite of Earth. The distance from Earth is about 384,400km with a diameter of 3476km and a mass of 7.35*1022kg. Through history it has had many names: Called Luna by the Romans, Selene and Artemis by the Greeks. And of course, has…

… clusters in the night sky. With a magnitude of 4, this nebula is easily visible from the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months. It is surprising, therefore, that this region was not documented until 1610 by a French lawyer named Nicholas-Claude…

… animals require that a relatively stable concentration of water be maintained. This task is not an easy one because the cells of animals are surrounded by permeable membranes which allow the passage of water readily. To maintain stable concentrations,…

… type of arthritis. The greatest risk factor for developing Osteoarthritis is age. Women are twice as likely as men to develop knee Osteoarthritis. Obesity is another a risk factor for Osteoarthritis of the knees. Another risk factor is doing the…

… weak, brittle bones mostly found in women. The medical significance of this disease is that the bones lose both calcium for strength and matrix for support. Osteoporosis is the scientific name of the disease, but another term for it is osteopenia.…

… authors, including Gevitz, analyze alternative medical practices, compare and contrast theses alternatives to mainstream or orthodox medicine, and present both the unorthodox practitioners’ and the mainstream advocates’ responses to the other’s professio…