Fujian Province in south-east China has the highest incidence of respiratory and gastrointestinal tract cancers in the whole country.聽The culprit in all likelihood is well water which is...
Danbury, Connecticut used to be the center of the American hat industry.聽It was also known for the 鈥淒anbury shakes,鈥� a condition that encompassed tremors, incoherent speech, difficulty in walking...
Phocomelia is a birth defect that has been linked to the drug thalidomide. This word derives from the Greek words for 鈥渟eal鈥� and 鈥渓imb.鈥� Thalidomide prescribed to pregnant women for morning...
I remember back in high school math class, wondering aloud (to the teacher, no less- I was not shy) why I needed to take math. I was absolutely certain that I would never be entering a profession...
The 51-year-old聽man presented in hospital complaining of abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. On initial investigation he was found to have very high blood pressure and low blood levels of...
The scientists working at the Raytheon Company during World War II were undoubtedly highly stressed.聽 Britain was being attacked by Nazi warplanes and their task was to develop an electronic system...
