Medicine’s Simple Marvel Perhaps one of the greatest abilities in today’s medical world is the ability doctors and nurses have to listen to heartbeats‚ pulses‚ and breathing patterns with simplicity. It doesn’t require any high-tech equipment. It doesn’t require a myriad of tests and examinations. It doesn’t cost thousands of dollars per minute to operate. In fact‚ the abilities that I just mentioned are made possible by this instrument: a stethoscope. The stethoscope that we know today is not
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Regular physical activity is important to the health of those affected by HIV. Stress‚ anxiety and muscle wasting are typical symptoms associated with HIV and AIDS and exercise is a means to nourish both the flesh and the spirit. Strenuous exercise is not recommended as overexertion consumes a great deal of energy and exhausts Qi levels which decreases immune function and leaves the body open to opportunistic pathogens. Qi gong is a Chinese healing practice that integrates physical posture‚ breathing
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Bicep brachii The biceps brachii‚ commonly known as the biceps‚ is a two-headed muscle that lies on the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow. Both heads arise on the scapula and join to form a single muscle belly which is attached to the upper forearm. While the biceps crosses both the shoulder and elbow joints‚ its main function is at the latter where it flexes the forearm at the elbow and supinates the forearm. Triceps brachii The triceps brachii muscle (Latin for "three-headed muscle
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Drosophila melanogaster is a fruit fly‚ about 3mm in length‚ and it is the insect that flies around spoiled fruit. A model organism has these traits: short life cycles and rapid development‚ small average size‚ big population‚ and fast reproduction (NCBI). Drosophila melanogaster meet all of the criteria for being a model organism. Also‚ fruit flies were used because they are very easy to handle and they require minimal resources to survive‚ as opposed to other organisms that might need more food
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Personal Statement Watching my aunt battle through cancer‚ I realized that I wanted to do more than just comfort her‚ I wanted to help take away the pain‚ I did not want her to suffer anymore. After volunteering and working with people of all ages‚ I realized I had a passion for helping people and wanted to pursue a field in which I not only got to help but I could heal. Upon entering the cadaver lab for the first time‚ a copious amount of thoughts and emotions ran through my head. As an undergraduate
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first‚ to be followed by organ death. A dog who is experiencing gastric torsion will exhibit very obvious symptoms - this is not a subtle condition and your companion will attempt to vomit or retch‚ exhibit a distended abdomen‚ drool‚ and wander restlessly. Touching the abdomen will often produce a whimper or yelp of pain. If untreated‚ the dog may go into shock‚ have a rapid and weak pulse‚ and suffer a collapse. Although the signs of GVD are often unmistakable‚ in some cases the dog may simply
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in the right ureter coursing behind and medial to the IVC. The ideal nomenclature for the anomaly is preureteral vena cava‚ keeping in mind the aberrant embryology. It can result in hydronephrosis and is a rare cause of long-standing cyclical pain abdomen. Ultrasound‚ intravenous urography‚ nuclear scintigraphy‚ computed tomography urography (CTU) and Magnetic Resonance Urography (MRU) have been used in the diagnosis of this abnormality but CTU‚ with its ability to depict the abnormality in three dimensions
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What doesn’t kill you‚ only make you stronger Through The Glass Castle‚ Jeannette shows the world how an impoverished‚ neglected girl grows into a successful author and wife. Jeanette‚ herself‚ is a living proof of ultimate success showing the world that no matter what situation you come from‚ ultimate success is completely possible. She starts out with memories from the time when she was as young as three along with the rest of her family‚ constantly on the move‚ deserted towns in the middle of
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Brad is a 37 year old Caucasian male that entered the Emergency Department after experiencing a seizure in the middle of the night. The seizure was described by his wife as generalized‚ lasting approximately two minutes with tonic-clonic movements along with a loss of unconsciousness and function of his bladder. Brad reported that he has had headaches that have been unresponsive to over the counter medication over the last four month and his wife also notes that he has had an increased loss in energy
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100 CASES in Surgery This page intentionally left blank 100 CASES in Surgery James A Gossage MBBS BSc MRCS Specialist Registrar in General Surgery Bijan Modarai MBBS BSc PhD MRCS Specialist Registrar in General Surgery Arun Sahai MBBS BSc MRCS Specialist Registrar in Urology Richard Worth MBBS BSc MRCS Orthopaedic Research Fellow Volume Editor: Kevin G Burnand MS FRCS Professor of Vascular Surgery‚ Academic Department of Surgery‚ King’s College
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