Sports physical therapy. What is this concept?

It is actually all about sports medicine and physical therapy combined to ensure the good functioning of sportspeople, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and cure of the possible injuries and conditions in sportspeople. To understand sports physical therapy you first must know and understand what sports medicine and sports medicine specialists focus on. Sports medicine deals with … Read more

Identification of 10 concepts – health economics

incidence rate as a measurement in public health, used as a measuring instrument. Incidence gives an expression of how a disease/injury occurs frequently in a population and defined as proportion of group initially free from disease, that develop the disease over a period of time. This will help identify new cases of a disease condition, … Read more

National Organization for Rare Disorders

This is the leading, independent nonprofit organization committed to the identification, treatment and cures of rare diseases. There are market segments that provide the opportunity for the organization growth. Market segmentation is the process of excruciating customers, or latent customers, in a market into different groups, within which customers have a similar level of interest … Read more

Psychological Well-being

The literature on psychological well-being has progressed rapidly since the emergence of the field over five decades ago. As recent surveys show psychologists and other social scientists have taken huge steps in their understanding of the factors influencing psychological/ subjective well-being. Psychological well-being refers to how people evaluate their lives. According to Diener (1997), these … Read more

Spatial and temporal variations within the critical zone

Review the approaches to characterising the spatial and temporal variations within the critical zone. How do these variations impact critical zone function? The critical zone is defined as ‘a heterogeneous, near surface environment in which complex interactions involving rock, soil, water, air and living organisms regulate the natural habitat and determine availability of life sustaining … Read more

Nursing philosophy

Individual referred to every human being that needs assistance to regain his or her health and independence or to achieve a peaceful death. Individual was also a wholeness constructed by the biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual components. Since mind and body were related and could not be separated, an individual would have biopsychosocial needs. Environment … Read more

Immunoglobulin use and effects

XX journal articles were selected for presentation because they contain new safety data or other information relevant to Nanogam / intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). Short summaries of the selected articles are presented by topic. Peter and Chappel conducted a review of the current immunoglobulin products (SCIG and IVIG), adverse reactions, treatment specifics (e.g. dose and route). … Read more

POSTERIOR CROSSBITE PREVALENCE ON BASIS OF GENDER

ABSTRACT The aim of article was to evaluate the prevalence of posterior cross bite on the basis of gender. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 100 patients i.e 50 male patients and 50 female patients in Orthodontics Department, Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore under University of Health Sciences. Clinical examination … Read more

METHOTREXATE MECH OF AXN

Methotrexate is thought to affect cancer and rheumatoid arthritis by two different pathways. For cancer, methotrexate competitively inhibits dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), an enzyme that participates in the tetrahydrofolate synthesis.[20][21] The affinity of methotrexate for DHFR is about one thousand-fold that of folate. DHFR catalyses the conversion of dihydrofolate to the activetetrahydrofolate.[20] Folic acid is needed … Read more

Erythropoietin

Erythropoietin (EPO) is a type of glycoprotein that is produced by both the kidneys and the liver (1). Its main role is to regulate the number of red blood cells that are produced, which in turn regulates the amount of hemoglobin (1, 4). Hemoglobin is essential for the transport of oxygen to tissues (4). Oxygen … Read more

Paraplegia or paraparesis after otherwise successful thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic surgery

INTRODUCTION Paraplegia or paraparesis after otherwise successful thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic surgery remains a devastating complication. The incidence of postoperative spinal cord complications has been reported to be 3% -10% with various strategies to protect the spinal cord. Spinal cord ischemia and subsequent neurological complications have been shown to correlate with the duration and severity … Read more

Ebola

1.) My name is xxx and I attend xxx, class of 2016. After high school I hope to go to medical school and graduate with a MD-PhD and pursue my career goals as a physician. I am a rising senior in high school who is aspiring to be a medical professional that helps people of … Read more

Discussion – a cure for Parkinson's

Process of Findings: From all the research that I have conducted it is clearly evident that at this moment in time there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease for humans, nor are there any ongoing experimental trials being conducted on humans to test these stem cell therapies. According to source 1; all that exists for … Read more

Protein from food

Protein is an important macronutrient needed by the body. Without it or the lack of it, can result to irritability, hair loss, muscle weakness. If you are an athlete or a fitness enthusiast, protein can help repair your muscles. During prolonged high intensity or strenuous activities like exercise, the muscles, particularly the small filaments that … Read more

Nail disorders

ABSTRACT Nail disorders are beyond cosmetic concern; besides discomfort in performance of daily chores, they disturb patients psychologically and affect their quality of life. Fungal nail infection (onychomycosis) is most prevalent nail related disorder affecting major population worldwide. Overcoming the impenetrable nail barrier is the toughest challenge for development of efficacious topical ungual formulation. Sophisticated … Read more