internal medicine

What: "My pancreas is like a bad thermostat. When "normal" people start running/working out, their pancreas stops sending insulin so the sugar can be utilized by the muscle....." The link between a thermostat is a valid one. Most people understand how a thermostat works. It an electromechanical device that's sensitive to temperature changes. Likewise, the Pancreas is an organ that's sensitive to glucose fluctuations.

Writer: BAMArunner

LCC: RC

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Nov 27 2010 5:44 AM

What: "Our knowledge of neuroscience is like Victorian physics or even more primitive than that," he says, and that's what makes it enjoyable.

Writer: V .S. Ramachandran

LCC: RC

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Date: May 24 2013 2:25 PM

What: "Modern neuroscience is like a three-year-old child with a jigsaw pu zzle -- it is much better at taking things apart than at putting them back together again." The link is a very good about the limits of study the human nervous system by cutting it into little pieces.

Writer: Vikaas Sohal

LCC: RC

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Date: May 24 2013 2:36 PM

What: "The antioxidant is like a wealthy person who is looking to donate money to a charity" The charity in this case is 0.99 cents that wants to be a dollar. See the link for a very good discussion comparing money and electron transfer and the affects of antioxidants.

Writer: Not Stated

LCC: RC

Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Jul 15 2013 7:16 PM