Oct 26, 2015
Basics
Yeast infection = fungal infection
Miconazole = -azole antifungal
Miconazole = Monistat
Yeast, or fungus, can affect any part of your skin.
Take Away
The medicine in the tube doesn’t care what body part you put it on, but the product manufacturer’s try to convince you that it does by changing the labeling on...
Oct 19, 2015
Let’s Review
Liver contributes to:
1. Digesting your food
2. Metabolizing the energy from your food
3. Storage of Vitamins
4. Detoxing waste and toxins from your blood
5. Production of factors involved in blood clotting
Lastly, your liver keeps your healthy by aiding your immune system.
This is the last time we get to...
Oct 12, 2015
Basics
Most of the liver’s jobs have to do with taking things away from your blood supply or taking them apart.
Your liver produces 3 important components found in your blood. Two of them are involved in helping your blood clot. The third is involved in keeping your blood watery.
Prothrombin
The prefix “pro-“...
Oct 5, 2015
100,000’s - get counting!
Enzymes
The hepatocytes contains enzymes. Enzymes are catalysts. While a lot of processes would probably happen naturally, they would be too slow to do us any good. Enzymes make those natural changes happen faster.
Think of an assembly line worker that does they same action over and over...