Dementia with Lewy body (DLB)

Dementia with Lewy body (DLB) is one of the neurocognitive disorders pathologically caused by deposition of the alpha-synuclein in the brain predominantly in the limbic system, neocortex and substantia nigra (Kim et al., 2014). Alpha-synuclein is an amino acid found in the presynaptic end of the neurons and key in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative … Read more

Resident Vascular Stem Cells – Friend or Foe?

Abstract Abbreviations Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) contributes to roughly 10,000 deaths per year in Ireland, 50% of which are directly related to ‘ischemic heart diseases’ according to a Health Service Executive report on CVD, conducted in 2009 (Department of Health and Children, 2010). This subgroup of CVD, more commonly referred to as coronary heart disease … Read more

Innovative Glucose Monitoring System for Efficient Diabetes Management

Present Technology Diabetes Mellitus is a common condition in which many humans have the possibility to develop over time or are born with. Commonly referred to as Diabetes, the condition deals with high blood sugar due to the pancreas not being able to produce enough insulin, or cells not reacting properly with the insulin. There … Read more

Fracture Prevention in Women with Osteoporosis – review

General Study Overview Title/Citation Saag KG, Petersen J, Brandi ML, et. al. Romosozumab or Alendronate for Fracture Prevention in Women with Osteoporosis, N Engl of Med 2017; 377 (15): 1417-1427. Funding Amgen and UCB Pharma designed the trial, while only Amgen was involved with trial oversight and data analysis plan. Both companies were involved with … Read more

Maladaptive cognition in obsessive-compulsive disorder,

1.Introduction: This structured review will address and discuss maladaptive cognition in obsessive-compulsive disorder, namely that of thought-action fusion and poor insight. The aim of this paper is to discover if there is a correlation between maladaptive cognitions (thought-action fusion, poor insight) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD seems to have a snowball effect as it represents … Read more

Ecstasy

What is ecstasy? Ecstasy is the common street name for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) . This is a synthetic chemical, which mimics stimulants and causes hallucinations . The drug became more commonly used in parties (Fig. 7) to enhance the pleasurable experiences. Today, it remains on the list of drugs prohibited from sale or use (Patterson 2017). … Read more

Multifactorial examination of sex differences in head injuries and concussions among collegiate soccer players

This report expains, in plain English, the research article entitled [Multifactorial examination of sex differences in head injuries and concussions among collegiate soccer players: NCAA ISS, 2004–2009], which may be accessed for free, full text, at [https://injepijournal.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40621-017-0127-6?site=injepijournal.springeropen.com]. I choose this topic because since kindergarten, I have been actively involved with playing soccer and during my … Read more

SLE mortality

There is a bimodal pattern associated with SLE mortality (1). Early deaths are frequently attributable to inflammation, infections and thromboses whilst later (yet still premature) mortality is more often due to cardiovascular disease and organ damage (2). The standardized mortality rate for SLE has been estimated at 2.4 (3)-5.9 (4). This is significantly higher in … Read more

PBL 3: E=Ecstasy – Nursing

PBL 3: E=Ecstasy   INTRODUCTION The scenario refers to Leah, who while celebrating her 18th birthday took one Ecstasy tablet. Over the next 3 hours, Leah seemed to enjoy herself but she complained of feeling hot and sweat a lot. She kept drinking water and 4 hours after taking the tablet she was found slumped … Read more

HIV associated dementia

Introduction HIV associated dementia has been found to be the most devastating central nervous system consequence of HIV infection which invade the brain directly. Progression into HIV associated dementia (HAD) has been associated with a number of bio-psychosocial factors. Despite the high prevalence of HIV infection, there are no adequate data on HIV associated dementia … Read more

Normal wound healing

Before a solution to chronic wounds can be discussed an understanding of normal wound healing and the crucial role angiogenesis plays need to be elucidated. However, the complexities of angiogenesis necessitate a general picture of the anatomy and physiology of the bodies vasculature system.   Blood vessels form a part of the circulatory system of … Read more

Employee Burn Out: The Conceptual Understanding

1.1 Background Information The success of any organization is dependent on human resources – neither money, nor technology or infrastructure can deliver excellence without the requisite human resource bank. Nor money buy human resources – for this is one resource which develops and appreciates over time, while other resources depreciate. Thus, it is being realized … Read more

Healthcare and social insurance division

Health care has turned out to be one of India’s biggest areas – both as far as income and work. Medicinal services contains healing facilities, restorative gadgets, clinical trials, outsourcing, telemedicine, medicinal tourism, health care coverage and restorative gear. The Indian social insurance area is developing at an energetic pace because of its reinforcing scope, … Read more

Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism is a familiar endocrine disease which is a consequent from insufficiency of thyroid hormone or, more rarely, from their retarded function at tissue level. Prevalence is 1.9% in women, and it increases with age. It may be a primary process in which the thyroid gland produces inadequate amounts of thyroid hormone, but can also … Read more

Cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy affecting women worldwide, accounting for nearly 10% of all cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers) and about 265,700 deaths annually (7.5% of all female cancer deaths) (1). This burden of disease exists in spite of cervical cancer being one of the most preventable cancers (2). The causal association … Read more