180 articles on "patient"

Abortion Pill or Surgery: Making the Best Choice

If you are in the early stages and wish to end a pregnancy, the next question is to choose the kind of abortion that is right for you and your personal circumstances. This is of course, largely a matter of individual choice. More and more women are b...

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Eating Disorders and the Narcissist

Eating Disorders and the Narcissist by: Sam Vaknin Patients suffering from eating disorders binge on food and sometimes are both anorectic and bulimic. This is an impulsive behaviour as defined by the DSM (particularly in the case of BPD and to ...

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Huge Advances in Soft Multi-focal Contact Lenses

Huge Advances in Soft Multi-focal Contact Lenses by: Steve Cogger Many of our emerging presbyopes are already accustomed to the comfort of soft contact lenses, switching them to GP multi-focal is far from an ideal solution. Soft multi-focal cont...

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Agranulocytosis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Agranulocytosis is a disease which is similar to skin cancer. That disease may be broadly divided into 2 categories: hereditary and acquired disease. It involves a reduction of the white blood cells in the body. This condition is known by the name of...

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Dysphagia Diagnosis and Research

Swallowing is something we all take for granted, it is easy and something we do without even thinking about the process involved. In fact there are over 50 sets of muscles and thousands of nerves involved in the process of getting the food you are ea...

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Why am I mad at Merck over Vioxx

What is disturbing to me, is that given years of evidence that there was a risk of stroke and heart attack from Vioxx, Merck did NOT set out to study the cardiac impact rather only when it had an opportunity to add a new market for the drug did the...

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Medical Supply Cases for Insulin and Diabetics

Medical Supply Cases for Insulin and Diabetics by: Lala C. Ballatan Medical supply manufacturers are continuously conceptualizing medical supplies needed by people who are in delicate health condition – medical supplies that may enable the pat...

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Behavioral Manifestations of Alzheimer’s Dementia

Behavioral Manifestations of Alzheimer’s Dementia by: Michael G. Rayel, MDAlzheimer’s Dementia has a combination of cognitive and behavioral manifestations. Cognitive impairment is the core problem which includes memory deficits and at least...

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What Exactly Is A Gastric Bypass

A gastric bypass means that you cut the stomach high up so that you separate the stomach in two parts - a small upper part and a large lower part. The upper part is then connected to the small bowel a bit downstream on the small bowel. The larger low...

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NY Alcohol Treatment: Making Alcoholism Recovery Possible

Alcoholism dependence is a condition that leads to sober health problems if taken for granted. Drug Rehab Center NY, as the best NY Alcohol Treatment center offers affordable rates to individuals who need immediate response about their condition. Acc...

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