Category diseases

Common Causes of Death Among Hollywood Actors

Introduction The sudden or premature death of Hollywood actors frequently draws widespread public attention due to their high-profile status. Understanding common medical and lifestyle-related causes behind these deaths provides insight into broader health risks associated with the entertainment industry. This…

Common Medical Causes of Death in Athletic Players

Introduction The sudden death of athletes is a profoundly distressing event, often prompting scrutiny from the medical community, sporting bodies, and the public. Despite the generally superior physical conditioning of athletes, certain medical conditions predispose them to acute, life-threatening events.…

Congo Virus: An In-depth Review

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), commonly referred to as the Congo Virus, is a tick-borne viral disease caused by the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV). This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Congo Virus, covering its origin, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment,…

Microdeletion Syndrome

Microdeletion syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, has been a subject of growing interest and research within the field of genetics and medicine. This syndrome is characterized by the deletion of a small segment of genetic material from one of the…

Zollinger Ellison Syndrome

Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (ZES), also known as gastrinoma, is a rare medical condition characterized by the development of tumors called gastrinomas in the pancreas or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). These tumors are neuroendocrine tumors that produce excessive…

Safety Saves-Beware Doctors

  This research article is intended to be a source of information for those medical professionals who are concerned with health and safety at work and to provide information about the causes of injury and diseases at work so that…

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) or brittle bone disease is a group of autosomal dominant inherited disorders with abnormality in Type 1 collagen.[1], which usually result in bone fragility[2]. Emedicine  Frequency of OI in USA and worldwide, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis, classification…

Conclusion

According to Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2001). The main reason people were dropping private health insurance is the raising cost of premiums. The introduction of rebate will make private health insurance more easily affordable to both new…

Epidemiology of Adult Rheumatoid Arthritis

Definition : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of undetermined aetiology involving primarily the synovial membranes and articular structures of multiple joints. The disease is often progressive and results in pain, stiffness, and swelling of joints. In…

Nature of Prader Willi Syndrome:

  Clinical manifestation: There are two clinical phases which characterizes PWS as shown in table 1 (Zellweger, 1988):   The two clinical phases of PWS (1) Phase 1            Moderate to severe neonatal hypotonia Poor suck Difficulty in feeding Hypogonadism Marked…

Conclusion of Prader Willi Syndrome

  PWS is a complex disorder with variable phenotypic changes according to the age of the patient. There are numbers of Associations and Support groups are working together to give a better management to the PWS individuals e.g. Prader Willi…

Management of Prader Willi Syndrome

  Care providers of a PWS patient must understand that the intervention means the management of clinical symptoms. Because PWS undergoes different developmental changes they must understand its impact on both patient and their families. Creation of a management strategy…

Animal model of Prader Willi Syndrome

  Over past decade it has been noticed that structural and functional homologies extend across very distantly related species. Now day’s homology to a relevant orthologus gene is a criterion of extracting the candidency of a gene to a disease.…