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Anyone who has experienced video game addiction knows it all too well, video game addiction IS real. A closer glance at video game addiction shows that it is not just affecting the individual, it is also affecting the ones around them, their school, their life, and much more than that. When a gamer in Russia … Read more
According to BAPEN 2014 Comparing the result of malnutrition screening in winter and summer by autumn and spring presenting a significant variation. winter and summer malnutrition risk counted around 27% and 29 %, respectively while in spring and autumn it dropped to 21% and 23% respectively. However, it can be risen in winter due to … Read more
SMA BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease that results from degeneration of spinal chord motor neurons leading to atrophy of skeletal muscle and overall weakness (ACOG, 2009). Werdnig Hoffman is a form of infantile SMA first brought to light by doctors Guido Werdnig and Johann Hoffman in 1890. … Read more
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges (the membrane covering of the brain and spinal cord) and characterized by an increase the number of white blood cells (WBCs) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). (Nudelman & Tunkel., 2009). Meningitis is a serious infection that required early diagnosis and immediate therapy. Bacterial meningitis is an endemic disease in … Read more
The following, is a case study of a male patient, Mr xxxxx Toe, a 48 year old decorator. Mr Toe acquired a foot infection as the result of a penetrating injury caused by a nail that he stepped on while he was working. Furthermore, this provoked an infected ulcer of 0.8 cm in diameter on … Read more
Medical hypnosis being used to evaluate pain and PTSD revealed pre-term psychic trauma underlying the PTSD. CASE REPORT: A 32-year old Caucasian male Vietnam combat veteran presented with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic lumbar back pain, and addiction to opioid agonist pain medications, heroin and cannabis. Past history was positive for mild developmental cognitive disability, … Read more
History of von Willebrand Disease In 1926, Erik von Willebrand first described a hereditary hematologic disease in the Finska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar (1). He described features of the disease that were different from classic hemophilia or other diseases known at that time, such as thrombocytic purpura or Glanzman’s disease. The different features von Willebrand observed compared … Read more
NB: THIS IS AN ESSAY, NOT MEDICAL ADVICE Have you ever had any problems with your sexual health? Have you ever heard of an herb called damiana? Have you ever tried or thought of using it? Not sure about using it because you are not familiar with its uses or benefits? This is the best … Read more
The production of more and clean medicinal and aromatic plants to satisfy the needs of the over increasing population of the world is become is a great target. Egypt has a rich history in the production and trade of medicinal and aromatic plants. The Egyptian government recommended the increase of the production of the medicinal … Read more
Title: Nutritional risks predicts recovering full oral intake among elder convalescent stroke patients undergoing enteral nutrition: data from multicenter cohort study (the APPLE study). Abstract Background & Aims: Whether nutritional risks correlated with recovery of swallowing function of convalescent stroke patients was uncertain. This study was conducted to clarify whether nutritional risks predicts achievement of … Read more
This research paper analyzes whether organic good is better than non-organic food. The major findings are that organic food has less pesticides, better farming practices and lower antibiotic-resitant bacteria. Non-organic food has lower prices. The recommendations are to replace some if not most of the food that is ingested to organic and that organic food … Read more
A mental illness can affect someone’s life differently than someone else’s. From all the wide ranges of diagnostics and characteristics, one might suffer greatly, lose touch with reality and it can impact their ability to function every day to those who experience a mild distress (Wood, Wood, Boyd, Wood, & Desmarais, 2013, p.359). This paper … Read more
Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is an asymptomatic plasma cell disorder characterized by the presence of ≥ 3 g/dL serum M-protein and/or 10-60% bone marrow plasma cell infiltration with no myeloma-defining event (MDE). The Swedish Myeloma Registry reported that 14% of myeloma patients had evidence of SMM with a median age of 72 years [1]. The … Read more
Knowledge: An EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) will be engage in a team or large group of people who are responsible for attending and providing a variety of Emergency or non- Emergency calls (such as patient transportation).The principal responsibility of the EMT is to provide care and attention to the patient at the scene of the … Read more
Scrofula is a disease characterized by cervicofacial lymphadenitis as a result of mycobacterial infection. Interestingly, the species of mycobacteria tend to vary based on the age of the infected person. In adults, scrofula is the result of primary infection by Mycobacteria tuberculosis. However, in children, the most common cause of scrofula is infection by nontuberculous … Read more
