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cancer genes, anyone? 2008-06-19 07:30:07 my maternal grandmother, in her early 60s, suddenly developed fever and cough.she was brought to a provincial hospital.Routine examinations reveal atelectasis and a "very white/cloudy" upper lungs.more diagnostic exams reveal lung CA stage 4.it has invaded her kidneys too. she was never a smoker.she does not even visit the city where air pollution is at its peak.she does mountain climbing almost e
saying adieu 2008-07-01 08:16:05 why fate has bestowed upon me life's cruelest joke is beyond my ken.***i am a student nurse. i aspire to be an ICU nurse. because, like what they said, i could accept anything and everything including death. i see patients who expire right before my eyes. i emphatize with their loved ones, but i also tell myself that death is inevitable. we have no choice but to succumb to that final slumber. for Read more:saying
, adieu
cancer of the society stage IV 2008-06-26 19:27:45 hmm. lets just say that i am idealistic. or probably it's the fault of "commercialized" media that we have nowadays. i grew up watching movies about psychotic people and the impression they left on me was that these people are either very very quiet (deafeningly silent) or very very aggressive, incompetent, unmanageable, even HARMFUL.last Tuesday i was first exposed to a (public) mental institutio
AIDS vaccine: is there still hope? 2008-07-22 06:38:53 AIDS may not be curable, but at least it’s preventable.Safe sex practices, monogamous relationships, universal precautions for health care providers, and avoid sharing unsterilized needles/syringes for IV injections, and such are safety precautions in order to avoid acquiring this dreadful malady.However, recent studies have led to a promising vaccine
---the AIDS vaccine.This AIDS vaccine is a tw Read more:AIDS
welcome to the world 2008-07-19 08:56:16 my sister just gave birth to a baby girl.she's SoooO cute. great wonders what a baby can do.=D
Nurse-cisstic 2008-07-19 08:44:08 geez. we have a film project on Nursing Care Management about Cluster B personality disorders.it was very toxic what with the homeworks, casepresentations and examinations coming up as well.we filmed it for two weeks. guess what?ive watched all the video clips today and was really pissed off because one of my groupmates kept on coughing and sneezing behind the cameraman, so basically all that coul Read more:Nurse
Psychopathology of Schizophrenia 2008-07-31 09:39:23 Schizophrenia, as an inorganic mental disorder, is an idiopathic disorder whose etiology has been challenged for many years. Its psychopathology, like other mental disorders, is based on cases that have been studied by professional psychiatrists to describe the prognosis of the disease process. Presently, there are theories that have gained such reputation to the people involved in schizophrenia. Read more:Schizophrenia
Genital Warts 2008-08-23 02:21:01 Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) is usually asymptomatic (does not cause any symptoms) and does not always produce visible genital warts.When symptoms do develop, they usually occur 2 to 3 months after infection. However, symptoms have been known to develop from 3 weeks to many years after infection. Symptoms that may occur with genital warts include:Irritation.Itching.Bleeding.Genit
Rhytidectomy: is Face Lift for me? 2008-08-23 02:00:00 Artificial Beauty.That is the new term for those individuals whose "beauty" was achieved under the operating table. With so many people trying to regain the beauty of their youth, Face Lift
s became as popular as ever. But, is it worth the risk? is it really for you?Please note that the following are just information gathered about Face Lift or Rhytidectomy.Do not rely solely on this article if you
Symptoms of HIV/AIDS 2008-08-22 08:47:54 Top Ten Symptoms of HIV/AIDS
1. Depression2. Diarrhea3. Thrush- yeast-like fungi commonly found in the normal flora of the mouth, skin, intestinal tract, and vagina, which can become clinically infectious in immune-compromised persons4. Weight Loss5. Lipodystrophy (Fat redistribution syndrome)6. Sinus infection7. Fatigue8. Nausea and Vomiting9. Lactic Acidosis- lactic acid builds up in the body due
Are you HIV positive? 2008-08-22 08:44:00 HIV or human immunodeficiency virus is a retrovirus which causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). It actually belongs to lentivirus which is sometimes called as "slow virus" due to the long incubation period. It can take 7 to 12 years .HIV is transmitted by:-unprotected sex-use of contaminated needles or syringe-needle pricks for health care workers-blood transfusion of an infected bloo
Gratitude is Attitude 2008-08-21 07:17:40 Oftentimes, a familiar storyline on a drama show would be this: children who grew up in a poverty-stricken life. They would work hard, and in the end they would become somebody they aspire for. And they would forget their parents. I told myself, their parents do not deserve gratitude from their child, because what the child has become was due to his own doing alone, and parents are not part of the
the SWEETEST cure for egg allergy 2008-08-20 03:27:49 Greek physicians say that the best way to desentize kids with allergy to eggs is to let them eat cakes.Heat modifies certain egg allergens and, in turn, allows some children with egg allergies to be "treated" by feeding them ever increasing amounts of egg baked in a cake, Dr. George N. Konstantinou and colleagues, at the University of Athens report.This approach was used among 94 young children wi
Babies, unlimited 2008-08-18 05:40:19 A 27-year old Egyptian woman, on her 36th AOG, gave birth to septuplets last Saturday in Al-Shatbi hospital in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria.The newborns, four boys and three girls, weigh between 3.2 pounds and 6.17 pounds and are in stable condition. They have been placed in incubators in four hospitals that have special premature baby units.Meanwhile, the mother of the septuplets, Ghazala K Read more:Babies
Ms. Cardiotoxic 2008-08-17 08:56:12 I have a gay friend (let's call him AB), who, after a hundred times of being broken hearted, finally met this guy (O) who gives him the attention he so craves for.In no time, he fell in love with him. I don't have anything against homosexuals, so being the friend that I am, I was happy for him.Until one day, my friend approached me crying. He told me that Mr. O is making him cry because he keeps o
Nostalgia 2008-08-17 08:55:47 I regularly check other medical and nursing blogs for ideas, inspiration, and sometimes, out of plain curiosity.I stumbled upon this blog: About A Nurse, and as i was browsing, a certain post caught my eyes. By the way, the blog writer is a Kababayan of mine, and i was deeply moved by her experiences in a foreign country. Geez. it was really illuminating. I even cried while reading her post, mainl
Graviola: a therapeutic myth 2008-08-17 08:55:27 As what i have said in my previous post, my maternal grandmother was diagnosed of lung cancer several weeks ago. It was already in its fourth stage. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy. However, she said that she is growing "tired" of her treatment. Recently, a friend of hers offered her graviola supplements, which she said would "cure" her. Not really trusting her friend (she does not look t Read more:therapeutic
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