January 2, 2015 Medical Science
More than 500 years of experimentation with transferring blood from one living creature to another began with a very important person: Pope Innocent VII’s physician recommended a transfusion in an attempt to save the dying Pope in 1492. The pontiff…
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January 2, 2015 Social Science
Why do we worry? We worry because every day we are subjected to situations beyond our control. We have our cars serviced but it doesn’t guarantee that we won’t find ourselves on the side of the road waiting for a…
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January 2, 2015 Social Science
The ultimate solution to all problems lies within us. Way back in 1980, my first job was more for kicks than clean. I would come back to my lonely rented room each late evening with a headache and tiredness. The…
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January 2, 2015 Social Science
If you’re asking yourself how to cope with criticism, you must be considering the criticism unpleasant. To cope with criticism, you just need to change the way you hear it. EXAMPLES If I told you that you were “too ethical,”…
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January 2, 2015 Physical Science
Clinical chemistry is one application of the chemical sciences to medicine. This subject is purely an experimental practice that relies heavily on instrumentation and chemical analytical techniques such as chromatography in all its forms. This discipline of chemistry requires a…
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January 2, 2015 Social Science
Praise and encouragement are essential ingredients in our lives, yet the majority of people are denied them because we are inclined to praise if our confidence is high and to be critical if our confidence is low. But praise is…
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January 2, 2015 Social Science
A sense of belonging is the most crucial element in the confidence triangle. Try as we might, we cannot function without others as we are social beings. From the moment we are born and bonded with our parents, we begin…
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January 2, 2015 Medical Science
According to webspace.ship.edu, neurotransmitters are the chemicals which allow the transmission of signals from one neuron to the next across synapses. A synapse is a very small junction or gap between two neurons, or a muscle and a neuron. Neurons…
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January 2, 2015 Medical Science
It is such a personal decision for most people when it comes to, for lack of a better word, the disposal of their body after death. There are so many options and so many considerations. Many peoples’ religious beliefs dictate…
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January 2, 2015 Social Science
“If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?” Shantideva In evolutionary terms, the need for humans to experience the feeling of worry, has…
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