Category: Life Science

Common Diseases of the Nervous System

| June 4, 2010 | 35 Comments

Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is one of the common cripplers of children.  It is caused by damage to the brain of a newborn baby during birth.  Lack of oxygen or injury usually causes the brain damage.  The damage affects the child’s ability to use and control muscles.  The typical victim of cerebral palsy may have [...]

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The Nervous System

| June 4, 2010 | 0 Comments

The sense organs are the specialized structures that are under the control of the nervous system.  These organs receive messages from the surroundings and send them to the nervous system.  The nervous system then processes and interprets the information and determines what actions are to be taken.

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How to keep the Endocrine Gland Healthy

| May 21, 2010 | 0 Comments

Keeping the endocrine glands healthy is very important.  If the endocrine glands do not function well, the whole system of the body becomes affected.  Practice proper health habits to keep endocrine glands healthy.

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Common Disorders of the Endocrine System

| May 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

The disorders of the endocrine system are commonly associated with the failure of a gland to function or produce enough hormones.  Other diseases or abnormalities that occur in the body could be due to such gland malfunctions.

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Endocrine System: The Endocrine Glands

| April 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

The endocrine system consists of special organs called glands.  A gland is an organ of the body that makes and stores fluids that the body needs. The endocrine glands are different from other glands in the body.  They are also called the ductless glands.  They have no tubes for their secretions to flow through.  Instead, [...]

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