Maggot therapy is used to heal wounds. In this method, maggots or larvae of flies are allowed to eat away the dead tissue in the wound, thereby clearing it quickly and healing it in the process. It is also known as Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT). Wounds infested with maggots heal quickly and without spread of…
Chromosomes are considered the basic structures of heredity. They carry the codes that give rise to the expression of the characteristic features of an organism. Humans have 46 chromosomes. In 1997, a team of scientists J.J. Harrington, G.V. Bokkelen, R.W. Mays, K. Gustashaw, and H.F. Willard synthesized artificial chromosomes. These chromosomes are stable up to…
According to an estimate, an average person walks 160,934.4 kilometres in his or her lifetime. This distance is equal to four times the circumference of the earth.
Taste buds are located on the surface of the tongue, palate and upper oesophagus. At the age of 40, the onset of reduction of the number of taste buds occurs. By the age of 60, many people lose almost 50 per cent of their taste buds.
Delivery in water pool reduces pain and duration of labour. When a mother delivers in a water pool, the buoyancy of the water counter-pressures the contractions, thereby reducing the pain and duration of labour. A famous example of such a delivery was given by the Baywatch star Pamela Anderson. She gave birth to two sons…
Research has shown that the average sleeper takes about 7 minutes to fall asleep. You may fall asleep sooner or take longer.
