tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50172319212250538512011-11-27T16:54:55.436-08:00Medical TriviaWho, What, Why, When and Hows of medicineSunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-31248999772336744302011-07-26T06:13:00.000-07:002011-07-26T06:13:49.828-07:00Which is the commonest cancer in men?Click here for the answer.
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Clinic here to find out on your own from Google!Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-39564160937220233872011-06-04T08:38:00.000-07:002011-06-04T08:38:24.206-07:00Why is E. Coli called E coli?Click here to find out the answer.
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Click here to learn yourself from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-4313747594262394252009-11-23T01:14:00.000-08:002009-11-23T01:19:29.193-08:00What is AnatidaephobiaWhat is Anatidaephobia ?Search Google for anatidaephobia!Click here for the answer.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-23800390017978253652009-09-20T19:23:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:44:27.533-07:001927 Nobel prize for treatment of neurosyphilisThe 1927 Nobel Prize was awarded to Julius Wagner-Jauregg from Austria for his novel treatment for neurosyphilis. Do you know how he treated his patients?Click here to know the answer.Click here to learn more about Wagner-Jauregg from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-8707383089896579742009-08-30T11:06:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:48:01.704-07:00Do toe and finger nails grow after death?Click here for the answer.Click here to search Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-29247697298608866842009-08-22T15:59:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:46:03.961-07:00About 6100 couples get married in the USA each day. How many couples do you think file for divorce?Click here for the answer. 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Click here to learn about the Nobel Prize in Medicine.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-6466948102484227142009-04-23T15:12:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:46:33.401-07:00Who is considered the father of medicine?Click here for the answer.Click here to learn more about this question from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-77967672361423442132009-04-21T18:11:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:47:49.527-07:00What did Louis Pasteur do before eating a meal at a friend's home?Click here for the answer.Learn more about Louis Pasteur from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-18891476417012563622009-04-20T14:41:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:45:20.635-07:00Which part of human body cannot repair itself?Click here for answer.Learn more about this question from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-21210871112626083682009-04-19T12:26:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:47:37.857-07:00What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?Click here for answer.Search Google for pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisSunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-6230296930183833012009-04-14T14:16:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:49:31.305-07:00What is the speed at which a sneeze comes out?Click here to view the answer.Click here to learn more about this question from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-26282274806713808912009-04-13T05:21:00.002-07:002009-09-20T19:48:27.926-07:00What is paraskevidekatriaphobia ?Click to view the Answer.Click to learn more about paraskevidekatriaphobia from Google. Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-17468629119230077742009-04-12T14:38:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:49:43.822-07:00Which part of the human body has the thinnest skin ?Click to view the answer Click to learn more about this question from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-5659844239798753622008-06-16T15:59:00.000-07:002009-06-16T16:07:48.115-07:00What is Chinese restaurant syndrome?It is a syndrome complex observed in certain people after having a meal at a Chinese restaurant. Symptoms include headache, flushing, sweating, numbness or burning in or around the mouth and chest pain.Monosodium glutamate (MSG) which is a common ingredient in many Chinese dishes has been implicated but not proven to be the causative factor.Click here to learn more about Monosodium Glutamate.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-65981815930516271992008-06-12T05:01:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:54:10.421-07:00What is this device?
Laennec's stethoscope 1816
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from: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/I054/10322024.aspxSunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-25592206801504888992008-06-08T23:00:00.000-07:002009-06-08T23:05:06.884-07:00Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for inventing a surgery for schizophrenia?Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz received the Nobel Prize in 1949 for inventing the surgery called Prefrontol Leukotomy (Later called Prefrontal Lobotomy) for schizophrenia. This surgery is now not considered useful and is not performed!Click here to learn more about prefrontal lobotomy.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-36175958821983472052008-05-31T13:46:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:53:59.904-07:00What is pentalogy of CantrellIt is a syndrome characterized by
Omphalocele
Anterior diaphragmatic hernia
Sternal cleft
Ectopia cordis
Intracardiac defect: either a ventricular septal defect or a diverticulum of the left ventricle
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Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-80351351874780724252008-05-20T13:11:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:53:40.555-07:00Which is the world's largest known virus?Answer: Mimi virus (a.k.a. Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV))
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Answer: The swine flu vaccine, 1976.
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Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-6115315114850669262008-04-21T18:06:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:52:29.693-07:00What did Louis Pasteur do before eating a meal at a friend's home?Answer: He saw it under a portable microscope which he carried with him!
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Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-18593609486671300642008-04-20T14:38:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:49:16.161-07:00Which part of the human body can not repair itself?Answer: Teeth
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Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-17378303437821900772008-04-19T12:24:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:49:06.892-07:00What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?Answer: Besides being the longest word in any major English language dictionary it is a lung condition causes by chronic inhalation of fine silica dust.
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Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-79591002411816204772008-04-14T14:12:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:47:38.585-07:00What is the speed at which a sneeze comes out?Answer: About 100 miles/hr (about 161 km/hr)
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Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-41208989800645522132008-04-13T05:21:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:47:29.352-07:00What is paraskevidekatriaphobia ?
Answer: Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of 'Friday the 13th!'
