Blogging About Edublogging

        So obviously the title basically reveals that this blog won’t be an Edublog, so to those tired eyed bored people out there who despise Edublogs you can take a breather and keep on reading this blog and maybe it will change your attitude towards Edublogging.

        I admit that in the beginning I was not really interested about blogs. I thought they were mainly for food and travel critics who use the web as a way of informing people, but if you think about they are also basically educating the consumers on what is good and bad or great and boring. The great thing about Edublogging is that it is very versatile in such a way that the topics and subjects that can be used are in millions.

        Of course learning how to use a blog website was also a factor that did not really encourage me to blog in the beginning. Why would there be a need for me to blog when I can tweet or simply post on a friend’s wall. Sure social networking sites are convenient and fast, however blogs offer way more information and bloggers are willing to press in detail that their readers are seeking. Sure at the beginning creating a blog might be a little tricky it gets pretty entertaining as well once you get the ahng of it and learn background, color and style effects. Creating an Edublog isn’t just about having the correct information but also having creativity to grab and attract the readers.

        All in all Edublogging is very useful in portraying information to readers. It gives a different approach in delivering information especially to those who find books dull and boring. Blogging itself us very helpful, it can be a source of information, entertainment and if hundreds to millions of people enjoy your blog, blogging can be used to pay all of your bills.

The Line Between Poison and a Cure

Hi everyone here's another blog and this time our topic will be Toxicology. So what is toxicology really? Well if we split the word into two, toxic is basically the harmful substance that affects or body which can also be called as toxins and if you read my previous blog you would know that ology would be the study of. However a more precise definition would be the study of the function, effects and usage of toxins in our body.

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Dosage is the key word that determines whether a certain substance will become a poison or a remedy. For example you are taking medications because you have a fever the correct dosage or amount of the medication you use will cure you and an that's not enough will no cure your state of sickness. Too much can kill you in other words poison your body. Below are the different toxic agents.

Toxic Agents

1. Heavy Metals
2. Radiation and radioactive materials
3. Solvents and Vapors
4. Pesticides
5. Plant Toxins
6. Animal Toxins
7. Dioxin/Furans
8. Microbial Toxins
9. Mushroom Toxins
10. Subcategories of Toxic Substances Classification
11. General Classifications of Interest to Communities

Branches of Toxicology

Branch of Toxicology	Description
Occupational toxicology	Health hazards associated with toxicology in the workplace
Clinical toxicology	Clinical Application of the study of the effects of toxins in the body mainly for diagnosis
Forensic toxicology	Associated with legal aspects of toxins on humans and animals.
Regulatory toxicology	Deals with the standards of what is lethal.
Descriptive toxicology	Testing of chemicals and it provides information for safety evaluation and regulatory requirements.
Mechanistic toxicology	Mainly associated with the understanding of the molecular structure and mechanism of the toxin
Environmental toxicology	Deals with the study of toxins in the environment

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 References:

http://www.safesci.unsw.edu.au/research/occtox.html

http://toksikologi.blogspot.com/2009/02/classification-of-toxic-agents.html

Endo-crin-ology

       Different people define the same word very in various ways.  Some come up with an eloborate explanation which evolves into a more complicated meaning than the word it self, while some are defined very straight to the point and precise.  Lets define Endocrinology. Well if you’ve heard of the fact that many words we speak and say today come from old or past languages spoken like Greek and Latin, then pat your self on the back cause you heard right. The word Endocrinolgy is basically a combination of two Greek words. The first part “endo”,  is a Greek term for within while the third word “ology”  is the Greek term for “the study of”, maybe you are wondering what meaning does “crin” serve for the word “Endocrinology”. Well that’s basically the part where defining the word gets more elaborate and complicated,  but to put your mind at ease for a bit “crin” is also known as the prefix for “secrete”.

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       Honestly if your not a total major, hardcore medical professional you would probably get bored and most likely close this page and log in on your Facebook or Twitter account. So lets make it easier for you and I by keeping this short and simple by giving pieces of the puzzle and maybe if you seem to like how they fit it would encourage you to do more research on your own.

       So basically inside our body exist many complex and specialized glands that secrete hormones. Now these certain glands play a huge role on our growth and development as we age.  If you are above 13 years you’ve probably heard of the word “hormones” already and if your thinking that hormones are one of the chemicals that these so called Endocrine glands secrete, then yes your right. Now these hormones may vary in their mission so lets keep it simple and name only two so you can at least understand the principle and purpose of such excretions. Testosterone is the male hormone and the main reason for the physical appearance of men. Main reason why males grow facial hair and muscle development. For the females they produce the hormone Estrogen which provides the emphasis for their physical features. With that said lets compose short metaphor, lets say that Estrogen and Testosterone are puzzle pieces for two separate puzzles. If we place the testosterone piece on the male puzzle the out come would be a complete puzzle, but if we place the same piece on the female puzzle it would not work the same way and would provide with the undesired image and vice versa. Now imagine that these were not puzzles and what would happen to the mix up. That is where the endocrinologist comes in, to study the secretions of the body  and their effects and potential bad effects to our body hence the subject Endorcrinology comes as well.

Thanks for reading more blogs to come =)

References: 

Tortora Gerald, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 12^th edition, 2009
J. Jameson; Harrison's Endocrinology, 2nd edition; 2010

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