.... and protection of body parts. The next one is the Muscular System. It is composed of muscles (dah). The muscles are divided in visceral or involuntary or smooth (The one in the organs, like intestines), skeletal or voluntary or striated (found superficial to the bones, like biceps, triceps...) and cardiac (heart). Their functions are movement, to maintain body posture & tone and in the production of body heat. Now its time for the Nervous System. Its constructed of the brain, the spinal cord and the nerves (neurons). Its functions are to communicate (fast with short duration), integration, and to control. The subsequent system is the Endocrine System (known .....

.... cramps, pruritus, and finally uterine cramps. (Physician Assistant, 8/94) The above list is by no means exhaustive, specific symptoms vary from person to person. The same person suffering from several anaphylactic reactions can also present with differing symptoms. Physiologically speaking, the two main effects of the body's released mediators (IgE) during an anaphylactic reaction are smooth muscle contraction and vasodilatation, which cause most of the body's adverse symptoms. (JAMA, 11/26/82) Since the most life threatening reactions usually involve the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, that is where emergency treatment is focused. In the car .....

.... these drugs are concerned that the doctors who prescribe these drugs may not be warning the couples about the risks involved in taking the drugs. Babies born under these drugs may be multiples, which could include the babies being born premature or, having a high risk of developing numerous health problems. Other ways of becoming pregnant include IVF (In-Vertro Fertilization), which takes healthy sperm and a healthy egg and conception in a test tube occurs and then it is transplanted back into the mothers’ womb. This also can create multiple births because of the high number eggs that must be used in order to up the potential of “making a baby”. Many of the .....

.... in even one of them can damage processes and result in imbalances which may develop into diseases. That is why biologic nutrition does not put limitations on any nutritious foods. The only exceptions are foods that cause allergies, which should be given up completely. Although there is no general formula to determine individual vitamin requirements, there is the recognition that vitamins play a role in preventing disease and maintaining health. Vitamins do not contain calories and do not supply energy. In other words, they do not contribute to weight gain. They are, however, most important as constituents of enzymes, those organic catalysts which enable b .....

.... home. As the wide range of services available in the medical field expanded, the need for more hospitals increased. With the increased demand for hospitals, also came the increased demand for more hospital health care workers. Now as we are in the 21st century, the trend is again changing. Caring for the patient in their home is growing at a very rapid rate. In the following pages, I hope to familiarize individuals with home health care nursing. First, I will explain the increasing need for home health care nursing. Next, I will talk about DRG’s and how this type of insurance guideline determines what type of care a patient will receive. Then I will .....

.... single X chromosome that is effected cannot compensate for the lack, and hence will show the defect. In females, however, only one of the two chromosomes will be abnormal. (unless she is unlucky enough to inherit haemophilia from both sides of the family, which is rare.)2 The other chromosome is likely to be normal and she can therefore compensate for this defect. There are two types of haemophilia, haemophilia A and B. Haemophilia A is a hereditary disorder in which bleeding is due to deficiency of the coagulation factor VIII (VIII:C)3. In most of the cases, this coagulant protein is reduced but in a rare amount of cases, this protein is present by immu .....

.... confused - Borderline Personality Disorder. According to The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Press, 1994), “Adolescents and young adults with identity problems may transiently display behaviors that misleadingly give the impression of Borderline Personality Disorder.” The reason for this is because some of the symptoms of Borderline patients are like the characteristics of adolescence. Examples of these would be uncertainty of life and career choices, sexual promiscuity, and substance abuse. However, those with Borderline Personality Disorder(B.P.D.) must also have these symptoms: 1. Frantic efforts to avoid .....

.... numbness or paralysis of a limb or a loss of voice or a blindness--could be caused by unconscious wishes or forgotten memories. (Hysteria is now commonly referred to as conversion disorder.) The French neurologist Jean Martin CHARCOT tried to rid the mind of undesirable thoughts through hypnotic suggestion, but without lasting success. Josef Breuer, a Viennese physician, achieved better results by letting Anna O., a young woman patient, try to empty her mind by just telling him all of her thoughts and feelings. Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and, using these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was go .....