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Cardiac Pharmaceutical Agents

There is a wide range of medications that are currently used to treat cardiac disease. Some of these medications are described below.

17 Aug 2010

The term cardiology is derived from the Greek words “cardia,” which refers to the heart and “logy” meaning “study of.” Cardiology is a branch of medicine that concerns diseases and disorders of the heart, which may range from congenital defects through to acquired heart diseases such as coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure.

17 Aug 2010

Ending Health Disparities

Disparities in the quality and availability of healthcare across different population groups is a major problem in many developing and developed nations, including the United States. Several measures have been taken to try and eliminate these disparities, which impact on various minority groups including ethnic minorities, the elderly, immigrants, and people with disability, amongst others.

16 Aug 2010

Health Inequalities

Health inequality refers to the differences in healthcare provision between two or more demographic groups despite them having comparative access to healthcare services.

16 Aug 2010

Disparities in Quality of Health Care

Wide-scale disparity exists in the quality of healthcare across different ethnic and racial groups. These disparities occur in the incidence, prevalence and burden of disease as well as in the incidence of adverse health outcomes and mortality.

16 Aug 2010

Disparities in Access to Health Care

Differences in access to healthcare across different populations is the main reason for existing disparities in healthcare provision. These differences occur for several reasons and some of the main factors that contribute to the problem in the United States are described below.

16 Aug 2010

Minority Group Health Disparities

Many minority groups are heavily affected by health disparities in the United States and a similar picture exists in the UK and worldwide.

16 Aug 2010

Racial Health Disparities

Healthcare disparities between different racial and ethnic groups have been known to exist for a long time. Three of the main areas that contribute to these disparities are described below.

16 Aug 2010

What are Health Disparities?

Health disparities are the inequalities that occur in the provision of healthcare and access to healthcare across different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups.

16 Aug 2010

Fatty Liver Diagnosis

Around 50 to 100% patients with fatty liver disease have no symptoms of the condition. Detection of the disease is more often than not an incidental finding on routine blood tests.

16 Aug 2010

Fatty Liver Pathology

The condition is similar to alcoholic liver disease but the risk factors are different. There are essentially four stages of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease or fatty liver.

16 Aug 2010

What is Fatty Liver?

Fatty liver is a very common disorder and up to 20 percent of adults and approximately 5 percent of children are affected.

16 Aug 2010

Oophorectomy Risks

Whilst there are several reasons that the surgical removal of all or part of the ovaries may be indicated to benefit a woman, it is important that potential risks are considered.

16 Aug 2010

Oophorectomy Benefits

In some cases, the surgical removal of ovaries can offer a woman significant benefits. This depends greatly on the individual characteristics of the woman and her specific genealogy.

16 Aug 2010

What is Oophorectomy?

Oophorectomy, sometimes called ovariectomy, is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of one or both of a woman’s ovaries.

16 Aug 2010

Vertebroplasty Procedure

Vertebroplasty is an image-guided therapeutic approach used for the treatment of painful or unstable vertebral body compression fractures.

16 Aug 2010

What is Vertebroplasty?

Vertebroplasty is a surgical procedure used to treat a compression fracture of the spinal vertebrae by restoring the strength and height of the collapsed bone. It is usually performed for patients with severe pain that disables them from normal functions, if the pain has lasted for more than 2 months.

16 Aug 2010

Inositol Hexanicotinate (IHN)

Inositol hexanicotinate (also known as inositol hexaniacinate or inositol nicotinate) is the hexanicotinic acid ester of meso-inositol.

16 Aug 2010

Niacin History

Niacin is an important type of B vitamin found in animal foods like red meat, liver and fish. Although humans can make it from the amino acid tryptophan, this synthesis is inefficient; thus niacin is still considered a vitamin (an organic substance that must be ingested). It is often referred to as vitamin B3 because it was the third of the discovered vitamins of B group.

16 Aug 2010