Tag: Medical

Technological Advancements in ALS Research and Drug Development
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction  Throughout the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the amount of attention and awareness relating to the disease ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi...

Treatment of Characteristics of Right Hemisphere Disorder (RHD)
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Right hemisphere disorder (RHD) occurs when there is damage to the right cerebral hemisphere of the brain. This can take place due to a stroke, traumatic brain injury, surgery, tumor, an infectio...

Memory Therapy for Adults Post Traumatic Brain Injury
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a type of cognitive communication disorder resulting from a physical trauma to the head or displacement of the brain (ASHA, 2018). TBIs are categorized as mild, ...

Management of Vascular Disease with Minimally Invasive Endovascular Intervention
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The management of vascular disease has seen a shift in practice from open surgery to minimally invasive endovascular intervention. Outline the advantages related to this transition and future cha...

Factors Influencing Underrepresented Populations Recruitment of Clinical Cancer Trials for Yoga
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Yoga is a commonly used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies among cancer patients, especially within breast cancer patients. However, the characteristics of breast cancer yoga ...

Effects of Alcohol on Inattentional Blindness
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction  Everyone is well aware of the dramatic impacts alcohol consumption can have on visual perception. Police demonstrations regarding drunk driving allow participants to w...

Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptors (AT2R) for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Key words: Inflammation Synovium Arthritis Immune system Agonism Introduction:   Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...

Pathophysiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a maladaptive esophageal condition that develops from the reflux of ingested foods or stomach contents into the esophagus. GERD is estimated in approxima...

The Relationship Between Crohn's Disease and Conception
11th Feb 2020
Introduction:  I chose to research about the relationship between Crohn’s disease and conception because I have Crohn’s disease and I want to know how difficult it might be for me to conceive ...

Effect of Chlorhexidine Bathing on SSIs and HAIs
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: A Limited Integrated Literature Review Abstract Patient safety and infection control are two aspects in healthcare that are compromised when a surgical site infection or a hospi...

Leukemia: Types, Demographics and Treatment Strategies
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Leukemia is a common cancer of the bone marrow. In the United States it occurs mostly in the young and elderly and is associated with down syndrome. This research will go over the back-ground inf...

X-Linked Ichthyosis Overview and Treatments
11th Feb 2020
Introduction:  There are many genetic disorders that are sex-linked. X-linked Ichthyosis is an example of a sex-linked genetic skin disorder that generally affects males. The term, “X-linked,” refers ...

Influence of Peers and Parents on Smoking Initiation in Adolescents
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Introduction In Lifespan Development (Fifth Edition), Boyd et al. defines sensation-seeking as “…a desire to experience increased levels of arousal, such as those that accompany fast...

Swiss Cheese Model to Assess Medical Errors and Patient Safety
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Patient safety and risk management are major aspects of healthcare that should be intertwined in any healthcare organisation (Fisher and Scott 2013). Patient safety is where the patient does not ...

Issues of Ethics in Biomedical Trials
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Clinical trials denotes to the practice where generation of new information for treatment, prevention and diagnosis through the research involves with human participants. Currently, the clinical ...

Physical Therapy: Is This the Right Career for Me?
11th Feb 2020
Introduction:  The biggest question students studying to become physical therapists ask themselves is, “am I choosing the right career for myself?” Physical therapy is a great field to get into becaus...

Hyponatraemia in the Older Patient – a Case-control Study
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Aim: Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte disturbance occurring in the elderly with associated morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis and management of hyponatraemia can be complex, especially in th...

Causes of the Yellow Fever Spread
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Yellow Fever- The fear of a quick death Abstract Yellow fever caused by a small bite of a mosquito was a reason for many epidemics in the past around the world. It still remains...

Impact of Age on the Survival Benefit of a Second Arterial Graft
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: ABSTRACT Background This retrospective propensity matched study investigated the impact of age on the survival benefit from a second arterial conduit to the left sided circulati...

Role of Heat Shock Protein 70 and Cortisol Levels in Resistance to Paclitaxel Treatment
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The Role of Heat Shock Protein 70 and Cortisol Levels in Resistance to Paclitaxel Treatment in Breast Cancer Cells   Abstract The aim of our study is to assess the...

Utilization of Robotics in Medical Research
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: 1. Introduction/Objective   In the field of medical research, robotics has provided much assistance in the subfields of cancer research, biomedical research, and surgery in order to...

Hormones and Its Effects on Health During Chronic Stress Exposure
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Abstract Stress is a concept widely used today. Many people live with stress and are continually subjected to the demands of the environment. This concept not only has negative connotati...

Homocystinuria: Symptoms, Treatment and Management
11th Feb 2020
Introduction:  Homocystinuria is an inherited metabolic condition caused by the reduced activity of the enzyme cystathionine beta-synthase, also known as CBS. Patients with this condition are unable to pr...

The Use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Oncology
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Numerous computational methods have been developed to improve radiotherapy dosimetric tasks. Such popular approaches, such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) integrate big ...

Types Muscular Dystrophy and Management Strategies
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Muscular Dystrophy Abstract Muscular dystrophy (MD) is comprised of a group of genetic diseases that cause muscle degeneration, progressive weakness and permanent shortening of ...