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A group of clinical syndromes characterized by hyperglycemia arising as a result of absolute or relative insulin deficiency is known as diabetes mellitus. There are mainly 2 types of diabetes mellitus, namely, type-1 and type-2. Type-1 diabetes mellitus occurs commonly in younger people with no hereditary factors and is due to absolute insulin deficiency resulting…

West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC) located on the north side of Pensacola, Florida competed strongly with sacred heart and Baptist hospitals for patients. WFRMC’s CEO John Kausch was an active member of the Total Quality Council of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce (PATQC) (McLaughlin, C.P., Johnson, J.K., & Sollecito, 2012).. PATQC’s vision was…

Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, and Behavioral are all psychotherapeutics which are techniques employed to better psychological operation and advance accommodation to life for every patients. The general end is to assist people derive greater control over and betterment in their ideas, feelings, and behaviours. These therapies are grouped together as insight therapies. Although their ends are similar,…

Cigarette? Why not? How about I’ll tell you why? Smoking can be considered one of the most dangerous habits that any one individual can have. Smoking kills an average of 450,000 people each year. More deaths are caused each year by cigarettes and tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus, illegal drug…

Hollywood stars are always trying new diets, from the Low Carb to the Zone Diet. Kirstie Alley is a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, and Jennifer Hudson raves about Weight Watchers at every opportunity. There is a new diet trend in Hollywood called “The Blood Type Diet. ” Celebrities such as, Demi Moore, Cheryl Cole, and…

The biological basis for sleep is replenishment and it is essential to our minds and our body. Without getting the amount of sleep our bodies need it begins to affect us mentally. Sleep deprivation can affect normal motor functions, weight and eventually shorten your lifespan. While you sleep your brain goes through stages called rapid…

Just by living in the world, human beings are susceptible to disease. Many diseases — for example, influenza and tuberculosis — are spread when bacteria or viruses pass from one person to another. Other diseases are acquired genetically from one’s parents, such as cystic fibrosis. Some diseases, such as heart disease and osteoporosis, develop as…

Child AbuseMaltreatment of children is not a new phenomenon. It dates back farinto history, as far as the colonial times and even back to biblical times. During the recent years child maltreatment has had an increase in the publicseye. There are many factors to child maltreatment. There are four generalcategories of child maltreatment now recognized….

PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Vocal cord lesion. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Tumor of left vocal cord OPERATION PERFORMED: Laryngoscopy. A 25-year-old opera student went to the office for a laryngoscopy and a lesion was found on her left vocal cord. Today, she is at the ambulatory suite to evaluate the lesion further using an operating microscope. Local anesthesia is…

Ether. Who would have thought that a small carbon based organic compound such as ether would spawn a new field of medical specializations, changing the history of medicine for ever. Ether was discovered in 1275 by a Spanish chemist named Raymundus Lullius,(Evans,1995,p 1). It was his discovery that allowed William E. Clark to use ether…