Xenotransplantation could be used to treat severe burns, dealing with the issue of closure and coverage, with the best source currently being fresh cadaver allografts, of which there is a great shortage (Ge, et al., 2010). One promising breakthrough has been using CTLA4Ig (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated...
Music is a form of art which has accompanied humankind since the origins of our species. Starting from the early primitive instruments used by our cave-dwelling ancestors, and ending up with modern synthesizers and computer programs that create new musical sounds, human beings have constantly...
All drugs have some benefits and some side effects. The most popular side-effect associated with statins is muscle pain, it is due to particular concern about a link between statins and a potentially fatal muscle condition called rhabdomyolysis. Many papers have examined the prevalence of...
Introduction The word materiovigilance is a combination of two words – ‘material’ which means ‘a physical substance that things can be made from’ and ‘vigilance’ which means ‘more careful attention, especially in order to notice possible danger’. Hence the term materiovigilance is defined as “close...
Medicinal plants are considered as a rich resources of ingredients which can be used in drug development either pharmacopoeial, non- pharmacopoeial or synthetic drugs. A part from that, these plants play a critical role in the development of human cultures around the whole world. Moreover,...
Introduction 300w Surgical site infections (SSI) are commonest nosocomial infections after Urinary tract infections (UTI), responsible for increasing cost, substantial morbidity and occasional mortality related to surgical operations and continue to be major problem even in hospital with most modern facilities and standard protocols of...
Abstract This research refers to listeners’ experience of music that evokes sadness. Sadness is a very important emotion that can be observed to all people. It is typically assumed to be undesirable and is therefore usually avoided in everyday life. Yet the question remains: Why...
Acupunture for gall stones: It is unclear whether acupuncture, by itself, can cause expulsion of gallstones, but acupuncture is used to treat symptoms of gallstones, such as billiary colic. The two acupuncture points mentioned qimen (LV-14) and riyue (GB-24), are the main ones mentioned in...
In one or the other way life on earth depends on pigments like how plants prepare their own food with chlorophyll and oxygen carried in the body with hemoglobin (Britton, 1995). Pigments as coloring agents was used from prehistoric times, it was proven when pigments...
Since the 1930s there has been research involving natural alternative medicine. Here are some notable examples of physicians who came to note the power of natural medicine.Dr’s. Wilfred and Evan Shute. In 1933 Dr’s. Wilfred and Evan Shute were some of the first doctors to...
Cloning has been a controversial topic over the globe since before Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996, and it has recently turned into a real possibility that seems to be considerably more attainable now than it was twenty years ago. (The National Human Genome...
Stem cells are the undifferentiated biological cells that can develop too many different cell types of the body during early life and growth. To our body, the stem cells are like an internal repair system. A stem cell divides and each new cell can remain...
America is obsessed with drugs. Prescription Drug companies are legal drug dealers, while those marketing illegal recreational drug of a lesser degree like marijuana are persecuted. However, the true criminals are the pharmaceutical drug companies whose mal intentions do more harm than good- destroying our...
It is well known that drugs as cocaine, marihuana, heroin or any other drug have destructive consequences on addicts. It is often said by the opponents of legalizing drugs that it can lead to health problems since it is dangerous to the body especially the...
The War on Drugs is the attempt of preventing people from using substances that are considered bad for consumption. The American government has waged a war on drugs for several years. Since its declaration, the war on drugs has coasted several billions of dollars and...
“Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.” (APTA). This is the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) vision for all members and Physical Therapist. As a student, in a doctorate of physical therapy (DPT) program, I want to reflect on how that vision...
The medical field has been known for its importance in society and the stresses associated with it. The Doctor of Medicine program is a post-graduate course that consists of 3 years of classroom education and 1 year of clinical clerkship before graduation. Medical students are...
In my country, Bangladesh, there is a stereotypical conception that if a student doesn’t accomplish his undergraduate degree from a renowned government academy, he is incompetent. But I always begged to differ and rather believed that if a person is genuinely meritorious and diligent, he...
The patient protection and affordable care act is a significant healthcare reforms act which has been developed to ensure that the quality of healthcare is affordable to majority of the United States citizens. The affordable care act has significant emphasis on the quality of care...