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Medical drama has always been a fairly popular genre on television, but it has grown so much within the past few years. What exactly is medical drama? A medical drama is a televised show that has a setting of a hospital, or surgery room, and typically has characters acting as doctors or nurses. During these medical shows more events happen beyond the medical part, and goes further than the events that pertain to the characters’ job. A typical medical drama portrays some aspects of characters’…

The posterior approach is the most commonly used surgical approach by orthopedic surgeons internationally when doing a total hip arthroplasty. (1,2,3) It was first popularized by Moore in the 1950’s, and has been gaining popularity ever since. (1) One of the advantages to using the posterior approach for a total hip arthroplasty is that it allows the surgeon to have decent exposure of both the femur and acetabulum during the procedure. The patient is placed in the lateral decubitus position on…

Raise your hand if you have ever played in a competitive sport. Keep your hand up if you ever sustained an injury in that sport and had to undergo rehabilitation due to that injury. According to Lisa Weisenberger the Director of the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine, “2 million athletes sustain injuries each year and of that 2 million ¼ of those injuries require serious medical attention.”(1) A physical therapist is an expert in the way a person’s body functions and is able to work…

like hip dysplasia for larger dogs while little dogs can have issues like patellar luxation or persistent dislocation of the kneecap. “Severe health problems can range from skulls being too small for brains, hip issues, higher risks of cancer and generally shorter life spans”(Barness). For most purbreds, they have a higher risk of some sort of cancer and tumors, eye and heart disease, joint and bone disorders, skin, immune system and neurological diseases, and even epilepsy. People should take…

Introduction Rugby Rugby is the high contact and rough sport played by both females and males. It consist of two teams competing where by one team can consist of 7, 10, 13 or 15 players as well as the other team. It features a combination of speed and strategy in other to score against the opponents. It evolved from football (soccer) and players wear little of protective clothes which results to high percentage of injury in this sport. The ball is moved by running with it within the pitch…

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visit the ER or a doctor." Back in the saddle again Ho stresses that recovery and return to exercise depend on the severity of the injury. "In general, there should be no pain or visible swelling, a full range of motion of the involved or adjacent joints and normal to near-normal strength in the affected limb," Ho…

26 bones, 33 joints and just over 120 muscles, our feet are a pretty small part of the body but are the very thing that moves it around, so why do we not concern ourselves more with the consequences of damaging our feet with poorly fitted shoes? Not only can wearing ill fitting shoes affect our feet, it can also cause permanent, precarious problems to our bodies and with up to 80% of the adult population suffering from some form of foot problem it is shocking that this problem is not glaringly…

Abstract This paper is about the different types barbiturates drug and the effect it has on a person. “Barbiturates were introduced in the early 1900s (for medical use) as sedatives, hypnotics, anesthetics, and anticonvulsants.” “These drugs cause depression or slowing down of the central nervous system – made of your brain and spinal cord.” (PAMF, 2015). Barbiturate drug acts as a central nervous system affecting the body to make you feel drowsy or temporary unconsciousness and was used as a…

surgically removal of the distal lower extremity, including the ulna and radius, the limb is removed from the elbow to phalanges. Surgically, it’s preferred because a Trans Humeral amputation is through the joint, not involving the bone or tissue but in some cases this is not appropriate. Elbow dislocations and Tran’s humeral amputations are classified as catastrophic injuries and most always require the involvement of an experienced catastrophic injury lawyer. According to Orthotics and…