MSSW JAYWANT [] Acute coronary syndrome is a term used for any condition brought on by sudden‚ reduced blood flow to the heart. Table of Contents ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN OLD AGE. DEFINITION Acute coronary syndrome is a term used for any condition brought on by sudden‚ reduced blood flow to the heart. Acute coronary syndrome symptoms may include the type of chest pressure that you feel during a heart attack‚ or pressure in your chest while you’re at rest or doing light
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Cushing’s Syndrome and Hyperpigmentation Cushing’s syndrome is caused by abnormally high levels of cortisol. Cortisol is a steroid hormone that helps the body react to stress‚ regulate blood pressure‚ and metabolize food. Cortisol is produced by the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are part of our endocrine system and produce hormones that regulate our organs‚ tissues‚ and glands throughout the body. When cortisol levels are low the hypothalamus‚ a gland located in the lower portion
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MY VISION OF THE FUTURE Reimagining India’s Present most of us have a massive psychological barrier against looking seriously at the future. Many nurture the not unnatural‚ latent fear that any engagement with the future will turn out to be an acknowledgement of their mortality and the transience of their world. Different cultures handle this fear differently. In India’s middle-class culture‚ attempts to look at the future often end up as tame‚ defensive litanies of moral platitudes or
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conditions‚ including “Hurler syndrome” as the most severe‚ “Hurler-Scheie syndrome” as moderately severe‚ and “Scheie syndrome” as the least severe. Hurler’s syndrome affects young children‚ resulting in serious developmental delays‚ severe physical problems‚ and early deaths. Therefore‚ due to its austerity‚ this paper will mainly focus on a distinct review of Hurler’s syndrome’s etiology‚ epidemiology‚ pathology‚ symptoms and treatments. Etiology: Hurler’s syndrome is one of the inherited diseases
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EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME WHAT IS THE EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME? • EDS is a group of rare inherited disorders • The disorder weakens connective tissues • Connective tissues support joints‚ blood vessels‚ skin and other organs • There are 6 major types of EDS • Different types are classified according to appearance of signs and symptoms. – Hypermobility – Classical – Vascular – Kyphoscoliosis – Arthrochalasis – Dermatosparaxis WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS? • Overly flexible joints • Hypermobility
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People and children living in absolute poverty have extreme difficulty surviving. Poverty at its worst involves hunger leading to starvation‚ inadequate shelter or housing‚ and lack of clothing. Absolute poverty is more common in third world countries but also exists in richer countries. In countries such as Africa‚ Asia‚ and South America poverty often affects the majority of the population. Richer countries have poor who are the minority and suffer relative poverty. As food prices rise worldwide
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Fighting computer addiction in kids (The Philippine Star) November 28‚ 2010 MANILA‚ Philippines – The computer may have made life easier and tasks faster. But like all good things‚ it can be abused and lead to addiction‚ especially in children. They can be so obsessed with computers they no longer have room for ordinary routines in daily life. Computer addicts run the gamut of video and online game players‚ viewers of Internet pornography‚ people in chat rooms‚ those who always check their
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The Amish BY: Lauren Mckoy Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Professer: Harry Sanabria 11/26/2012 The past few weeks in my life have really had an impact on me. In such a short period of time‚ I have become more aware of the different cultures that exist around the world today. We tend to think that our way of life is the only way there is‚ or at least the only right way. It is very ignorant to think that everyone believes and behaves the
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Aspergers Syndrome is a lifelong neurobiological disorder of social interaction and behavior (Frith 2004; Wing 1981; Gillberg and Gillberg 1989; Klin et al. 2000). The purpose of this study was to study the language performance in school-aged children with Aspergers Syndrome along with their age‚ sex‚ and IQ matched controls. Prior to the study‚ they expected children with Aspergers Syndrome to perform below average in the selected measures of language due to their difficulties in language development
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Hello everyone‚ This is Elnora‚ and today I’m going to talk about Tourette Syndrome. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF TOURETTE SYNDROME? People with Tourette Syndrome have two kinds of tics. Motor‚ or vocal tics. Motor tics are movements‚ hand shaking‚ blinking‚ shaking‚ etc. Vocal tics are sounds‚ throat clearing‚ squeaking‚ humming etc. All tics are involuntary‚ meaning that you can’t control them‚ which could get you in social trouble‚ if your tic looks voluntary‚ kissing‚ pinching‚ etc. People with
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