ENG 111 Silent Killer The liver helps digest food‚ absorb nutrients and expel toxins from the body. Recent studies show that one in ten children in US is thought to have a liver disease that was thought to afflict alcoholic adults. The condition has become very common in non-drinkers that it has been dubbed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Whenever someone gets the disease‚ the organ becomes bloated and discolored due to the fatty cells. This disease is alarming doctors because it progresses
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What is Medical Tourism ? Medical tourism can be broadly defined as provision of ’cost effective’ private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialized treatment. This process is being facilitated by the corporate sector involved in medical care as well as the tourism industry - both private and public. Medical or Health tourism has become a common form of vacationing‚ and covers a broad spectrum of medical services. It mixes
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Dr. Sharon Marshal‚ a doctor specializing in the field of obstetrics-gynecology and currently executing her profession in a private hospital of Notre Dame Hospital located at the upper General Luna of Baguio City. Obstetrics-gynecologists are doctors that deal with the health of pregnant women as well as their baby. As students of STEM track‚ we have chosen Dr. Marshal since her profession is one of the jobs that are aligned with the course we are taking as of now. Moreover‚ we would like to have
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Sports Drinks vs. Water Sports drinks have established a dominating position in the exercise world. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on media advertisements and athlete endorsements every year. The simple fact that many sports stars promote the use of rehydrating sports drinks leads the consumer to believe that such drinks must be more replenishing than just plain old water. If basketball superstars Kevin Garnett and Dwight Howard “bleed Gatorade”‚ doesn’t that make it true?
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from http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/19-3031.00 Behavioral Health‚ Autism‚ Psychiatry‚ Psychology: Nationwide Children’s Hospital. (n.d.). Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Leading Pediatric Hospital in Neonatal Medicine‚ Neurosciences‚ Gastroenterology‚ Heart Care‚ and much more. Retrieved from http://www.Nationwidechildrens.org/behavioral-health Pathways Through Medicine: Pediatric Psychology. (n.d.). The Next Generation: Tomorrow’s Medical Future Today. Retrieved from http://www.nextgenmd
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Prevalence of clarithromycin resistance in H.pylori patients with failure of treatment Introduction; The H.pylori is a gram negative bacterium that colonizes the stomach has a high prevalence; more than 50 percent of the global population has H.pylori. It’s influenced by geography‚ age‚ gender‚ socioeconomic status‚ although it is decreasing in the developed world‚ it remains high in the developing world as there is less proper sanitation and hygiene‚ crowdedness‚ lack of safe water supply
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These skills are then used during semester 2 to make decisions based on knowledge about medical conditions commonly encountered in community pharmacies (eg‚ respiratory‚ gastroenterology‚ analgesics‚ dermatology‚ eye and ear infections; complete list available from author upon request). There were 130 students enrolled in the course during semester 1‚ and 129 students enrolled during semester 2 (1 dropout). In the first semester
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The care of infants with abnormalities consistent with congenital Zika syndrome requires a multidisciplinary approach and an established medical home to facilitate the coordination of care‚ which is critical to ensuring that these infants receive necessary testing and consultations ‚ and that abnormal findings are detected and appropriately addressed . If abnormalities are noted on prenatal evaluation‚ counseling specific to congenital Zika syndrome should occur during pregnancy‚ preferably with
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nutrition‚ it may be restrictive. Strict adherence to gluten-free diet may be more challenging in children and adolescents than in adults. Compliance to GFD varies from 45% to 81% in children as reported by the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology‚ Hepatology‚ and Nutrition.” (Garg and Gupta). Garg and Gupta point is that children with Celiac disease having trouble maintaining a gluten diet‚ whereas adults don’t mind because they’re older understand. This disease is rare‚ but common in
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op following an open ileocolic resection indicated for a stricture in the terminal ilium on a background of Crohn’s disease. History of presenting complaint Patient has been suffering from Crohn’s disease since 1990 and has been attending the gastroenterology clinic since then. She has had recurrent pain in her right lower quadrant for approx. six months with four/five loose bowl movements per day‚ continually suffering from nausea‚ anorexia and she has also noted weight loss of 5 kgs in the last
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