Into My Health

This Blog aims to make sense of science. The blog discusses disease and causes of disease by looking at current research published by leading researchers. However, the research is discussed in an accessible way so that you will understand how disease affects your health. Lets make sense of science!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Formaldehyde Debate: Are our beauty products harming us?

›

R eport in Longevity Magazine: April 2012 Formaldehyde is currently used in many beauty products, and examples are the...

117 comments:

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The ultrastructure of stroke

›

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death world wide. There are two main devisions of stroke, namely haemorrhagic stroke, caused mainly b...

1 comment:

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Thrombosis and Pregnancy

›

An important issue raised by one of the bloggers is the fact that during pregnancy, there is a tendancy for thrombosis. Remember, stroke can...

28 comments:

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Stop the Clot Campaign

›

Blood clots are a major cause of disease. It may cause heart attacks, strokes and thrombosis (blockage of blood vessels). In your blood, y...

58 comments:

Monday, April 18, 2011

Smoking and sticky fibrin fibers

›

We all know that smoking is bad for our health. However, do you know that research has proven that it also impacts on your coagulation syst...

21 comments:

Your body, hemostasis and equilibrium

›

One of the most important functions of our body to keep us healthy, is to be in total equilibrium or balance. Therefore, all our systems mu...

13 comments:

Home

View web version

Prof Resia Pretorius: Resia Pretorius is a Professor in the department of Physiology, University of Pretoria. She is also Director of the Applied Morphology Research Centre at the University. She has published over 150 research articles in rated scientific journals. She has also been study leader to 28 MSc and PhD students. In December 2011, she was named as winner of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards for the Southern Region in the category: Basic Science, Technology and Innovation.

View my complete profile