It was just two centuries ago in 1800 when Italian physicist Alessandro Volta created the first practical battery. His original battery consisted of zinc and silver stacked in alternating layers, with a piece of cloth soaked in saline between each pair of incompatible metals. The battery, often known as "Volta's ... Read More

With the advancement in technology coupled with diverse environmental issues, the process of buying a simple light bulb has become more complicated. This comes with the concern regarding energy efficiency and conservation. As with the norm, choosing a certain light bulb can reduce the power consumption while also affecting the ... Read More

Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) and Small for Gestational Age (SGA) are two terms used to describe fetal growth problems during pregnancy. While they may seem similar, there are important differences between the two. Understanding the difference between IUGR vs. SGA can help healthcare providers diagnose and manage these conditions, which ... Read More

Both Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and the inflammatory bowel illness ulcerative colitis (IBD) are gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder, while irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a non-inflammatory form of gastrointestinal distress. What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? It's a digestive disorder characterised by ... Read More

Both the incubation period and the communicable period are terms used in epidemiology to describe stages at which an infectious illness can be spread from person to person. The transmission of illnesses is greatly impacted by these intervals, which vary from person to person. Professionals in the fields of health ... Read More

Genome sequence and genome map are both engravings of a genome. Genome mapping is useful for pinpointing the location of and determining the proximity of individual genes. The Human Genome Project (HGP) is a worldwide scientific endeavour that can make use of this technique as a foundational first step. Low-resolution ... Read More

Methods of conditioning and training has come a long way in recent decades. Athletes in their forties are now competing professionally, a field that was traditionally reserved for their younger contemporaries, and world records have plummeted, and recovery times have decreased slightly. The modern athlete amazes me with his or ... Read More

Differentiated thyroid cancer describes both follicular and papillary forms of the disease, which share certain characteristics with healthy thyroid glands but exhibit malignant behavior. Both are treatable malignancies that spread slowly and together account for roughly 90% of thyroid carcinomas. However, there are distinctions between the two. What is Follicular ... Read More

Anxiety may be either helpful or detrimental, depending on the circumstances and how the individual reacts to and processes the pressures, worries, and events they encounter. Readiness for competition was shown to be the most often recognized antecedent of both beneficial and detrimental competitive anxiety in a study. Subjects in ... Read More

Corticosteroids, commonly known as glucocorticoids or steroids, are used to treat a wide variety of conditions, including arthritis, skin and blood diseases, severe allergies, and more. Corticosteroids, such as dexamethasone and methylprednisolone, are given to Covid-19 patients to boost lung function. Patients with coronavirus who were given 2mg/day of intravenous ... Read More