Medicine Facts

47 facts, from the everyday to the astonishing.

All Medicine facts

Disease

• Facts About Angina
• Mad Cow Disease
• Mother Nature's Own Brand of Bioterror
• The Neurological Complications Of Lyme Disease
• What is Herd Immunity?
• What Is Sickle Cell Anemia?
• Who was Typhoid Mary?

Germs, Viruses, Microbes

• Civets Lesson
• Fighting Viruses
• Legionnaires' Disease
• Malaria and Sickle Cell Anemia
• Protozoa That Cause Disease
• Re-emerging Microbes
• Resistance is NOT Futile!
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• SARS: Mother Nature Strikes Again!
• Smallpox, Chickenpox . . . Monkeypox?
• The Plague
• What Is Botulism?

Health

• A Little OCD In Me And Thee?
• Eating Disorders
• Encephalitis and Meningitis
• How Much Coffee Will Kill You?
• Is Heartburn a Heart Burn?
• It's Hay Fever Season!
• The Incredible Capacity Of The Immune System
• The Placebo Effect
• There's No Such Thing as a Safe Suntan
• What is Asthma?
• What Is Autism?
• What is Headache?
• What Is High Blood Pressure?
• What Is Narcolepsy?
• What's So Bad About Cholesterol?
• Why Is Blood Pressure Two Numbers?
• Your Friend, the Fat Cell

Human Body

• Acupuncture
• Hypotension
• My Aching Back
• What Is a Bruise?
• What Is A Cerebral Aneurysm?
• What Is a Spinal Cord Injury?
• When and Why is Blood Typing Done?
• When Motherhood Means More than One

Technology

• Ultrasound In Medicine

Vaccines

• How a Horse Can Save Your Life?
• Why Do We Call It A 'Vaccination?'