DOI: 3/13/2014. The patient is a 52-year old right-hand dominant male service employee who sustained injury to his lower back while lifting a video server. MRI of the lumbar spine without contrast dated 04/02/14 showed a posterior protrusion at L4-5 with a posterior annular fissure. There is also mild to moderate spinal stenosis at this level. In addition‚ there is a disc osteophyte complex and disc space narrowing at L5-S1 with mild spinal stenosis and left greater than right mild foraminal stenosis
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Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………..……………………………………..………….. 3 Company History and Description ………………...………………………………………… 3 Industry Description …………………………………………………………..………………. 4 Global Expansion ………………………………………..………………………………….… 4 Current Situation …………………………………………………………………………….... 5 Current Performance ………………..…………………………………….………………….. 5 Market Share ………………………………………………………….……………………..... 6 Strategic Posture..……………..………………………………………………………………. 7 Corporate Governance ………………………………...…………………………………
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The corporate merger that I will be discussing is Pfizer and Wyeth. This was the largest merger since AT&T acquired Bell South in 2006 in the amount of 86 billion dollars. Pfizer is the world’s largest drug company and has been in existence since the mid 1800’s and at the time of acquisition Wyeth was the ninth largest. The Pfizer merger finalization happened in October 2009 and the final cost was 68 billion. Before Pfizer bought Wyeth their stock was trading at $17.45 as of January 23
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Chapter 3 – Medical Record | History of Present Illness | Patient is a 35 year old male complaining of nausea‚ pyrosis‚ indigestion‚ and melena stool. Patient stated that he has been experiencing abdominal pain that wakes him in the middle of night for over a month. He stated that he normally can drink a glass of milk or baking soda water to relive the pain‚ but this has no longer been effective. | Past Medical History | Patient is a smoker who drinks daily and suffering from obesity.
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high cholesterol. In spite of increased generic and new arrival competition‚ Lipitor retained its top position as the best selling global drug brand with sales of $13.35 billion in 2008 (Maggon 2010). Lipitor is manufactured and marketed by Pfizer‚ one of Merck’s main competitors. Merck’s Zocor was itself a multi-billion dollar drug‚ achieving annual sales of $4.4 billion in 2005‚ and was second only to Pfizer’s Lipitor in terms of market share and sales prior to losing its patent protection in
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surprise. They will face a painful and slow death instead of drifting away easily. Symptoms include irritability‚ sweating‚ diarrhea and nausea. Statins Statins are drugs that help reduce cholesterol levels in the blood. Drugs such as Crestor‚ Lipitor‚ Pravachol‚ Zocor and Mevacor decrease production of cholesterol in the liver. However‚ statins also come with serious side effects even the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) expressed their concern about. Stattins can cause early death‚ liver failure
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Animal Testing Have you ever wondered how people figured out if medicine works? Animal testing‚ or animal experimentation‚ has been going on for a long time. It is the process of using animals with similar DNA‚ such as chimpanzees‚ to test new cosmetic and medical products to try and figure out how they will work on humans. It is a very controversial subject . Some people argue animal testing provides valuable information for people and new products; Animal testing needs to be stopped because it
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involved symptoms. The patient was admitted to MGH for further investigations. PMH : DM 25 years ago HTN 10 years ago CAD 10 years ago Medications: concor 5 mg one at morning aspicot 100 mg OD Lipitor 20 mg OD glucophage 750 mg PO BID amaryl 4 mg PO daily tritase 10 mg PO daily PSH: CABG‚ hemorroidectomy ‚ left herniectomy‚ right hip fixation by plates and screws(duration unknown by the patient). Family history: Mother(DM‚HTN‚CAD) Allergy
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Ashton Taylor Shaelynn Trejo March 6‚ 2014 Intro to Health Care Sugar and Junk Food’s Effect on the Body In the United States today‚ more than two-thirds of adults are obese‚ and in children ages two to five years old about a quarter of them are obese. The main reason for our obese population is high sugar‚ fat‚ cholesterol‚ and carbohydrate intake. You can go anywhere in the U.S. and find fast-food restaurants‚ convenience stores and other places that make money off of selling processed foods
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Statin medications include Crestor‚ Lipitor‚ Altoprev and Zocor and the possible side effects and cautions of statin drugs are Constipation‚ nausea‚ diarrhea‚ stomach pain‚ cramps‚ muscle soreness‚ pain and weakness; possible interaction with grapefruit juice. Most cholesterol medications lower
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