Hippocrates (640-370 BC), divided man’s life span into multiples of 7. Thus, according to him, one is a child up to the age of 7 “during which period the emergence of the teeth is completed”, a boy until the age of 14 (7 ́2) at which time “the sperm is produced”, a youth until the age of 21 (7 ́3) when “the thickness of the beard is completed”, a young man until the age of 28 (7 ́4), a man up to t...

Citation: Herrera-Vargas MA, Meléndez-Herrera E, Gutiérrez-Ospina G, Bucio-Piña FE, Báez-Saldaña A, Siliceo-Cantero HH and Fuentes-Farías AL (2017) Hatchlings of the Marine Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Display Signs of Prenatal Stress at Emergence after Being Incubated in Man-Made Nests: A Preliminary Report. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:400. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00400 Hatchlings of the Marine Turtle ...

Portuguese man-of-war stings occur frequently at North American beaches. Most produce only local pain and pruritus. A 4-year-old girl who developed a hemolytic reaction and acute renal failure following a severe sting is described. As neither sequela has been previously reported, it is speculated that either the large dose of venom or chance intravenous inoculation may have been responsible. Ev...

The objective was to compare insulin resistance parameters in cows with adequate or excessive energy intake as well as in cows with excessive energy intake receiving Cr supplementation as chromium propionate. Thirteen multiparous, nonlactating Gir × Holstein cows were ranked by BW and BCS and assigned to 1 of 3 dietary treatments on d 0: 1) diet to meet their ME requirements without Cr suppleme...