Queen of Hearts

Decanters often intimidate the average wine drinker. In fact, most people don't even have a decanter in their home. For those who enjoy red wine everyday, it is important to understand the role a quality decanter can have on your wine experience. Not all red wines need to be decanted. In fact, most table wines don't need the added step of using a decanter. But, when you want to enjoy a quality aged big bold red wine, a decanter will help it open up. This will shape your overall experience.…

Red Blood Cell (RBC) Counts may have causes for rejection such as Hemolysis which is the rupture of red blood cells, specimen drawn in any anticoagulant or the specimen is received with the plasma removed. 3 Testing for anemia is one reason a physician may have a patient get a red blood cell count done. The first test used to diagnose anemia is a complete blood count or CBC. Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood doesn’t have enough healthy red blood cells…

detect pulse and count the heart rate? The carotid pulse and the brachial pulse because the arteries are the larger ones that are near the surface of our skin so we can feel the pulse more. 2. What are some factors that can increase or decrease the heart rate and the beat you feel at each pulse point? Doing certain exercises can help increase the heart rate and to decrease the heart rate your can do something more relaxing. 3. Athletes often have a very low resting heart rate. What does this…

thickening in the arterial wall called an Atheroma (or "fibro-fatty plaque"). Atheroma narrows the lumen of arteries and weakens the vessel wall. Atherosclerosis begins in childhood and slowly progresses throughout life. Typically, it produces symptomatic clinical disease during the fifth and sixth decades of life. The atheromatous plaque is a raised lesion within the intima of arteries composed of a core of cholesterol, necrotic cellular debris and inflammatory cells. This is covered by a…

X-linked intellectual disability is a genetically heterogeneous condition, due to mutations in at least 50 genes located on the X chromosome, involved in functioning of the central nervous system. It is estimated to affect approximately 1 in 600 males. There are two categories of hereditary ID; isolated ID with no other consistent defining features, known as nonspecific or non-syndromic ID and syndromic ID, which presents with variable penetrance and expressivity. Although numerous genes…

interesting to me because of the fact that hypertension itself does not display symptoms, however the comorbidity of the disease is what should truly grab people’s attention. Hypertension is known to cause various other illnesses such as diabetes, kidney or heart failure, aneurysms, strokes and vision problems. Ecology…

The Heart Every human to ever exist carries a hard working pump inside their chest. The pump is called a heart, and the heart’s main function is to deliver a supply of blood through blood vessels throughout the human body. According to research, the heart is a muscle that repeats the same pumping action during the whole lifespan of an individual and is about the size of ones fist. The heart is made up of several elements like the aorta and the mitral valves, along with other vital parts.…

blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. While the symptoms and signs of coronary artery disease are noted in the advanced state of disease, most individuals with coronary artery disease show no evidence of disease for decades as the disease progresses before the first onset of symptoms, often a "sudden" heart attack, finally arises (Gaziano et al., 2011). Heart failure was classically viewed as synonymous…

CLINICAL SUMMARY: 286806 DOI: 06/07/2016. Patient is a 48-year-old male sales representative who sustained a work-related injury while walking downstairs to mechanical room when he slipped and fell. CT of the cervical spine obtained on 06/12/16 showed degenerative changes, most pronounced at the-C6-C7 level. Per the Neurology IME report dated 10/07/16, the IW has not reached maximum medical improvement. He has a moderate, 50% partial disability. He should be seen by his physician once a…

Rhabdomyolysis Pathophysiology, Risk Factor, Manifestations, and treatment Rhabdomyolysis is potentially life-threatening disease that rapidly breaks down the muscle fibers that causes the release of intracellular contents into the extracellular space and bloodstream. Physical interruptions in the sarcolemma membrane, called delta lesions, suggest that the sarcolemma membrane is the route through which muscle constituents are released (McCance & Huether, 2014). Rhabdomyolysis is an increase in…