Web addicts/Internet Addicts have brain changes, research suggests
Number of View :39Web addicts have brain changes similar to those hooked on drugs or alcohol, preliminary research suggests. Experts in China scanned the brains of 17 young web addicts and found disruption in the way their brains were wired up. They say the discovery, published in Plos One, could lead to new [...]
Diagnostic criteria for internet addiction
Number of View :65Diagnostic criteria for internet addiction Do you feel preoccupied with the internet? Do you feel the need to use the internet with increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction? Have you repeatedly made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop internet use? Do you feel restless, moody, depressed, or [...]
Asthma vs allergy
Number of View :601. Asthma or allergy? One can easily think of an allergy is responsible for an asthma attack, however, it is not always easy to consider that asthma is allergic to the original. In summary, asthma or dyspnea crisis is essentially a failure of the respiratory system. The cause is usually inflammation of [...]
Health Risks of Asbestos Exposure
Number of View :36Risk of Exposure to Asbestos Chronic exposure to asbestos may increase the risk of lung cancer, mesothelioma, and nonmalignant lung and pleural disorders. Evidence in humans comes from epidemiologic studies as well as numerous studies of workers exposed to asbestos in a variety of occupational settings. Tremolite asbestos exposure has been associated [...]
Anatomical development of the lungs
Number of View :37Development of the Lungs The lungs are derived from an outpouching of the primitive foregut during the fourth week of intrauterine life. This bud then becomes a two-lobed structure, the ends of which ultimately become the lungs. The lobar arrangement is defined early and is fairly constant but anomalies of fissures and segments are common. The [...]