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History of Present Problem: The patient is a 40-year-old Caucasian female who presents to clinic accompanied by her husband for evaluation and treatment of left ankle pain. The patient was involved in a motor vehicle accident at age 19 and sustained an open fracture and dislocation of left bi-malleolar ankle fracture as well as a torn right anterior cruciate (ACL). She underwent an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of the left ankle fracture emergently. After the left ankle healed, a right…

Atrophic Vaginitis is a pervasive condition amongst postmenopausal women in which the vaginal epithelium begins to thin and atrophy. It is associated with mucosal dryness, vulvodynia, dyspareunia, vaginal discomfort, and an increased incidence of UTI and stress incontinence. There is a correlation between a decrease in circulating oestradiol during the menopause transition and Atrophic Vaginitis. This paper outlines the effectiveness of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine as a non-hormonal…

For the entirety of my existence, football has been as normal a part of life as anything else. Although I never played on an organized team, like the majority of those that have grown up in the United States, I’ve participated in backyard games, seen it on television, visited games, and supported my favorite teams in full stride, never questioning the danger that is inherent to any sport that involves such a level of violent contact between players. After viewing the movie Concussion and the…

The purpose of the medication is to decrease inflammatory disorders including: Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, for mild to moderate pain, fever and prophylaxis of transient ischemic attacks and myocardial infarction. Side effects include: tinnitus, gastrointestinal bleeding, dyspepsia, epigastric distress, nausea, abdominal pain, anorexia, hepatotoxicity, vomiting, anemia, hemolysis, increased bleeding time, anaphylaxis, and…

One day in high school, I feel a pain begin fester in the back of my leg while running one day. Eventually this pain becomes so unbearable that I need to see a doctor. He was recommended to me by a friend saying that he uses alternative methods for healing. I went to see him and when there, he used a couple different techniques, including acupuncture. The next day I was able to run again with a significant decrease in pain. For over 3,000 years, acupuncture has been used to treat pain and…

Onyx: The Practical and Metaphysical Story Onyx is a specific variety of the mineral known as chalcedony. It is a banded mineral, which means that the layering of the rock that formed it has caused “bands” of different colors to appear. Many people mistake onyx for a type of agate, which is another type of chalcedony, but where agate has curved bands onyx has parallel bands instead. Onyx is found in nearly every color, though bands of black and white are the most common. When onyx is banded…

GENTAMICIN The drug selected for study is Gentamicin. Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic composed of a mixture of related Gentamicin components and fractions and is used to treat many types of bacterial infections, particularly those caused by Gram-negative organisms. Isolation and Preliminary studies 2 demonstrated that it is a mixture of basic, water soluble antibiotic containing the aminocyclitol 2-deoxystreptamine and two additional amino sugars. Chromatographic separation of…

The authors, of “Rat’s in the Walls” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”, H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe respectively use their past and childhood experiences to allow a blurring of the lines on whether the narrator is trustworthy in his telling of the story or not. The era, that both Poe and Lovecraft were a part of, was the gothic era where it was the ‘craze’ to write these stories that enticed the fear of the unknown in us. This fear is what allows the reader to question whether it is reliable what…

We are the citizens of Paint Rock Texas. Wind farms produce around 43 decibals from 300 meters. Basically in between a fridge and an air conditioner. Though lower sound waves undetectable by the decibal system can cause some uncomfortable circumstances. The closest a wind turbine can get is 300 meters. All though it usually around 500 meters away. Now would it be unattractive on our property? The answer is yes our majestic rock formations and rock paintings would be destroyed our obscured…

Bunkered within an icy Helsinki restaurant, a hundred marketing experts embarked on the journey to pen a simple, yet iconic slogan. Their desire was to attract tourists across the globe. However, this was no easy task. There was a variety of ideas tossed around, from nudity to a holistic quote on nature. Yet in this search, these Finnish experts derived a brilliant slogan from out of nothing. In 2011, thousands of adventurers flocked to Finland because of the words it echoed: “Silence, please.”…