Med school requires more stamina and hours in front of the books, but grad school is much more difficult, in terms of intellectual rigor and the concepts presented. It requires thinking on a deeper level. A lot of concepts in medicine repeat themselves, which makes things easier once you getRead More →
Choledocholithiasis is the presence of at least one gallstone in the common bile duct. The stone may be made up of bile pigments or calcium and cholesterol salts. What is the treatment for Cholecystolithiasis? Treatment options for gallstones include: Surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy). Your doctor may recommend surgeryRead More →
It’s useful to include evidence from health professionals on how your condition affects you. It can give the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) a clearer picture of how your condition affects you and give you a better chance of being properly assessed. What conditions automatically qualify you for PIPRead More →
What does pleur- mean? Pleur- is a combining form used like a prefix variously meaning “side,” “rib,” “lateral,” and “pleura.” Pleura is a term for the membrane around the lungs and makes a lining for the chest cavity; its adjective form is pleural. … Pleur- comes from the Greek pleurá,Read More →
The average payout in a medical malpractice lawsuit in the U.S. is somewhere $242,000, as we said above. The median — as opposed to the average – value of a medical malpractice settlement is $250,000. The average jury verdict in malpractice cases won by the plaintiff is just over $1Read More →
KEY POINTS. The cerebral cortex, the largest part of the brain, is the ultimate control and information-processing center in the brain. The cerebral cortex is responsible for many higher-order brain functions such as sensation, perception, memory, association, thought, and voluntary physical action. What is the cortical area? 1. cortical areaRead More →
of, relating to, or performing the task of triage: a triage officer. … What is an example of triage? When patients from a large disaster are evaluated based on their medical need, this is an example of triage. A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their needRead More →
Pregnancy. … Stress. … Sudden weight loss. … Being overweight. … Doing too much exercise. … Contraceptive pill. … Menopause. … Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) Can breast cancer stop your period? It can cause menstrual irregularity, your flow pattern, sub-fertility or it can stop your periods. This can be temporaryRead More →
Definitions of ablactate. verb. gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother’s milk. synonyms: wean. type of: deprive. What is Ablactation in agriculture? Ablactation, in the ancient agriculture, is a method of engrafting ; wherein the scyon of one tree, being united for some time to the stock of another,Read More →
n. A combined backward and lateral curvature of the spine. What does Quarda mean? 1 : the plinth of a pedestal, podium, or water table. 2 : fillet, listel. 3 : a square frame or border (as about a bas-relief) What does the prefix Chondr mean? Chondr- is a combiningRead More →