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    The peak incidence (the rate of influence of something‚ especially of something unwanted) of kwashiorkor is between the age of 9 months and 2 years (Vlok‚ 1986). Kwashiorkor is not differentiated between genders. Kwashiorkor is a form of severe protein - energy malnutrition which means there are usually enough calorie intakes but not enough protein consumption (Unknown‚ Kwashiorkor‚ 2015). It is the most common widespread nutritional disorder in developing countries (Cafasso‚ 2012). Every cell in

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    Shayne Laidler Barnes What would happen if marijuana were legalized tomorrow? As the New Year comes so do new laws‚ especially those that have to do with medical and recreational use of marijuana in the United States. As our social and political landscapes are rapidly changing more and more states are passing pro-medicinal marijuana legislation. Currently there are 17 states that approved of pro-marijuana ballot initiatives‚ but not all of them have officially approved cannabis for medical use

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    wild from natural and human-related causes. Boat inflicted injuries‚ fishing line entanglements‚ and lesions from infection and cold damage can leave permanent scars after they heal (Langtimm and Beck 2003). These mammals can also starve and die of cachexia‚ the wasting away of body fat from lack of food in the stomach

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    important. Patients should be monitored closely for depression and treated when it arises. Other complications that require palliative intervention include pain; gastric outlet or duodenal obstruction; and bile duct obstruction and subsequent jaundice‚ cachexia‚ hypercoagulability and malabsorption caused by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (Yim et al; 2001). Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and subsequent malabsorption should be treated with pancreatic enzyme replacement (30‚000 IU) of pancrelipase

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    Kwashiorkor (marked protein deficiency and marked calorie insufficiency signs present‚ sometimes referred to as the most severe form of malnutrition) Note that this may also be secondary to other conditions such as chronic renal disease[3] or cancer cachexia[4] in which protein energy wasting may occur. Protein-energy malnutrition affects children the most because they have less protein intake. The few rare cases found in the developed world are almost entirely found in small children as a result offad

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    Cancer Diagnosis

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    Cancer Diagnosis‚ Staging and Treatment Cancer is a term used to describe diseases in which there is an uncontrolled division and growth of abnormal cells‚ which have the capacity to invade other body tissues (National Cancer Institute). Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality; from 2006-2010‚ the incidence rate of all cancers in the US was 463 per 100‚000 per year‚ with mortality being 176 per 100‚000 (National Cancer Institute). This makes cancers the second leading cause of death

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    neoplasia

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    NEOPLASIA At the end of these two lectures you should be able to:- (1) Understand the concept of neoplasia (2) Define neoplasia (3) Understand the nomenclature of neoplasia (4) Characterised benign & malignant neoplasm (5) Differentiate between benign & malignant neoplasm (6) Characterised malignant cells & understand anaplasia (7) Classify neoplasia (8) Define “local” & “metastatic” spread (9) Discuss the route of metastatic spread and principles establish to work out the possible

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    Introduction Drugs kill more than “100‚000” people a year. What kind of drugs? Prescription drugs. The seemingly harmless‚ easily accessible medicine in which doctors prescribe to patients every day account for “100‚000” times as many deaths than the heavily criminalized‚ all natural drug we know as marijuana. Because of its non-toxic and non-addictive characteristics not one death has resulted from the use of marijuana. Some skeptics argue that marijuana‚ also known as ‘cannabis’‚ can become a

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    consumption. Despite that‚ it has various medicinal benefits because of which it is used in medical treatment. It is used for the treatment of glaucoma‚ severe pain and nausea‚ cancer‚ persistent muscle spasms‚ HIV or AIDS positive‚ seizures and cachexia.

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    The Antebellum Period

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    Women feared pregnancy and birth during the Antebellum era‚ contrary to the belief women hold in the twenty-first century. The physicians in the Antebellum South knew little regarding female reproductive health‚ and their ignorance resulted in many complications: puerperal fever‚ inability to breastfeed‚ and prolapse uterus. The fear was not only caused by after birth plights; slaveowners disregarded pregnancy and birth‚ heightening the previous fear. Owners forced slaves to work while pregnant and

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