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Malnutrition is widespread among older persons and represents a serious health problem. Its prevalence varies widely in different population subgroups and is generally increasing with decreasing health and functional status and increasing dependency and disability. Whereas in the community less than 10% of independently living older persons are affected, the prevalence increases up to 50% or even more in nursing-home residents, geriatric patients in acute-care hospitals and patients in geriatric…

things people say after someone has climbed Mount Everest or any other high-altitude mountain. The question most should be asking is was it worth it? Varying degrees of mountain sickness can affect a climber. They range from just headaches as a result of acute mountain sickness to death from High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE). High altitude climbing can also kill brain cells, which can impact a person later in life. High-altitude climbing is very dangerous because of the neurological toll it…

Scleroderma is a rare disease that causes the skin to become thick and hard. It’s a rare disease that can be life threatening. More than 75% of people that get this chronic disease are women. There are usually two types of scleroderma, localized and systemic scleroderma. Localized scleroderma usually only affects the skin, and systemic scleroderma is more serious. It affects the skin, muscles, blood vessels, and organs. The cause of scleroderma is unknown and there is no cure for this disease at…

I asked what the milligrams were and he replied he did not know. The defendant stated he got the pills from his…

in deciding the rate of risk of suffering from a cardiovascular or heart disease are age, gender, diet, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco consumption, genetic factors, pre-existing diseases and geographical location. Most heart diseases affects older adults. In fact with every decade, the chances of getting a heart disease increases threefold. Gender wise, men are more prone to develop a cardiovascular or heart disease than women. Of all the deaths caused by heart diseases, 80% among men…

Wound is a case of injury that is often experienced by humans due to trauma with the occurrence of tissue damage. One type of injury is an injury caused by a sharp object such as a knife or a scalpel. Injuries can occur in diabetics. The Chinese castor plant (Jatropha multifida L.) has long been used to treat wounds. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of gel preparation and transdermal patch of ethyl acetate extract of J. multifida L. sticks to the length of wound closure, the…

Although anorexia nervosa wreaks havoc on most major organ systems of the body, the most life-threatening injury is done to the heart. Cardiovascular complications start with the loss of heart muscle, leading to abnormal heart rhythms and low blood pressure. As the emaciated body loses muscle, the heart muscle loses mass and complications such as bradycardia and hypotension arise. Brown and Mehler (2015) have observed, “bradycardia (pulse <60) and hypotension are among the most common…

Congenital anomalies are important causes of fetal deaths; thus, it becomes mandatory to determine the incidence and prevalence of congenital abnormalities in society. The present study demonstrated the hospital admission of neonate due to congenital anomalies and mortality of neonate related to it in a tertiary care hospital of Chittagong district, Bangladesh. In the present study, congenital heart disease was commonest. 62 (59%) of congenital anomalies due to heart defect. Other CAs was 43…

The contraindications of Amiloride is including patients who have liver problems, kidney disease, kidney problems causing a decreased amount of urine, kidney disease from diabetes, diabetes, low amount of sodium in the blood, acidosis, high amount of potassium in the blood [5]. The major adverse effects of Amiloride is abdominal pain; confusion; difficulty with breathing; irregular heartbeat; nausea or vomiting; nervousness;…

irregular heartbeat, or a heart attack (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [NIH], 2014a). Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, affecting one in every four women in the United States. In Iowa, heart disease accounts for 31.4% of the deaths, with 12 women dying from heart disease or stroke each day. In 2009, 3,485 women died from heart disease (American Heart Association [AHA], 2012).…