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Thalidomide induced Teratogenecity: Phocomelia

Thalidomide induced Teratogenecity: Phocomelia

Thalidomide taken during Pregnancy, in 1960s caused a horror outbreak  of a birth defects of limbs called Phocomelia
Labeled as pregnancy category X,  the teratogenicity of  thalidomide is  most severe. Lipid soluble and readily crosses the placenta, so it should never be taken by pregnant women or those who could become pregnant.
Thalidomide was released in 1956 as a mild sedative used …

Keep Your Glucose Down, You’ll Feel Better

Keep Your Glucose Down, You’ll Feel Better

Do you feel tired all the time? Does your mouth get dry? Do you feel like you constantly have to drink something and then go to the bathroom all the time?

 If you answered yes to all of these questions – and you are a diabetic – then it is likely your blood glucose level is too high, or you have …

3 Fortuitous Medical Discoveries

3 Fortuitous Medical Discoveries

Insulin
Frederick Grant Banting and Professor John James Rickard MacLeod shared a Nobel Prize in 1923 for isolation and clinical use of insulin against diabetes in 1923 for isolation and clinical use of insulin against diabetes. In 1889, German physicians Joseph von Mering and Oscar Minkowski removed pancreas from a healthy dog in order to study the role of pancreas in …

Make your patients comfortable during their stay

Make your patients comfortable during their stay

A visit to a doctor’s office, clinic or a hospital can be quite stressful for a patient. After all, most people visit such places because they believe that something is wrong with them. Making your patients feel comfortable requires more than a great bedside manner. You need to ensure that your facility offers your patients a level of comfort as …

Experiements That Are Working On Our Medical Future

Experiements That Are Working On Our Medical Future

Every day scientists and doctors work together to find ways to make our lives better. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the medical field. If you need further proof of this, think of all of the strides that have been made in just the last ten years alone.
Ten years ago, getting diagnosed with HIV was a death sentence. Today …

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