Medical Science

Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, a rare form of narcolepsy, is also called Kleine–Levin Syndrome (KLS). The sleep disorder, named after Willi Kleine and Max Levin, medical researchers that investigated the properties of the syndrome, has baffled modern researchers for decades. Until…
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Genetic screening is a hard cold reality that every American, indeed, every human being should be concerned about. There are plenty of issues surrounding genetic screening to be considered, but there is one above and beyond all other that is…
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A recent study conducted by Harvard University’s School of Public Health appears to have confirmed what many people already know, but choose to ignore: that too many sugary drinks can have a devastating effect on the body. According to the…
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We are kinder to our pets then we are to our fellow human beings. As a society we tend to treat death as a failure something that should always be overcome no matter what the cost emotionally and/or physically. The…
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In focussing upon current research and experience of nursing service development, a number of factors are involved in ensuring quality HealthCare delivery is provided. One such factor is the organisational commitment to provide time and opportunity for the development of…
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Ever dream of living to 100? Well, dream bigger: a new drug may permit you to live up to 150 while staying relatively physically young and active. Touted by some as the new longevity miracle drug of the 21st Century,…
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Nominated for a clinical excellence award that required an exemplar, I had to submit a written account of a clinical interaction in which I, as a nurse, made a difference in a patient’s life. That set me to thinking, really…
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Too many are disgracefully dying for the want of addressing medical errors more seriously. It seems the only ones entitled to make judgment comes too late, when the damage has been done. Or if official documentation dictates incorrectly from the…
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Liver biopsy is the obtaining of a tissue sample through an invasive method that is performed using a biopsy needle. The procedure will be a definitive guide on the tissue state of the liver and would be performed only in…
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When surgeries or procedures are performed in the bowels, the surgeons expect the region to be completely devoid of fecal matter and food residues. This would be vital in many aspects including prevention of contamination, improved wound healing, good visibility…etc….
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