Sound travels through three different sections of the ear.  The outer ear passes incoming sound waves to the eardrum located in the middle ear.  The middle ear transfers these sounds through three tiny bones that vibrate a fluid in the cochlea, which is located in the inner ear.  The cochlea has tiny hairs protruding from [...]

Crib death is the number-one killer of children between the ages of one week and one year.  Some of the children will show symptoms a day or so before death.  These may include coughing, wheezing, vomiting, diarrhea and poor appetite.  They may exhibit restlessness or irritability of they may appear pale and listless.  Progressively, the [...]

A bruise is an injury that involves the rupture of small blood vessels causing discoloration of underlying tissues without a break in the overlying skin.  Bruises are frequently the result of falling or bumping into objects.
Factors that make on susceptible to bruising are overweight, anemia and time of menstrual period.  Frequent bruising without apparent cause [...]