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Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-4580700550775049602008-04-12T14:37:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:47:16.709-07:00Which part of the human body has the thinnest skin?Answer : The eyelid
Click to learn more about this question from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-70910405371583456262007-11-23T01:18:00.000-08:002009-11-23T01:19:40.675-08:00What is Anatidaephobia ?What is Anatidaephobia ?Anatidaephobia is a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck!!!Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-8032994218911657032007-09-20T19:27:00.000-07:002009-09-20T19:33:11.865-07:001927 Nobel prize for treatment of neurosyphilisHe infected these patients with malaria! Read the following excerpt from the presentation speech."The disease in the treatment of which Wagner-Jauregg acquired such great merit is general paralysis, a mental disease which, on a syphilitic background, leads to a fatal idiocy and paralysis. It is therefore a very serious and moreover not uncommon disease....How then did Wagner-Jauregg Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-65068681207817226752007-08-30T11:07:00.000-07:002009-08-30T11:08:44.687-07:00Do toe and finger nails grow after death?No! But they do appear longer because rest of the body tissue shrinks.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-75176628446793573702007-08-22T16:01:00.000-07:002009-08-22T16:08:30.703-07:00About 6100 couples get married in the USA each day. How many couples do you think file for divorceAbout 3000!!! That is almost half of all marriages.Click here to learn more about why couples seek divorce.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-16381710550416442012007-08-17T14:26:00.000-07:002009-08-17T14:26:13.563-07:00What disease condition would you treat with prGCD?prGCD is plant cell expressed recombinant Glucocerebrosidase enzyme (GCD) manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Protalix. It has recently been approved for use in patients with Gaucher's Disease.Click here to learn more about Gaucher's Disease.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-5886495062491928752007-08-01T17:33:00.000-07:002009-09-09T12:41:11.443-07:00What is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?Also known as Todd's syndrome, this syndrome of progressive neurological deterioration. Patients see objects bigger or smaller than they actually are and also have distortion of other sensory modalities. It can be a temporary association with migraines, brain tumors, and the use of psychoactive drugs. Click here to learn more about Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-69030004400741436922007-07-26T06:10:00.001-07:002011-07-26T06:16:16.243-07:00Which is the commonest cancer in men?Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men.
Click here to learn more about prostate cancer from Google!Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-7010186361720370482007-07-20T14:10:00.000-07:002009-07-20T14:13:43.768-07:00Which is the oldest known surgical textbook?The Sushruta Samhita contains 184 chapters and description of 1120 illnesses, 700 medicinal plants, 64 preparations from mineral sources and 57 preparations based on animal sources.It is the oldest known surgical textbook and dates back to 600 BC.Click here to learn more about Sushruta from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-31273894909924093242007-07-20T04:22:00.000-07:002011-07-20T04:25:34.981-07:00What is the term used for the intense fear of having to cook?Answer: Mageirocophobia is the term used to describe the intense fear of having to cook?
Click here to learn more about treatment of Mageirocophobia from Google!Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-53851386036479405042007-07-16T05:00:00.000-07:002009-07-16T05:02:19.470-07:00What condition is treated by Entecavir?Entecavir is a Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor that is used in the treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B infection.Click here to learn more about Chronic Hepatitis B infections.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-10735672765139724742007-07-02T20:29:00.000-07:002011-07-02T20:34:00.639-07:00How many bacteria do you think a house fly can carry?A fly can carry as many as 6,000,000 bacteria. Yep SIX MILLION bacteria. The commonest ones include Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Moraxella (causes colds and pink eye) and Escherechia coli (causes diarrhea, food poisoning and hemolytic uremic syndrome).
Click here to learn more about fly-borne diseases from Google!Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-79712271225237019642007-06-07T22:49:00.000-07:002011-06-07T22:55:10.578-07:00Who discovered X-Rays?Generally Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen is credited as its discoverer. He had named it X-radiation to signify an unknown type of radiation. Recently uncovered archival evidence shows that the original discoverer of X-rays was a Ukrainian physicist Ivan Pulyui, who worked in Vienna together with Röntgen and shared the results of his work with him.
X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation with Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-20018590675124919502007-06-04T08:32:00.000-07:002011-06-04T08:38:36.661-07:00Why is E. Coli called E coli?E. coli stands for Escherichia coli. Escherichia comes from Theodor Escherich, the German microbiologist who discovered it. Coli because it is commonly (normally) found in the colon of warm blooded animals (including humans).
Click here to learn more about Theodor Escherich from Google.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-58852622146677130022007-05-31T13:50:00.000-07:002009-05-31T14:01:04.982-07:00TriviarchiveWhich part of the human body has the thinnest skin ?What is paraskevidekatriaphobia ?What is the speed at which a sneeze comes out?What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?Which part of human body cannot repair itself?What did Louis Pasteur do before eating a meal at a friend's home?Who is considered the father of medicine?To whom and for what was the first ever Nobel Prize in Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-10541360906961088842005-07-25T05:14:00.000-07:002011-07-25T05:21:23.577-07:00Who/where is the oldest doctor alive and practicing medicine?According to the Guinness book of world records, the oldest practising doctor is Dr. Walter Watson, aka "Papa Doc", an obstetrician who was born in 1910 and was still practising at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, USA in May 2010 at the age of 100.
See his amazing video below!
Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-5575102780616057972000-08-04T15:39:00.000-07:002010-08-04T15:39:37.358-07:00What is the effective surface area of the small intestine?Answer: About 200 square meters!!! That is roughly the area of a tennis court.
Click here to learn when this is altered.Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017231921225053851.post-84699667672668463882000-08-03T15:39:00.000-07:002010-08-03T16:02:53.492-07:00How many bones are there in human body?Answer: 206
The adult human body has 206 bones. An new born has more than 300 bones but these fuse with age. They can be summarized as follows:
28 skull bones (8 cranial, 14 facial, and 6 ear bones)
1 neck bone - hyoid bone is the only bone that does not articulate with another bone
26 vertebrae (7 cervical or neck; 12 thoracic; 5 lumbar and 1 sacrum
24 ribs, 1 sternum, 2 clavicles and 2 Sunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15829446311285351529noreply@blogger.com