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The Difference Between Local Anesthesia and Regional Anesthesia
Anesthesia is a relatively new development in the ancient practice of medicine. It was not until the last century that doctors harnessed inhalants and other chemicals in order to effectively reduce pain. For the most part, anesthetics are used in order to make intrusive procedures more comfortable for patients, but this can be achieved in a number of ways. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 10/07/2008 | Medicine
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How Inhaled Anesthetics Work on the Body
The miracles of modern medicine allow doctors to fix problems in the human body that their predecessors couldn’t even diagnose. The rapidly growing field of medical technology continues to eradicate threats to human life at every turn, but one of the most important leaps forward in medicine has been anesthesia’s ability to keep patients comfortable during difficult procedures. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 10/07/2008 | Medicine
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Everyday Products Which Contain Fluorochemicals
Most consumers pay very little attention to what is in their purchases, but those who do are aware of the many uses of fluorochemicals. These compounds have found their way into a variety of markets. In addition to being the key ingredients in many medicines, these chemicals are used to synthesize a number of other products. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 10/07/2008 | Medicine
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The Use of Fluorine Within Advanced Cultures
Many people working outside the field of chemistry do not realize that much of what we touch everyday contains a fluorine compound. Fluorine is a versatile element that has unique bonding properties and is also very stable. This makes it ideal for inclusion in a number of products. Industrialized and developing cultures use fluorides to create new products and maintain a better quality of life. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 10/06/2008 | Medicine
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The Role of Fluorine Within the Pharmaceutical Industry
In general, most people associate the ninth element on the periodic table, fluorine, with dentistry. However, this is only one side of this versatile chemical. In its pure form, it is actually a poisonous gas, unfit for consumption by humans. Many derivatives of the element are harmless or even beneficial to the body. In fact, medicines containing fluorine are extremely common. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 10/06/2008 | Medicine
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The History of Anesthesia
Over the years there have been many inventions which have made our lives easier. Considering these inventions, perhaps none is as overlooked as anesthesia. Anesthesia is a catchall term for substances meant to block sensation. They are used in most cases to put patients to sleep for surgeries and other painful procedures. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 10/06/2008 | Medicine
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The Process of Producing Specialty Chemicals
Specialty chemicals have an enormous variety of uses; in fact, it's more accurate to say that in most cases, it's possible to produce a specialty chemical that suits whatever the needs of a particular process might be. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 15/05/2008 | Alternative Medicine
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Applications of Inert Oils, Greases and Waxes
Inert oils, greases, and waxes are preferred in many industrial situations because they are designed to have low reactivity in the presence of heat or another catalyst. These synthetic substances are generally inert because they are non-hydrocarbon based, and they are manufactured specifically to meet high standards of purity and inactivity. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 15/05/2008 | Alternative Medicine
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An Overview of Inert Lubricants
Inert lubricants have an enormous number of industrial and commercial uses, from oils used to keep heavy machinery running smoothly, to the wax that skiers use to decrease the friction between snow and their skis. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 15/05/2008 | Alternative Medicine
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An Overview of Specialty Fluorochemicals
Fluorine has a number of chemical properties that make it particularly desirable for a wide variety of different industrial, commercial, and even medical applications. In particular, it is the most electronegative and the most highly reactive of all the elements, and readily forms compounds with all elements except for the three lightest noble gases. One particularly useful property of fluorine is that it forms strong and stable covalent bonds with carbon. Read
By: Stephanie Larkin | 15/05/2008 | Alternative Medicine