Zahara Meghji’s Personal Statement – Internal Medicine Residency As an 10-year old girl growing up in Tanzania‚ I was fascinated and dumbfounded to see my aunt go to the hospital with a huge tummy and come back with a small crying baby because the "doctor worked his magic". In my formative years‚ I saw the power of medicine as it healed the lives of those closest to me: doctors reversed my brother’s acute asthmatic attack‚ fixed my cousin’s fractured femur and drained my brother’s subdural hematoma
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Case Scenario 1 Tyrell is a 30-year-old African American homosexual male. He graduated from law school two years ago and feels fortunate to have a job as a law clerk in a prestigious law firm in New York. His job demands long hours‚ so it is not unusual for him to go several days with little sleep. His partner‚ James‚ is familiar with pushing the limits to get established in a career‚ so he suggested that they both take time to get away. While on vacation‚ James was hoping to enjoy some downtime
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Alternative Medicine a Better Way of Care Reahna Cavalli HCA/210 August 23‚ 2013 Marti Schlagel Alternative medicine is an impressive option for people suffering with chronic pain or debilitating diseases. Alternative medicine is also referred to as complementary alternative medicine (CAM). Four out of ten humans use some form of CAM to help them rather than take a chemically compounded medicine. Alternative medicine includes several forms of use here are some that I will talk about
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One of the foremost reasons for wanting to attend Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine is by nature of being located in an urban environment; it’s able to offer an outstanding clinical program. I am interested in an institution that exudes tradition‚ diversity and change all in one and I believe that BU exemplifies all of these qualities. In addition‚ a metropolitan setting creates a medium for which some of the finest faculty around the city and beyond can come to BU and
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Nowadays people seem to pay more and more attention to prevention issue than cure. That is why in recent years there has been a growing body of opinion in favor of putting more resources into health education and preventative measures. Nationwide publicity campaigns as well as longer term education are believed to be able to combat‚ for example‚ the ignorance of basic hygiene or the dangers of an unhealthy diet or lifestyle. Obviously‚ it is important to detect any medical condition as early as
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life. tout ensemble through those years‚ mothers and fathers have excitedly awaited the arrival of a newborn child and wondered what they would look like‚ would it be a son or a girl‚ and would they be healthy? Since then‚ advances in technology and medicine have allowed us to answer these questions before a child is born. This alone is remarkcapable‚ but the science did not devastation with these advancements. Just fifty?? years ago‚ great authors like fustian blah and blah blah conceived a world in
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Radioisotopes in Medicine Nuclear medicine uses radiation to provide diagnostic information about the functioning of a person’s specific organs‚ or to treat them. Diagnostic procedures are now routine. * Radiotherapy can be used to treat some medical conditions‚ especially cancer‚ using radiation to weaken or destroy particular targeted cells. * Tens of millions of nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year‚ and demand for radioisotopes is increasing rapidly. Nuclear Medicine This is
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total death toll has reached 1‚836 as of May 2006‚ and the experts estimated the total cost of Hurricane Katrina at $81.2 billion or more. It was true that Katrina was a natural disaster; therefore‚ it was unpredictable and unavoidable. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) saw its approach to Katrina as a success story. However‚ many of the criticisms were directed toward the ill-prepared FEMA and the lack of coordination in the rescue operation‚ in which FEMA refuse volunteers¡¦ help including
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informatics as a professional specialty is part of a larger development of informatics in related health fields‚ such as medicine‚ nursing‚ pharmacy‚ and dentistry. Interest in informatics as a specialty in these areas reflects the importance that information collection‚ analysis‚ evaluation‚ and utilization now play in the health care division. One of the primary inventions of clinical medicine is the patient medical record. Practitioners use the record to capture their findings and conclusions for each
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Ayurvedic medicines mainly based on plants enjoy a respective position today‚ especially in the developing countries‚ where modern health services are limited. Herbal medicines have been main source of primary healthcare in all over the world. From ancient times‚ plants have been acater as rich source of effective and safe medicines. About 80% of world’s populations are still dependent on traditional medicines. Herbal medicines are still dependent on traditional medicines. The Indian system of medicine
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