Despite the increased public health concern over the past decade with the childhood and adolescent obesity as a significant health issue, it is estimated that 17% of children and adolescent aging 2-19 years in the United States are obese, that is to say 12, 7 million child (Thomson, 2015). The child or adolescent is considered to be obese if his or her Body Mass Index (BMI) is at or more than the 95th percentile for children and teens of the same age and sex. Overweight is defined as a BMI at or
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Diabetes was observed first by the ancient Egyptians (1500 B.C.E), who saw it as a rare condition that caused the afflicted person to urinate frequently and lose weight. Later, the Greek physician Aretaeus (80 – 138 C.E) termed the condition as Diabetes Mellitus due to the sweet taste of the urine. In 1776 Mathew Dobson was the first to measure the concentration of glucose in the urine and discovered it to be increased. It was not until 1812 when the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery was
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improve the quality of life for diabetics across the globe. Dexcom is transforming diabetes management by providing superior continuous glucose (CGM) technology to help patients, and healthcare professionals better manage diabetes. Dexcom was founded in 1999, and went public in 2005. Kevin Sayer is the current CEO, and is on the board of directors with eleven others majority of whom have significant experience in the diabetes industry. Products 1. Dexcom G4 Platinum. Brought to market in 2012 G4 PLATINUM
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State your PICOT question. Did using the terms used in this question lead you to useful research studies? The PICOT question is, In obese women with PCOS ages 18-44 (P) does family based lifestyle modification (I) compared to individual lifestyle modification (C) have a greater impact on BMI (O) within 24 months (T)? Using the PICOT question exactly as how it is written yield no result but, using some of the terms such as, PCOS- yield over 3600 result, PCOS and obesity- yield 1948 results, PCOS and
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Case study 2- Cholecystitis Symptomatic vesica unwellness is common within the u. s. and ends up in some 750,000 cholecystectomies per annum. The overwhelming majority of cholecystectomies square measure performed for calculus unwellness with steroid alcohol gallstones accounting for nearly seventy fifth of all gallstones. Super saturation of steroid alcohol in gall, the nucleation and growth of crystals within the vesica, and vesica dysmotility square measure necessary factors in calculus pathological
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DOI: 12/2/2015. Patient is a 41-year-old male yard helper who sustained an injury when he slipped and fell over a pipe. Per OMNI entry, he is status post L5-S1 fusion on 9/29/2016. Based on the medical report dated 12/22/16, the patient presents 3 months post operatively from a L5-S1 anterior lumbar interbody fusion. He reports that his back pain has been worse in the last 2 weeks. He is having lower back pain that is more constant and severe. The numbness on his left leg is back and it happens
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I chose the patient, William Bentley who is 59 years old male for Week 6 Forum topic. His medical history is he has shortness of breath with progressive since 3 months ago. He is a heavy smoker for over 40 years and alcohol consuming, too. There are some risk factors in order to treatment under the hospital. If he doesn’t control his shortness of breath, he has to admission, immediately. I focused assessment his shortness of breath on week 6 forum. There is activity intolerance due to short of
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1,4-Diaryl-azetidin-2-ones John W. Clader et al (J. Med. Chem. 1996, 39, 3684-3693) reported a series of azetidinone cholesterol absorption inhibitors related to compound 2(6 in paper). They focused on detailed structure-activity relationship of azetidinone compounds to probe the effect and sensitivity of the nature and pattern of substitution on the hypocholesterolemic activity in 7-day cholesterol-fed hamster model. Investigation identified that 4-alkoxyphenyl and absolute stereochemistry at
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Alternative Treatments The most successful ADHD treatments involves the child’s environment. Even with the help of pharmaceuticals, the more significant progresses occur with the help and support of family, teachers, psychologists and physicians. These are at the source of two important alternative treatment options: diet and nutrition, and behavior modification therapy (Millichap, 2010). Diet and Nutrition According to Millichap (2010), “of all the alternative therapies proposed for the treatment
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I have spent most of my childhood in the hospital or sick, so growing up has been different from most children and teens. Since the age of 4, I have received multiple diagnoses. My illnesses have kept me from attending social events. My illnesses have kept me from attending school. Most importantly, I have been unable to make and keep friends. All of my diagnoses affect my life in some capacity. However, the most restrictive are Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura, Lupus, Avascular Necrosis
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