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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…

Certain animals lack lungs and cannot survive in environments with inadequate lung function. Instead, these creatures rely on gills to obtain oxygen from water. It is noteworthy that the amount of oxygen present in water is just 1/20th of that found in the equivalent volume of air. Gills greatly increase the area available for gas…

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…

Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits in Adult Women With Eating Disorders: A Critical Analysis Student Name University Name Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits in Adult Women With Eating Disorders: A Research Analysis As most people know, Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are two eating disorders in which a person deprives themselves of the nutrients in food by…

Beanie for their never ending love and care patience, moral and financial support and the searchers inspiration on everything they do. To Ms. Maria Lorena G. Castillo, for suggesting possible studies that we may have and her mother, Mrs.. Estella P. Garage for giving us Dalai seeds. And who willingly help and shared her ideas…

Health Promotion Program Julie Marsh Axia College of University of Phoenix As Americans, we find ourselves doing things that occupy our time more and more each year that do not necessarily benefit our physical or psychosocial well being. Some of the activities that take up the majority our time are working, doing errands or shopping,…

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. continually seeks opportunities to maximize shareholder value and increase efficiency. Through their extremely effective marketing strategies Anheuser-Busch has gained control of over 47% of the global market share. In the process of doing this, Anheuser-Busch has become one of the most recognizable trademarks. This is not without faults though. Anheuser-Busch’s aggressive advertising…

Hypoglycemia means low blood sugar or low fuel in the blood. It alsorefers to a distubed carbohydrate metabolism, since some people changebetween high and low blood sugar levels. When the body tries to work underthese conditions, mental processes are impaired and body systems arebroken. Hypoglycemia is sometimes related to other conditions like drugaddiction, alcoholism, allergies,…

IVF or In-Vitro Fertilisation is a way for infertile couples to have a child. Around 6,000 babies are born every year to otherwise infertile couples as a result of IVF. Though the methods used in IVF treatment often cause a lot of controversy some say it just raises people’s hopes of having a child because…