Adsorption of phenanthrene on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was examined in the presence of pulmonary surfactant (Curosurf) and its main components, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and bovine serum ...

Some conditions, considered idiopathic or of only partially known etiology, may have an anatomic basis. Among such conditions are possibly certain postural or orthostatic syndromes related to the ...

These are just a few of the health benefits of quitting smoking, but there are others, too. Quitting smoking lowers your risk of other cancers over time, including cancers of the stomach, liver, ...

Surgical therapy - The weight of the infants at the time of the surgery ranged from 3.4 to 5.0 kg (mean = 4.5kg), and the other remaining patients weighed 20 and 65kg. During surgery, it was noted ...

An infant with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is presented, and the problem of the direction of blood flow in the anomalous vessel is discussed. Determinations ...

Seated postural limit defines the boundary of a region such that for any excursions made outside this boundary a subject cannot return the trunk to the neutral position without additional external ...

As people get older it is not unusual for them to develop high blood pressure. This is because as we age our arteries naturally become less flexible, making blood flow more pressured. Hicks explained ...

Key Facts When the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries gets too high, the arteries in the lungs narrow (or constrict), reducing blood flow through the lungs and causing low levels of oxygen in ...

Carnival’s history is steeped in Emancipation Day, commemorating the abolition of slavery in the West Indies on July 3, 1848, as well as the founding of the United States on July 4, 1776. St. John ...

If narrowed arteries are not to blame for your cold feet, it could be due to, among other things, an underactive thyroid gland, anaemia, low blood pressure, stress or diabetes-related nerve damage.

Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis (also known as hardening of the arteries) involves, among other things, the long-term formation of plaques on the inside of arteries. Plaques can cause narrowing of the ...