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Penicillin Biosynthesis

The beta-lactam antibiotic penicillin represents one of the predominantly used antibiotics for the treatment of infectious diseases.

13 May 2010

Types of Pathology

Pathology plays a critical role in healthcare, linking scientific research to clinical practice and improving disease diagnosis and treatment strategies.

13 May 2010

Pathology is a branch of medical science primarily concerning the cause, origin and nature of disease. It involves the examination of tissues, organs, bodily fluids and autopsies in order to study and diagnose disease.

13 May 2010

What Causes Paralysis?

Paralysis is caused by multiple conditions, which may be classified as those which affect the muscles themselves, and those which act indirectly, through the nerves that control muscle action. The most common external causes for paralysis include the occurrence of a stroke, head injury, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis.

13 May 2010

What is Paralysis?

Paralysis is a condition involving a loss of muscle function in the body that may be accompanied by sensory loss, also referred to as loss of feeling.

13 May 2010

Scleroderma Diagnosis

Scleroderma is a health condition that involves thickening of the skin and may also affect internal organs.

11 May 2010

Scleroderma History

Scleroderma is a health condition that involves the hardening of the skin and some organs in the body.

11 May 2010

What is Scleroderma?

Scleroderma, also sometimes referred to as systemic sclerosis, is a chronic autoimmune disorder that involves progressive hardening of the skin. An excess of collagen and other connective tissues in the skin leads to a change in cellular structure and vascular of the tissues. Internal organs may also be affected in more severe cases.

11 May 2010

Sciatica Treatments

The vast majority of patients with sciatica notice a significant improvement in the severity of their symptoms within 6-8 weeks. For this reason, initial treatment should be conservative to avoid unnecessary exposure to treatments. Instead, patients should be adequately counseled to understand the nature of the condition and equipped with methods to relieve the associated pain.

11 May 2010

Sciatica Diagnosis

The diagnosis of sciatica usually involves a thorough medical history and a physical examination.

11 May 2010

What Causes Sciatica?

Sciatica is caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve or its roots. Any condition which causes compression of the spinal cord, or the nerve roots emerging from the spinal foramina, causes sensory and motor symptoms in the area supplied by the sciatic nerve in a dermatomal distribution. The most common cause of sciatica is disc herniation in the lumbar region.

11 May 2010

What is Sciatica?

Sciatica is a set of symptoms involving pain from the back and down the leg, usually on one side of the body.

11 May 2010

Psychosis History

The Middle Ages represented a rather bleak period in terms of humanity in general, but circumstances were particularly difficult for individuals with psychotic illness.

11 May 2010

Psychosis Early Intervention

The management of psychosis often involves an early intervention team, a team that deals with the first episodes of psychosis. These early intervention teams focus younger age groups of between 14 and 35 years, who are experiencing psychosis for the first time.

11 May 2010

Psychosis Treatments

The treatment approach to psychosis depends on the underlying cause of the condition, which may involve another disorder such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression or drug abuse.

11 May 2010

Psychosis Pathophysiology

The presence of psychosis may be related to other mental health issues, but the condition is also caused by drugs of abuse, alcoholism and several disease conditions. This suggests that several pathological mechanisms within the brain are shared by individuals affected by these conditions.

11 May 2010

What Causes Psychosis?

Psychosis arises as part of another mental health condition.

11 May 2010

Psychosis Symptoms

Psychosis has four typical features with the two main ones being hallucination and delusion.

11 May 2010

What is Psychosis?

Psychosis is a medical term that is used to describe symptoms of certain mental health problems. The difference between reality and imagination can become blurred in individuals with psychosis, leading to impaired thinking and judgement.

11 May 2010

Ketosis Controversy

The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate and normal-protein diet that has been used for the treatment of clinically refractory childhood epilepsy since the 1920s. During a low carbohydrate intake, the controlled and regulated production of ketone bodies causes a physiological state known as dietary ketosis.

11 May 2010