Yolanda Smith

Feature Writer

B.Pharm.

Pharmacy

Yolanda graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of South Australia and has experience working in both Australia and Italy. She is passionate about how medicine, diet and lifestyle affect our health and enjoys helping people understand this. In her spare time she loves to explore the world and learn about new cultures and languages.

Articles from Yolanda

Insulin's Role in the Human Body

Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that has a number of important functions in the human body.

14 Dec 2015

Preventing leg cramps

It may not be necessary to prevent leg cramps if they are relatively mild and do not often occur, such that they have an insignificant impact on the quality of life.

13 Dec 2015

Cramp Causes

Cramp involves the involuntary spasm of muscles, usually in the legs, that is transient in nature.

13 Dec 2015

Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages

Diabetic eye, also known as diabetic retinopathy, is a complication of diabetes that involves damage to the blood vessels in the eye, as a result of high blood sugar levels.

13 Dec 2015

Polypharmacology: The Future of Drug Discovery?

Polypharmacology involves the pharmaceutical compounds that exert an effect on multiple targets in the body.

13 Dec 2015

Pharmacogenetics: past, present and future

Pharmacogenetics, also now known as pharmacogenomics, is the study of genetic variability in the response to drug treatment.

10 Dec 2015

Alzheimer’s tangles and plaques: what’s the difference?

Dr. Alois Alzheimer first described both amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles early in the twentieth century, who noticed the unique structure were evident in patients with certain symptoms, now known as Alzheimer’s disease.

10 Dec 2015