Medical Science

Since the first laparoscopic adjustable bands for weight loss were used on patients in Europe and Australia in 1993, lap-band surgery has grown in scope and popularity. Lap-band surgery was initially used only to treat morbidly obese patients, however, it…
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Introduction: In modern day surgical practice, transplantation of organs and tissues has been serving to cure medical illnesses in vast number of disease entities. Out of all, one of the costliest transplants is the transplantation of the human liver. The…
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The study of Cognitive Psychology relies in large part on neuroscientific data. Information derived from scans of the brain is used extensively to determine which parts of the brain are responsible for certain cognitive functions. The use of modern technology…
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Liver is an important organ in many aspects and when it comes to surgery the importance is even higher. The main reason for such importance is the potential for patient with liver disease to develop complications in several aspects. This…
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Gastric Bypass surgery poses side effects, that one may never imagine. After working in a hospital/patient advocate setting for a few years, I have seen patients complain of side effects, that didn’t seem worth the surgery. Among the top complaints…
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Tau proteins are cytoskeletal proteins involved in the stability of microtubules in neurons. This function makes tau proteins important components of neuron morphology and nerve cell construction. Because of this relationship and the role neuronal morphology (i.e. axons and dendrites)…
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Onychomycosis is a fungal infection (with human pathogenic fungus) which occurs when fungi invade the nails of the hands or feet, and the underlying skin (nail bed). Lower limb Nails are more frequently affected, as they grow very slowly, leading to…
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Bleeding is one of the main complications that can occur following any type of surgery. In certain instances, the complication could well be enough to either re-do the surgery or else in leading to fatal consequences. Many parameters, both direct…
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When undergoing major surgeries as well as in certain minor procedures, a cannula will be inserted into a peripheral vein in order to gain better access to the blood circulation. This will provide the clinicians with a route to administering…
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When the liver disease progress into a certain level, the function of the liver would not be able to compensate for the demands of the body and thus deemed to be in a state of failure. In such instances, the…
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