Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that affects the skin. A lot of autoimmune diseases attack healthy cells and cause inflammation in the body. Unfortunately, psoriasis not only can affect your skin, research has shown it can affect your heart as well. Because of the increased amount of inflammation in your body researchers believe this can lead to an “increased chance of heart attack or stroke.” If you have psoriasis it is imperative to monitor your heart health and take steps to prevent heart
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Introduction Heart failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood through the body. When this happens, parts of the body do not get the blood and oxygen needed for them to function properly. This can cause symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, and confusion. There is no cure for heart failure. However, following your health care provider's instructions about a healthy lifestyle and being treated with medicines can help you stay active and live longer. The types of medicine
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Imagine a family’s blood line ending because of one simple mistake. Many families face this because their children get involved with dangerous activities revolving around the concept of gangs. In fact, 68% of the victims in gang-related homicides had a criminal record in 2010 (Mahony, 2010). In Canada, the number of youth gangs is increasing which is instigating a lot of concern. The concern, however, is not enough to eliminate all gangs and change the damage that has been done. This is mainly because
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My job in the medical field that I picked is a neurosurgeon. A neurosurgeon is a surgeon that operates on the central nervous system. The central nervous system (or CNS for short) is made up of the spinal cord and brain, the two nerve transfer areas in our bodies. The spinal cord is very important, if it's damaged you can become paralyzed, meaning you lose all feeling and motion in that area of your body. There is many different parts of being paralyzed. There is paraplegic, meaning you lose feeling
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Narrative The First Epidemics: Poliomyelitis has a root meaning: “polio” (gray) and “myelitis” (marrow). Its Latin suffix “itis” is describing the inflammation that occurs and “polio” means there is an enteric infection, which is a virus. A virus is a small infectious agent that can reproduce inside a many living organisms. With the polio virus it attacks various nervous cells and in some cases it can even sometimes affect the central nervous system. Virus could not be seen until the late 1930s
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia The bladder is a vital part of the urinary system. It is used as a portal of exit for what the body has determined to be harmful or unwanted. It is a filtration system that the body depends on. However, as the age of the human progresses, this once functional bodily organ begins to deteriorate. Many factors can affect this, but one common illness in men is known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. This disease is an inflammation of the prostate, which applies pressure to
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Selexipag dosing in hepatic and renal impairment: Hepatic Impairment: In subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment, exposure to selexipag was 2- and 4-fold that seen in healthy subjects. Exposure to the active metabolite of selexipag remained almost unchanged in subjects with mild hepatic impairment and was doubled in subjects with moderate hepatic impairment. Hepatic Dosing: Mild Impairment (Child-Pugh Class A): No dosage adjustment Moderate Impairment (Child-Pugh Class B): Recommended
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Cataract surgery is currently the most common and well-established ophthalmic sur-gical procedure in the world. This procedure involves the extracapsular extraction of the natural opaque lens fibers and implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL), which restores good vision. (1-2) Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most common complication following phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. (3) PCO is formed from lens epithelial cell migration from the equatorial area or
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Pneumocystis carinii Pneumocystis carinii is an infectious disease that causes a pneumonia in patients that are immunocompromised. This means that they have a weak immune system. P. carinii was not widely known until immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) starting appearing. Pneumocystis carinii can also be known as Pneumocystis jiroveci. The pneumonia it causes is called Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP). It is classified as a fungus. This fungus appears to look like cysts when looked at closely.
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Hemophilia is a blood disorder found in one out of every 7,000 people. Having famously afflicted Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, heir the the Russian throne, hemophilia causes excessive bleeding. Genetic engineering the the removal, addition, or redistribution of genetic material by scientists or genetic engineers in order to create a more ideal gene in a given circumstance. Hemophilia is a rare blood disorder that impress the body’s ability to control blood clotting. This means that when a blood vessel is
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