Leeches in medicine Leeches belong to the phylum Annelida‚ class Hirudinea. They are exoparasites‚ meaning that they are located on the skin surface. Leeches feed on blood‚ they use suckers to attach on their hosts skin. They are dorso-ventrally flattened‚ have segmented bodies = each leech has a fixed number of segments – 34. 2 suckers are located at each end of the body (posterior and anterior). Leeches are hermaphrodites. Leaches are bilaterally symmetrical‚ with thick muscular segmented bodies
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Evolutionary Medicine For many years‚ evolutionary principles have helped with many different aspects of the medical field. These principles have significantly helped with providing scientists with helpful information in understanding different illness‚ and issues that arise in the medical field. More specifically‚ the cooperation of evolutionary biology with modern medicine has helped with understanding antibiotic resistance and susceptibility‚ spread of disease‚ and development of cancer. I will
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The Right Medicine – 对症下药 Having chosen the particular subject of Medicine for our research article‚ we picked up “The Right Medicine” as our article topic. With the modern advances of science‚ we‚ young adults‚ often ask ourselves who should we follow‚ scientific reason or traditional remedies? Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a
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LEGAL MEDICINE Identification of Persons Importance 1. For the living a. amnesia‚ coma‚ infants and other mental defects b. cases of paternity and filiations for purposes of inheritance‚ support and parental authority c. cases involving personal crime: rape‚ murder‚ physical injuries (for the culprit) 2. For the dead a. for proper administration of justice particularly in suspicious death occurrences
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Photoplethysmography (PPG) system Geert Langereis‚ Version 2‚ February 2010 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 2 1.1 1.2 Background on photoplethysmography (PPG) ...................................................................... 2 Specifications of the PPG implementation in this report ....................................................... 2 The optoelectronic parts ...........
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Malnutrition Submitted in partial fulfillment of the Requirements in English IV San Juan National High School San Juan‚ La Union By: Joel Acosta IV-Rizal Presented to: Mrs. Cleofe O. Normand Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 Statement of the Problem 3 Significance of the study 3 Scope and Delimitation 3 CHAPTER 2 Methodology 4 Definition of Terms 4 CHAPTER 3 I. Causes of Malnutrition 5 II. Ways to
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Veterinary Medicine When you walk into a veterinary office‚ you may think it would be wonderful to be a veterinarian and it must be great to be able to help save animals’ lives every day you come to work. This is true‚ but being a veterinarian is not easy and schooling to become a veterinarian is equally as tough. Veterinary medicine is a great career‚ but it involves a lot of hard work and dedication. I asked veterinarian Dr. Bill Baumgartner why he decided to become a Veterinarian and he replied
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which the person’s red blood cells are crescent shape instead of round‚ would use dance to forget about the pain she was in. Being able to forget the pain is an amazing feeling and its even better when you are forgetting about it by doing something you love‚ even if you are confined to a bed. Even if I cannot feel the pain these people are feeling I know I can sense what they are thinking. This program is truly eye opening and shows that through the use of the arts people who normally give up hope can
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136 © 2006 IMIA and Schattauer GmbH Electronic Health Record Standards D. Kalra CHIME‚ University College London‚ London‚ United Kingdom Objectives:This paper seeks to provide an overview of the initiatives that are proceeding internationally to develop standards for the exchange of electronic health record (EHR) information between EHR systems. Methods:The paper reviews the clinical and ethico-legal requirements and research background on the representation and communication of EHR data‚
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Personal Development‚ Health and Physical Education Assessment Task Timing Year 11 Term 4 Tuesday 22nd October 2013 Unit Sports Medicine Weighting 30% Outcomes A student: Analyses the influence of socio-cultural factors on the way people participate in and value physical activity and sport (H12) Devises methods of gathering‚ interpreting and communicating information about health and physical activity concepts (H16) Assessment Task Research Assignment and Scenario
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