Nonhealing sores on the skin (ulceration) can also be a consequence of inadequate blood flow to the skin because an artery or vein is blocked or damaged. If tissue does not receive enough blood, it is vulnerable to even minor injury and infection. If the tissue does not receive enough oxygen and nutrients from the [...]
It is, of course, possible to inject local anaesthetics around peripheral nerves or around the sensory roots entering the spinal cord. These injections stop all nerve impulses travelling in that nerve and completely stop pain of peripheral origin. This highly satisfactory treatment can be used for only a day or so, however. The reason for [...]
_Family history of diabetes (i.e., parents or siblings with diabetes) Overweight (BMI >= 25 kg/m2) Habitual physical inactivityRace/ethnicity (e.g., African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and Pacific Islanders) Previously identified IFG or IGT Hypertension (a 140/90 mmHg in adults) HDL cholesterol ? 35 mg/dl and/or a triglyceride level a 250 mg/dl History of GDM or delivery [...]
The goals of terrorists differ from the goals of military strategists, so the drawbacks of biological weapons may not be as disadvantageous for the terrorist. Retaliation against shadowy groups may be difficult; the potential for spread from the site of release may not be so costly if the perpetrator’s “troops” are not in the vicinity; [...]
If you are deficient in several important blood sugar regulating minerals, your body just can’t get the job done efficiently for you. There are several minerals involved in increasing insulin sensitivity, balancing insulin and glucagon, and reducing insulin resistance. The first of these minerals is chromium. “I had hopes, but was not totally convinced that [...]
One of the unctions of romance is to enable one to become attached to all the intricate aspects of another’s personality. The sex impulse when inhibited, delayed or sublimated develops a force which is diffused over the whole mental life and creates bonds of affection for every part of the other person’s being. This love [...]
We noticed the AIDS pandemic while it was spreading, but we missed the initial spread of all the other known and unknown infectious causes of cancer and infertility. For most of these causes we missed the invasion because it happened long ago. We might have missed the initial spread of the AIDS pandemic had it [...]
Physicians commonly use certain special terms to describe parts of a seizure, terms referred to briefly early in this book: “aura,” “ictus,” and “post-ictal.”Aura. An “aura” is simply the start of a partial seizure. The frightened feeling or look William experienced is called an aura if it precedes a bigger seizure. If the feeling is [...]
Among the food additives suspected of causing cancer is sodium nitrate, a chemical used to preserve and give color to red meat. Research indicates that the actual carcinogen is not sodium nitrate but nitrosamines, substances formed when the body digests the sodium nitrates. Sodium nitrate has not been banned, primarily because it kills the bacterium [...]
Gillian had had partial complex seizures since she started primary school. Now she was 16 and about to have temporal lobe surgery. Even as a child she had felt her epilepsy was a barrier between her and other people, making it hard for her to make friends. Now, at 16, she spent all her time [...]
