Battling for Two Decades: Michael J. Fox v.s. Parkinson’s Disease The most memorable moments in television and film history are marked by their ability to remain in the hearts and minds of society. These pieces of entertainment are generally known as the classics‚ for possessing some factor that appeals to the world. Often times‚ the classics can be easily distinguished by society’s eternal use of quotes taken from film. Certain films have a phrase‚ a couple of words‚ that instantly triggers the
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Scheuer‚T.‚ Zheng‚ N. and Catterall‚ W.A. 2011. The crystal structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel. Nature. 475. pp.353-359 Yiangou‚ Y.‚ Facer‚ P.‚ Chessell‚ L.P. and Bountra‚ C. 2007. Voltage-gated ion channel Nav1.7 innervation in patients with idiopathic rectal hypersensitivity and paroxysmal extreme pain disorder (familial rectal pain). Neuroscience letters. 427. pp.77-82 Yu‚ F.H. and Catterall‚ W. 2003. Overview of the voltage-gated sodium channel family. Genome biology. 4 (3). article
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Consciousness: Sleep‚ Dreams‚ Hypnosis‚ and Drugs Roberto Diaz was very anxious. He was nearing the end of his freshman semester when he suddenly remembered that he had signed up for another class and had never attended it. He couldn’t even remember the name of the course‚ but exams were coming on fast and he was absolutely sure that he was going to fail that “mystery” class. To make things worse‚ he’d been searching for this “lost course” for five nights in a row. Each time he woke up…fearful
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Medicines Complete- side effects of corticosteriods. http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/bnf/current/PHP4353-side-effects-of-corticosteroids.htm (accessed 11 March 2013). 12. Kapp A. Demarteau N. Cost Effectiveness of Levocetirizine in Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria. Clinical Drug Investigations 2006; 26(1): 1-11. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/521307 (accessed 8 March 2013). 13. Khan DA. Chronic Urticaria: Standard management and patient education. www.uptodare.com/contents/chronic-urticaria-standard-management_and_patient_education
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for presenting symptoms (e.g. schizoaffective disorder). A major depressive episode is defined as the presence of at least five of the following symptoms; depressed mood‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ significant weight loss or gain‚ insomnia or hypersomnia‚ psychomotor agitation or retardation‚ fatigue‚ feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt‚ lack of concentration or indecisiveness‚ and recurrent thoughts of death. To qualify as a major depressive episode‚ the five presenting symptoms must
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Describe etiology‚ pathophysiology‚ signs/symptoms‚ and nursing care of a client experiencing stress. Etiology of Stress: Situational Factors: Situational stress arises from personal or family job changes or relocation. Stressful job changes include: downsizing‚ transfers‚ promotions‚ restructuring‚ changes in supervisors‚ and additional responsibilities. Adjusting to chronic illnesses can make one feel stressed. Common diseases such as obesity‚ hypertension‚ diabetes
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Editors: Butkov‚ Nic; Lee-Chiong‚ Teofilo Title: Fundamentals of Sleep Technology‚ 1st Edition Copyright ©2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins > Front of Book > Editors Editors in Chief Nic Butkov RPSGT Teofilo Lee-Chiong MD Administrative Editors James Len Shigley RPSGT Mary Jones-Parker RPSGT Pediatric Section Editor Lee J. Brooks MD Editorial Board Debra A. Akers RRT‚ RPSGT Claude Albertario RPSGT Karen Allen PSGT Jon W. Atkinson BS‚ RPSGT Eric Bell PhD‚ DABSM‚ RPSGT Allen Boone RPSGT Thom
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Bipolar disorder is one of the oldest known illnesses. Extensive research reveals that there was some mention of the symptoms in early medical records‚ which date back to the 1600’s. Bipolar was first noticed as far back as the second century. Aretaeus of Cappadocia (a city in ancient Turkey) first recognized some symptoms of mania and depression‚ and felt they could be linked to each other. Aretaeus’s findings went unnoticed and unsubstantiated until 1650‚ when a scientist named Richard Burton wrote
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Asthma Jennifer Martinez Asthma Case Study Mr. Vargas‚ a 45-year-old male patient is rushed in to the emergency room by his wife. The patient is short of breath and gasping for air has dyspnea and audible wheezing on expiration. Mr. Vargas stated to the nurse that he noted his difficulty in breathing while going up a flight of stairs in his building. The patient complained of an “annoying and nagging cough” with persistent chest tightness. The patient also stated that everytime he coughed
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PRESENTATION BY: GIZELLE WILKINSON SUBJECT: ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION STUDENT NUMBER: M00037713 CLINICAL SCIENCES II INTRODUCTION Essential hypertension‚ otherwise known as primary or idiopathic hypertension‚ is a condition of raised blood pressure with no identifiable cause. Secondary hypertension occurs when blood pressure elevation results from a specific and potentially treatable cause. These include renal diseases‚ endocrine causes‚ congenital cardiovascular causes
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