How does ADHD and/or autism impact on the pupil, other pupils, teachers and the whole school? Introduction and Overview First, is to define ADHD and Autism: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that tampers with major parts of the brain that is related the control of a person’s attention, activity and emotions which […]
A Discussion on Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Efficacy and Controversy
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp A Discussion on Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Efficacy and Controversy Objectives: This report will discuss the efficiency of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and it will touch on some of the social and ethical controversies surrounding vaccination programs for sexually transmitted diseases. HPV’s direct connections to many types of cancers which require different vaccination processes […]
A Disorder That Affects The Endocrine System Medical Essay
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp The patient chosen to partake in this project is a 54 year old male of Asian origin, diagnosed 8 years ago, at 46 years old suffering from Type II Diabetes. Health Issue Diabetes Mellitus is a disorder that affects the endocrine system, as it is this system that controls and regulates the hormones […]
Advanced breast cancer
Background Cancer accounts for 13% of all deaths in 2007, making it the largest cause of mortality worldwide and is the leading cause of premature death in Scotland. 2,22 Out of the staggering figure of 27,500 new cases that were diagnosed on that same year in Scotland, 4044 of them are breast cancer cases, making […]
Advances and Challenges for the Malaria Vaccine
Malaria is still a significant problem in third-world countries, what advances have been made in vaccine design and what are the challenges remaining? SUMMARY In a phase III clinical trial RTS,S/AS01 was administered once a month for three months to African children (5-17 aged months) and infants (aged 6-12 weks) with one group receiving a […]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Medication for Children Diagnosed with ADHD
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp ADHD, also known as Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; is a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes and imbalance, deficiency, or inefficiency in brain chemicals, effecting certain regions of individuals brains (Edmunds, 2018. P.152.). The three principle characteristics that make up ADHD are; impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattention (Wender, 2002). Hyperactivity characteristics can be seen in fidgeting, restlessness, […]
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting: a Novel Approach
ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING, A NOVEL APPROACH Author: Abdul Latif Sheikh*, Ale Zehra*, Salwa Zubair*, Muhammad Zeeshan Khan* ABSTRACT: Globally adverse drug reactions (ADRs) has major contribution in public health cost & mortality ratio. Therefore it’s a crucial time for an ongoing ADR-monitoring and new easy advance reporting program which provides benefits to the […]
Aerobic and Resistance Training Effect on Lipoprotein Levels
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp INTRODUCTION Obesity in adult population is related to obesity during their childhood. In addition, obese adolescents are at risk of developing obesity as adults, who tend to have abnormal lipid and glucose levels (1). Obesity is one of the major risk factor for developing cardiovascular diseases (14) Altered metabolism of lipids is observed […]
Alcohol-Related Liver Disease (ARLD) Case Study
INTRODUCTION The case study examines Edward, a 63 year old man with a history of alcohol- related liver disease (ARLD). He has deranged coagulation with an INR of 2.6 and raised transaminases. Clinically, he looks jaundiced and increasingly confused. He is oliguric and requires increasing oxygen support. The essay will briefly discuss on ARLD and […]
Algorithms for pre-processing and processing stages of x-ray images
Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp 1.1 Introduction This chapter presents algorithms for pre-processing and processing stages of both cervical and lumbar vertebrae x-ray images. Pre-processing stage here is the process of locating and enhancement the spine regionof interestin the x-ray image, where the processing stage includes the shape boundary representation and segmentation algorithms based feature vectors extraction and […]