Category: Pharmacy
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Pleasure – how do you feel it….
The Reward Pathway: Why do you get addicted to things? How do addictions even occur? The answer to the first question is fairly straightforward: the reward pathway. How, on the other hand, well that describes a whole process that happens in your brain and we’re talking about a series of events that lasts milliseconds long…but […]
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Drug addict? Here are 10 things you can do to help.
We have already discussed recreational drugs and the mechanism for addiction in a previous blog already. To see that blog click here. However, in this blog we will go through 10 steps you can take to help curb your addiction, whatever it is. It’s important to remember every person is unique and what may work […]
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It’s not peer pressure, it’s just your turn: the danger of recreational drugs…
Contents: Who hasn’t heard recreational drugs are bad- after all, they are made illegal for a reason. We all know they cause over-confidence, addiction and brain damage. But most of us, no matter what it is, think “It won’t happen to me”. Many early users specifically, who use such drugs a handful of times, think […]
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Oxygen Transport: the Regulation of our Bodily Fluids
Oxygen is the final electron acceptor in the body. It binds with the electrons at the end of the electron transport chain in respiration. Therefore the transport of oxygen across the body is a crucial procedure as oxygen must be able to travel to all the respiring cells in the body to collect the electrons […]
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The life of a cell: cell cycle
Our cells are the building blocks of our bodies. They operate and function, provide the structure for our bodies, take in nutrients and do their specifed roles for our body, but they aren’t immortal. These cells must continually be replicated and be able to divide, to ensure our body can fully operate. That’s why cell […]
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Natural Medicine of Cardiology
The cardiovascular system is made up of blood (carrying oxygen, nutrients, wastes and other substances to and from all parts of the body), blood vessels (arteries and veins), and the heart organ, which pumps blood into the vessels at the rate of billions of beats in an average lifetime. It’s amazing how perfect this cardiovascular […]
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The magic of herbs: soothing mental health
Introduction Stress, depression and anxiety are mental health disorders that affect a large percentage of the population around the world. These predominant mental disorders have a variety of methods of treatment, including both therapeutic and chemical drugs. However, many people end up using a high dose of antidepressants causing them various side effects, unaware that […]