Dysfunction

Middle/ Thoracic Spine The thoracic spine joins the cervical spine and extends down past the bottom of the shoulder blades, where it connects with the lumbar spine. The thoracic spine made up of twelve vertebrae, labelled T1-T12 is built for stability, holding the body upright and providing protection for the vital organs in the chest. The most common cause of thoracic back pain is due to muscular irritation or other soft tissue problems, caused by lack of strength, poor posture, prolonged…

correlated the significant change in the left hippocampal volume. These results had supported the relationship between the hippocampal dysfunction and post traumatic psychiatric symptoms. Furthermore, the evidence of the alcohol abuse and longstanding alcohol abuse can also lead the hippocampal volume loss. The hippocampal volume loss can lead also the dysfunction such as more difficult memory tasks or become more apparent as ageing…

cognitive control-network that controls executive functions is not fully mature until early adulthood (Berk, 2014). If an adolescent gets a concussion, there is a good chance that the damaged the damage to this network—that is causing their executive dysfunctions—will not heal completely but will cause permanent damage to the prefrontal cognitive control-network. CTE is also associated with frontotemporal dementia. According to the Mayo Clinic, frontotemporal dementia is progressive nerve loss…

While my college colleagues filled bookshelves with James Patterson novels, my library was quite different. The Tale of the Dueling Nuerosurgens, by Daniel Levitin and Sam Kean sat atop my bedroom dresser. When I learned my aunt was diagnosed with Schizophrenia, I turned through the tear-stained pages and found out that she was in battle against her own brain. Mid 2012, I experienced an event that altered my entire life when my aunt, Kulbir Kaur, at the age of 28, was announced dead after taking…

Many different health issues, continuously, occur throughout a person’s lifespan. In this essay, examples of some health issues, and their definitions, throughout a lifespan will be given. Infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood are the seven stages of age groups. By the concluding paragraph of this essay, knowledge will have been gained about the certain issues in health across a person’s lifespan. First of all, infancy,…

Robert Merton’s Theory of Anomie, or Strain Theory is a relevant mainstream sociological theory for understanding how individuals end up dealing drugs. Merton’s theory revolves around the idea that there is a dysfunction between the American dream, which is a cultural value of success, and the social structure that creates the means of achieving that success. He acknowledges that class and ethnic structures in our society provide different access to achievement, and his theory of anomie is…

Muscular dystrophy is a hereditary disease that causes the muscles in your body to weaken, and become wasted. It is a rare disease that affects 20,00 to 200,00 United States citizens per year. It can have life lasting effects on the ones infected. The Department of Medicine/Cardiology, at the University of Minnesota Medical School did a study on prevention for the most common fatal form of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Duchenne Muscular dystrophy is caused by an absence of a…

disorder. The results showed some normalities such as the serum albumin which was within the lesser normal range of 30-50g/L. However, the level of serum bilirubin which is elevated compared to the normal range which could have been caused by a liver dysfunction. According to Thepa (2007), serum bilirubin is elevated when there is an impairment in the excretion of conjugated bilirubin from hepatocytes of bile ducts. The results also showed elevation of two of the liver’s enzymes, alanine…

this paper, I will be exploring the functions, conflicts, and the types of interactions that occur within the Wal-Mart corporation as a whole. I went to my local Wal-Mart to investigate these three things. Wal-Mart has many functions as well as dysfunctions whether they are personal, manifest, or latent. The functions of Wal-Mart for society as a whole vary. When…

3 DRUG PROFILE 3.1 ETODOLAC Etodolac (ETD) belongs to a class of drug called non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSADs). Other members of this class include aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, etc.), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), indomethacin (Indocin), nabumetone (Relafen) and numerous others. 3.1.1 Physical Characteristics: - (Brittain et al, 2002), (Dollary, 1999). IUPAC name : 1,8-Diethyl -1,3,4,9-tetrahydropyrano[3,4,-b] indole-1- acetic acid…