Stress, its causes in a medical/dental facility and methods and techniques for its management

How to manage stress in medical facilities-with special emphasis on dental- using ergonomic design, relaxation techniques and patient education # Chapter page 1 What is Stress 2 Consequences of Stress 3 Stress Management Interventions 4 Primary Stress Management Interventions 5 Secondary Stress Management Interventions Chapter One: What is stress? The non-specific response of the human … Read more

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Clinical review

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is a rare but serious idiosyncratic drug reaction to psychotropic medication and is potentially fatal if diagnosis and medical intervention are delayed. As stated in the ‘Royal college of Psychiatrists’ recent position statement on the syndrome (December 2014) all psychiatrists practising without immediate clinical supervision should be able to diagnose this medical … Read more

Hepatitis C – genotypes and treatment regimens

Abstract The hepatitis C develops into cirrhosis of the liver and Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) both of fatal diseases. In This review highlights are genotypes and treatment regimens. Searched for articles on pub med. The bibliographies of the articles found were used to find other references. The data was summarized and presented in figures. The highest … Read more

Bordetella pertussis (bacterium)

Bordetella pertussis is the bacterium that causes pertussis, otherwise known asor whooping cough . Despite vaccination, incidence of pertussis cases have been growing over the last two decades. Current vaccines lack the ability to give long-lasting immunity and must be improved. Complement evasion molecules would make good candidates for vaccine components, because the complement system … Read more

Comparison of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Non-Coronary Patients with Mild and Severe Chest Pain

Abstract Background: With respect to the fact that physical and psychological factors affect each other in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: Objective: The present study was carried out to compare the depression, anxiety, and stress severity in non-coronary patients with mild and severe chest pain. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. The statistical … Read more

Cultural Influences On Individuals

According to Diller (2011) by identifying an individual by race or ethnicity alone, we unintentionally turn them into stereotypes an one-dimensional beings, losing the full complexity of their cultural experience

Non Communicable Diseases

Every year more than 36 million people die, due to non communicable diseases (NCDs) out of this, 80% deaths-29 million reported only in low and middle income countries (WHO, 2013a)