Threads Main View To Drink or Not To Drink? Have you heard that drinking cranberry juice might help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs)? UTIs can occur in both genders but are more common in females due to the shorter length of the urethra. Is this a medical myth, old wives’ […]

Question 1: Marketing in healthcare is certainly a developing art and science. Just one generation ago, it was seen as improper for healthcare professionals to advertise at all! Now, in most circumstances, they truly must advertise and effectively market their services in order to survive. As director of marketing and […]

1. Provide a discussion of the normal anatomy of endochondral versus intramembranous bone growth. 2. Describe the pathological (disease) processes involved in achondroplasia, and answer this question: Why do individuals with achondroplasia have a normal sized head but abnormally proportioned limbs? 3. Discuss how bone remodels throughout life and the […]

Question: Diabetes and obesity are two metabolic diseases characterized by insulin resistance and a low-grade inflammation. Seeking an inflammatory factor causative of the onset of insulin resistance, obesity, and diabetes, we have identified bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as a triggering factor. We found that normal endotoxemia increased or decreased during the fed […]