The ellagic acid is a chemical compound found in fruits and vegetable like raspberries, strawberries, cranberries, walnuts and other plant foods. The ellagic acid is considered to be an antioxidant. Nowadays, it is widely promoted on the Internet and other medias as as a means of preventing and treating cancer. Recent researches have proven that it slows the growth of some tumors caused by certain carcinogens in cell cultures and lab animals. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, more and more people are aware that an operating room could not solely operate without the necessary materials. Consequently, one of the most important materials needed in the operating room are the sutures. Generally, sutures are surgical guts, or silk, cotton or metal thread, 18 or more inches long, threaded on a needle. It is used mainly for sewing or suturing together the edges and the surfaces of tissue, for checking the flow of blood, fastening drainage tubes in position, etc. Sutures are either interrupted, each stitch tied separately; or continuous, the thread running in a series of stitches, only the first and last of which are tied. Read the rest of this entry »