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Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Pelvic Organ Prolapse samer kareem 4,036 Views • 3 years ago

Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when a pelvic organ-such as your bladder-drops (prolapses) from its normal place in your lower belly and pushes against the walls of your vagina. This can happen when the muscles that hold your pelvic organs in place get weak or stretched from childbirth or surgery.

Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines samer kareem 4,036 Views • 3 years ago

Benzodiazepines are a class of agents that work on the central nervous system, acting selectively on gamma-aminobutyric acid-A (GABA-A) receptors in the brain. GABA is a neurotransmitter that inhibits or reduces the activity of nerve cells (neurons) within the brain. Benzodiazepines open GABA-activated chloride channels, and allow chloride ions to enter the neuron. This makes the neuron negatively charged and resistant to excitation.

Premature Baby's
Premature Baby's samer kareem 4,035 Views • 3 years ago

Premature Baby's Brief Life Touches Many Others

Have you ever swallowed something that wasn`t meant to be ingested?
Have you ever swallowed something that wasn`t meant to be ingested? samer kareem 4,033 Views • 3 years ago

Have you ever swallowed something that wasn`t meant to be ingested?

Explain About Brazilian Butt Lift Surgery by Dr Ajaya Kashyap, Delhi, India
Explain About Brazilian Butt Lift Surgery by Dr Ajaya Kashyap, Delhi, India Dr Ajaya Kashyap 4,025 Views • 3 years ago

Explain About Brazilian Butt Lift Surgery by Dr Ajaya Kashyap, Delhi, India

McRoberts Maneuver for Shoulder Dystocia Birth
McRoberts Maneuver for Shoulder Dystocia Birth Scott Stevens 4,022 Views • 3 years ago

McRoberts Maneuver for Shoulder Dystocia Birth

World Cup: first kick by a Paralyzed teen
World Cup: first kick by a Paralyzed teen Magdy 4,018 Views • 3 years ago

A paralyzed teenager will make the first kick at the 2014 World Cup before the opening match between Brazil v. Croatia. The exoskeleton, which is enabling the paralyzed teen to walk and kick a soccer ball, has been designed by Duke University supported by the Walk Again Project. This monumental step in technology will make for a very exciting first kick, and let's not forget that this teenager will be walking when prior knowledge told us that was impossible. What are your thoughts on the opening kick?

Bilateral renal arterial stenosis
Bilateral renal arterial stenosis samer kareem 4,014 Views • 3 years ago

Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or more arteries that carry blood to your kidneys (renal arteries). Narrowing of the arteries prevents normal amounts of oxygen-rich blood from reaching your kidneys. Your kidneys need adequate blood flow to help filter waste products and remove excess fluids. Reduced blood flow may increase blood pressure in your whole body (systemic blood pressure) and injure kidney tissue.

Intestinal Lymphangiectasia
Intestinal Lymphangiectasia samer kareem 4,014 Views • 3 years ago

Idiopathic Hypoproteinemia or Intestinal Lymphangiectasia is a malabsorption disease due to abnormalities of the lymph vessels.

Pain In The Gut
Pain In The Gut Kevin Anderson 4,005 Views • 3 years ago

Ulcerative Colitis is a painful disease that affects over 100,000 Canadians.

Perspectives on Better Health 2020
Perspectives on Better Health 2020 Mptvideo1 4,002 Views • 3 years ago

The goal of McKesson's Better Health 2020™ campaign is to look toward the future that positions you to use healthcare IT in a more strategic way to improve business practice, overall care, and connectivity.iew this video to see what current McKesson customers have to say about the future of healthcare and healthcare information technology, including their hopes, fears, expectations and excitement about the future.

Osteomyelitis of sternum after open heart surgery
Osteomyelitis of sternum after open heart surgery samer kareem 4,002 Views • 3 years ago

Osteomyelitis of sternum after open heart surgery

How to make a Thoracentesis
How to make a Thoracentesis samer kareem 4,001 Views • 3 years ago

Thoracentesis is a minimally invasive procedure used to diagnose and treat pleural effusions, a condition in which there is excess fluid in the pleural space, also called the pleural cavity. This space exists between the outside of the lungs and the inside of the chest wall.

Barbed Suture Technology in Plastic Surgery
Barbed Suture Technology in Plastic Surgery samer kareem 3,997 Views • 3 years ago

Barbed sutures first received US Food and Drug Administration approval for soft tissue approximation in 2005 and early adopters readily embraced this device to develop new techniques. It has become apparent that the advantages are more than just "skin deep." Superficial and deep fascia, cartilage, tendon, joint capsule, and fibrous periprosthetic capsules can also be manipulated. Barbed sutures have revolutionized our approach to facial rejuvenation and body contouring by enhancing our ability to quilt and powerfully lift tissue. The elimination of surgical drains and shorter surgical times has made this a true boon for plastic surgeons as well as many other surgical specialists. This article summarizes some of the current and evolving applications of this exciting new tool.

How Much Salt Do Humans Need?
How Much Salt Do Humans Need? samer kareem 3,993 Views • 3 years ago

1500 mg of sodium amounts to 0.75 teaspoons or 3.75 grams of salt per day, while 2300 mg amounts to one teaspoon or 6 grams of salt per day. Most people today are eating much more than that. The average intake of sodium is about 3400 mg, most of it coming from processed foods.

Insulin Pump
Insulin Pump samer kareem 3,988 Views • 3 years ago

www.diabetes.org > Living With Diabetes > Treatment and Care > Medication > Insulin & Other Injectables Share: Print PageText Size:A A A Listen How Do Insulin Pumps Work? If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel overwhelmed by all the new information you have learned and will continue to learn about managing your diabetes. You already know your main goal should be to get your blood glucose (sugar) levels under control in order to increase your chances of a complication-free life. Many people know this, but need to know how to achieve good diabetes management, while balancing the day-to-day demands of diabetes with other life demands. An insulin pump can help you manage your diabetes. By using an insulin pump, you can match your insulin to your lifestyle, rather than getting an insulin injection and matching your life to how the insulin is working. When you work closely with your diabetes care team, insulin pumps can help you keep your blood glucose levels within your target ranges. People of all ages with type 1 diabetes use insulin pumps and people with type 2 diabetes have started to use them as well. - See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/medication/insulin/how-do-insulin-pumps-work.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#sthash.XD56v351.dpuf

Huge Pimple Draining
Huge Pimple Draining samer kareem 3,986 Views • 3 years ago

Huge Pimple Draining

Ganglion Cyst Surgery
Ganglion Cyst Surgery samer kareem 3,985 Views • 3 years ago

Surgery involves removing the cyst as well as part of the involved joint capsule or tendon sheath, which is considered the root of the ganglion. Even after excision, there is a small chance the ganglion will return. A ganglion cyst at the wrist is removed during a surgical procedure called excision.

What the world looks like if you have retinitis pigmentosa
What the world looks like if you have retinitis pigmentosa samer kareem 3,978 Views • 3 years ago

Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia samer kareem 3,977 Views • 3 years ago

Formerly called toxemia, preeclampsia is a condition that pregnant women develop. It is marked by high blood pressure in women who have previously not experienced high blood pressure before. Preeclamptic women will have a high level of protein in their urine and often also have swelling in the feet, legs, and hands. This condition usually appears late in pregnancy, generally after the 20 week mark, although it can occur earlier

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