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Optical Coherence Tomography

Optical Coherence Tomography

Optical coherence tomography is the field of study in which light is used to see through a subject material’s surface. It is most often used in medicine in order to analyze a biological sample such as an eye, artery, or other body part.

Isochronic Tones

Isochronic Tones

Isochronic tones are used in brain entrainment. When a single isochronic tone is repeated rapidly and a pause of silence follows each pulse, the brain produces a similar frequency.

What is a Basal Thermometer?

What is a Basal Thermometer?

A basal thermometer tracks temperature shifts in the body. Women mostly use it to chart their basal body temperature in order to predict their ovulation or fertile periods. Most basal thermometers come with blank basal body temperature charts and are digital in order to provide more accurate fertility predictions.

Methyl Iodide

Methyl Iodide

Methyl Iodide is a chemical compound that is relatively volatile. It is commonly found in the form of a dense, colorless liquid. It is also known as iodomethane and has the chemical formula CH3I (one carbon atom with three hydrogen atoms and a single iodine atom connected to it).

What is Acesulfame Potassium?

What is Acesulfame Potassium?

Acesulfame potassium (Acesulfame K or Ace K, where “K” is the elemental symbol for potassium) is commonly used as an artificial sweetener or flavor enhancer. It is used in low calorie food products as it replaces sugar and other natural sweeteners that commonly add large amounts of calories.

What is Cryonics?

What is Cryonics?

Cryonics is the preservation of legally dead people or pets at extremely low temperatures (below 130ºC or 200ºF) in order to restore the person or animal to life in the future. Current law prohibits freezing someone in this manner while still alive, so the technique is conducted as close to the point of death as possible.

How to Become an X-Ray Technician

How to Become an X-Ray Technician

An x-ray technician takes radiographs of the human body in order to aid in medical diagnosis. He/she also helps patients prepare for x-ray procedures, maintains x-ray equipment, and keeps and maintains examination and equipment usage records.

What is Electrotherapy?

What is Electrotherapy?

Electrotherapy is a medical technique in which an electric current is used to perform a wide variety of tasks associated with pain, neurological disorders, muscle-related conditions, and drug delivery. Electrotherapy includes a range of medical techniques, some of which are under much debate and criticism.

Linalool

Linalool

Linalool is a chemical derived from flower and spice plants as a naturally occurring terpene alcohol. It is used in a variety of applications and the Environmental Protection Agency has approved its use as a pesticide, flavor agent, and scent. It can be used on people/pets and outdoors safely, without being a threat to wildlife.

Cell Phone Radiation

Cell Phone Radiation

Cell phone radiation refers to the electromagnetic waves that cell phones produce and the user’s body, particularly the head, absorbs. Cell phone companies, research agencies, and other groups have known about cell phone radiation for some time.