The cancellous bone is a layer of bone cells, in between the compact bone and bone marrow. The purpose of the cancellous bone is to protect the bone marrow. Cancellous bone can often be found at the ends of rounded bones, such as on the leg and arm bones. Even if the cancellous bone is not as strong...
Today’s health care focuses largely on treatments, not healing, and the need for alternatives to medicine is as great as the need for quality, affordable health care. In our over-medicated, over processed, and over taxing world, going back to nature is a great way to improve overall physical health...
The bones of the skeleton are structural organs that form the support of vertebrates. Their connecting joints allow movement, and their form allows them to often protect other organs. Bone comes in all forms, but it is not an uniform material. It has a compact outer layer called the compact or...
The heal bone, technically called calcaneus, is one of the bone located in the human foot. Proximally connected to the cuboid bone and distally connected, via the subtalar joint, to the talus. Severing to aid in the human being in walking, providing proper movement of the foot. Most injuries to...
Estrogen is the major sex hormone found in women. Men also have estrogen but it is not in as high amounts as those found in women. Estrogen helps determine a woman from a man as it is responsible for the development of gendered characteristics in women. Secondary sex characteristics such as...
Celiac disease is a genetically inherited autoimmune condition which causes the lining of the small intestine to be damaged by eating proteins contained in wheat, barely, rye, and oats. Celiac disease is also known as: sprue, nontropical sprue, gluten intolerance, or gluten-sensitive enteropathy....
Pain is any unpleasant feeling perceived by the brain and sensorysystem. Pain is often the body's warning signal and response to injury, illness, or psychosomatic cause. Pain can be a burden and overshadow every aspect of a person's conscious and unconscious life if not properly managed. Pain...
Testosterone occurs in both men and women but it is the main male sex hormone. It is derived from cholesterol and is produced in the gonads. As a hormone, it is classified as an anabolic steroid which creates body tissue to become bulky through retaining protein. During puberty, testosterone is...
