Experts Shed Light on Glaucoma - By Maripet L. Poso Picture this. At the back of our eyes, there are millions of retinal nerve fibers bundled together – called the optic nerve – that carry impulses from the retina in the eye to the brain. These impulses are then interpreted by the brain as images. Now, [...]
Get to know your friendly bacteria By Maripet L. Poso Not all bacteria are bad. In fact, some are actually beneficial to our health. Probiotics are good bacteria that live in our digestive tract. According to the World Health Organization, probiotics are “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on [...]
Dr. Peter Yan gives us a rundown on how to keep our hearts in check — from simple stress testing to more complicated myocardial perfusion imaging. By Maripet L. Poso Our heart is an amazing little thing. It works constantly without resting, beating over 100,000 times a day and almost 40 million times a year. [...]
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities. The term was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808, and literally means the ‘medical treatment of the mind’ (psych-: mind; from Ancient Greek psykhē: soul; -iatry: medical treatment; from Gk. iātrikos: medical, iāsthai: to heal). A medical doctor [...]
