Also called the throat, the pharynx is the portion of the digestive tract that receives the food from your mouth. Branching off the pharynx is the esophagus, which carries food to the stomach, and the trachea or windpipe, which carries air to the lungs. The act of swallowing takes place i...
You return to your bed and try to go back to sleep. Mommy is noisy. You can hear her laughing and squealing. Then it gets quiet, too quiet. You look out the window again, and the pool is empty. You hear laughter coming from downstairs. You head towards the noise in the kitchen. ...
5.Walking(walk) in the park this morning, I came across two beautiful birds. 6.Winter coming(come), it gets colder and colder.So I have to buy some new clothes. 7.Generally speaking(speak), I agree to this plan, but I think it should be revised in some places. 8.Having_...
We lived in the countryside, and we always used the back door because the driveway led to it. One winter evening, I stepped outside to take a bag of trash to the barrel and almost tripped over something. It was nearly dark, and I had to bend down to see what it was. I could ha...
Coming full circle, next generation sequencing is revealing the intricacies of fermentation processes and the role of the cascading population of microorganisms. Combining this knowledge with a growing recognition of the role of microorganisms in health and well-being, the future brings a new array ...
The difference between vomiting and regurgitation is that vomiting is the forceful expulsion of stomach contents, whereas regurgitation is food coming up from the esophagus. The difference between the two are described in more detail below. ...
Food allergies are triggered by either IgE or non-IgE proteins and how they affect mast cells, which you have in all body tissues but especially in places like your nose, throat,lungs,skin, and digestive tract. IgE stands for immunoglobulin E and is a type of protein called an antibody th...
As Pierre shuffled out, cursing as he tripped over Josephine the pig who’d been napping in the doorway, Marie-Claude turned back to the stove. The kitchen had reached that perfect moment when everything was coming together – the bourguignon bubbling thickly, the onion soup turning deep golde...
elderflowers and leaves together have been used as a purgative since the days of Hippocrates. In Britain, it is traditionally used to sooth sore throats and reduce the intensity of flu symptoms. I don’t know if there is truth in any of that, but what I do know is that it has a ...
The kit contains a premeasured dose of epinephrine in an easy-to-use syringe for self-injection. The person can inject the medicine into their thigh as soon as they feel an allergic reaction coming on. Even if the person injects him or herself with epinephrine, they should still proceed im...