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Oxygen: is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as well as with other compounds.
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AUG 18, 2017
Videos
Have you ever wondered why veterinarians advertise chocolate as a death threat for your dog? Well, it all has to do with
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 15, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation in the liver and boosted cholesterol levels in the blood vessels create the perfect storm for vascular dise
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2017
Cardiology
Some organisms have strong regenerative abilities, but humans are not among them. However, recent exploration of a regen
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 13, 2017
Health & Medicine
Scientists are illustrating the power of a low coronary artery calcium (CAC) score in the context of heart disease in a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Cardiology
Supporters of the legalization of marijuana often claim that the drug is harmless and safe to use, but a recent study su
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Neuroscience
Many kids love to splash and swim in a pool or at the beach, but all too often accidents can happen, especially with you
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 08, 2017
Cardiology
When the heart grows larger, it can be for one of two reasons. One reason is a result of heart failure, where heart cell
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
There’s all sorts of hype over the human microbiome - the living human microbiome. That is, most people are intere
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 03, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A man hoping surgery would leave him better endowed than before tragically died from complications related to the proced
...
AUG 01, 2017
Cardiology
The idea that aspirin, prescribed as a blood-thinning drug, may be dangerous for people with heart failure isn’t n
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2017
Microbiology
Cheese. I eat a lot of it. Now that I think of it, I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like cheese. How can you
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 26, 2017
Cardiology
The hormone responsible for preventing us from constant eating and keeping us at a healthy weight apparently also plays
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2017
Videos
So imagine, in the midst of Antarctica, there's a gushing area of blood-red liquid coming out of the ice. Well, it's not
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 25, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in almost two decades, patients with sickle cell disease will have access to a new drug thanks to a r
...
JUL 24, 2017
Cardiology
For the ten percent of people who survive cardiac arrest, long-term sensory problems are inevitable. That is, unless sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 24, 2017
Microbiology
These fungi have a unique way of breaking wood down into basic components.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2017
Videos
Now that we're past the mid-year mark, how many people are still sticking to the exercise regimen that they had planned
...
JUL 24, 2017
Neuroscience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat decompression sickness, which can develop after scuba diving, wounds o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 23, 2017
Videos
Some of the things we throw away can take an eternity to decompose. While food scraps and organic matter are the quickes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
What happens to heart cells in the seconds and minutes following a heart attack? Without oxygen, heart cells slowly beco
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2017
Cardiology
A decade after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 14, 2017
Videos
Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that is often food borne and can kill you. It also seems to have anti-cancer abilitie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 11, 2017
Cardiology
The importance of relaxation and the severity of seasonal affective disorders was brought to light in a recent nationwid
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2017
Cardiology
The marine invertebrate Botryllus schlosseri - AKA the star ascidian - has more in common with humans that you&rs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker