Beauty is only skin deep, but red hair goes far beyond the roots

It seems logical to assume that the trait of red hair runs only root deep. But anyone who has spent a day at the beach with a strawberry blonde knows that's far from true.

Legalizing marijuana for medical use hot topic

Lynn Allen has lived with the bleeding disorder hemophilia all of his 52 years. He's lived with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for three decades.

Inside Look The Circulatory System

The Circulatory System carries blood through the body. It includes the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries.

Relative Importance of Diffusion and Chemical Reaction Rates in...

J Appl Physiol , Vol. 11, No. 2. , pp. 290-302. jtremblay Abstract An equation, i/Dm + i/[theta]Vc = i/Dl, has been derived which relates the measured pulmonary diffusing capacity , the true diffusing capacity ...

Capillary proof

The 80/20 rule might be used to solve the problem of proving the existence of God.

Interface of an Array of Five Capillaries with an Array of...

Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle Washington 98195 Received for review April ...

Know Your Blood Vessels

Veins - elastic vessels that transport blood to the heart. Capillaries - extremely small vessels located within the tissues of the body that transport blood from the arteries to the veins.

Meet the multitasking endothelium

Meet the multitasking endothelium Abstract Covering a surface area larger than the skin, the layer of tiny cells known as the endothelium is responsible for maintaining vascular homeostasis.

Emphysema

The story goes that the 24 year-old collapsed at home and was admitted to the hospital.

Pulmonary Embolism

What is a pulmonary embolism? The lungs are a pair of organs in the chest that are primarily responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air we breathe and blood.