Alzheimer’s Disease by: Michael Sang Introduction to Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain. It is first described by the German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) in 1905. This disease worsens with advancing age‚ although there is no evidence that it is cause by the aging process. The average life expectancy of a person with the disease is between five and ten years‚ but some patients today can live up to 15 years due to improvements
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Mild Mental Retardation Speech and Language Disorders Introduction: Mild mental retardation is a lifelong disability that limits both the intellectual function and the adaptive behavior during the period of development. It first appears in children under the age of 18 and occurs in 2.5-3% of the population. There are a number of factors that cause mental retardation and most of the causes are chromosomal‚ metabolic and environmental. Symptoms appear once the child is born and later in childhood
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names including Provigil and Modalert. While Modafinil was intended as a treatment for narcolepsy‚ other benefits have been discovered; most notably‚ it is effective for improving mental performance. Drugs that fall into this category are called nootropics. Modafinil has also been
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Essay Dyslexia Dyslexia is a severe mental disorder which deals with a person having difficulties learning. This medical syndrome occurs in all ethnicities and age groups. Dyslexia is not all about low intelligence‚ and a lot of people with dyslexia are very creative and gifted like prodigies. Around 15% of United States population is affected by learning disorders and the numbers are drastically increasing. One of the main causes of Dyslexia has to do with Genetics and two popular symptoms are
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NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Neuroscientist. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 April 26. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Neuroscientist. 2011 June ; 17(3): 274–287. doi:10.1177/1073858410383336. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Abnormal Neuronal Plasticity Alexandre E. Medina1 1Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology‚ Virginia Commonwealth University‚ School of Medicine‚ Richmond‚ VA‚ USA Abstract NIH-PA Author Manuscript The ingestion
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A Leadership Log ILM Level 5 – High Performance Leadership Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. How we undertook our Action Learning Set 3 3. Personal Learning Objectives 3 3.1. To Increase My Credibility and Trust as a Leader 3 3.2. To create a more honest feedback culture within the services I manage‚ in-order to hold people more effectively to account 4 3.3. To ensure the team that I manage has “aligned systems” that are meaningful and owned by staff 5 4. Conclusion 6 5. References 7 6
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Assignment of internship Topic: Drug listing of pharmacy of Quaid-e-Azam international Hospital Submitted to: Dr.Nowsherwan Kiyani and Dr.Asif Submitted By: Sundas Javed Dated: 24july‚2013 Index 1. Vials 2. Ampoules 3. Syrup‚ suspension and elixers 4. Ear drop‚ eye drop and ointment 5. Nutritional Powder 6. Cream paste and ointment 7. Tablet and capsule 8. Fridge item 9. Infusion Vials Brand Name Generic Name Dosage Form Strength Classification Indications
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction It is no secret that greens are good for the body but surprisingly‚ despite their large number of nutritional advantages‚ they are one of the most under-consumed foods in the average person ’s diet. There is such a wide variety of green vegetable with different textures and tastes that including one or more as part of a balanced diet need no longer be a point of contention. They can easily be incorporated in recipe favorites‚ are inexpensive
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Substance related disorders Definitions and terms Use This is when a person drinks alcohol or swallows smoke‚ sniffs or injects a mind altering substance. Abuse This is when a person is using alcohol or drugs for the purpose of intoxication or in the case of prescription for purpose beyond their intended use. Dependence It is the continuing use of alcohol or drugs despite adverse consequences to ones physical‚ social and psychological wellbeing Addiction
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‘STRESS AT WORK’ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This term paper would not have been accomplished if not for the generous contributions of many people. I am very grateful to them for their infallible help and support. I wish to express my deepest gratitude and warmest appreciation to the following people‚ who‚ in some way have contributed and inspired me: Father Dominic Savio (Vice Principal of Commerce morning and Business Administration)‚ Prof. A Roy (Dean of the Department of Business Administration)
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