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Circadian Rhythm Length Variations - Early Birds and Night Owls

Circadian rhythms are cyclic biological changes involving the physical, mental, and behavioral functioning of an organism.

11 Apr 2017

Mesentery: a new organ?

Mesentery is a sheet-like structure that encloses the intestine and attaches it to the posterior part of the abdominal wall. First illustrations of the structure in situ indicated its contiguity, and in 1879 Toldt accurately depicted a mesentery that was associated with the ascending and descending colon.

11 Apr 2017

How to Catch up on Lost Sleep

While it is tempting to stay up late on weekdays trying to get everything done, and then sleep in on weekend mornings to ‘catch up’ on sleep, more and more studies are demonstrating that this is simply not possible.

11 Apr 2017

Health Effects of Poor Sleep - Quantity and Quality

Sleep is an essential physiologic process concerned with maintaining many bodily functions and systems. Lack of sleep can produce a number of serious side effects affecting every area of human health. These include errors of judgment, which may kill or maim many people.

11 Apr 2017

Causes of Nocturnal Awakenings

Insomnia is a very common sleep disorder, and presents in various types. However, sleep maintenance insomnia (SMI) is the most frequent complaint. Both the cause of awakening and the difficulty in returning to sleep are important in precipitating episodes of nocturnal sleep disturbances

10 Apr 2017

Can too much sleep be dangerous?

Sleeping for an adequate number of hours each day is known to have an enormous positive effect on health. It plays a major role in the functioning of many body systems, including the brain, thinking, and metabolic processes.

10 Apr 2017

Research into Alternatives to Fecal Microbiota Transplant

Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is an emerging technique showing high efficacy in the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (RCDI) which is a disease of the gut caused by the overgrowth of this toxic microbe, and which makes up a fourth of antibiotic-associated diarrhea.

7 Apr 2017

History of Fecal Transplant

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a technique of transferring slightly processed feces from a healthy donor to a recipient with intestinal problems.

6 Apr 2017

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Technique

Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is based on the transfer of stool material from a healthy donor who has no contagious diseases or history of recent antibiotic use, to a patient with disturbed gut mucosa who may benefit from the correction of inflammation.

4 Apr 2017

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Regulation

The gut microbiota has gained renewed importance in the light of its functions and complex contributions to bodily health and metabolic order, stemming from both local and distant actions. Disrupted gut microbiota can thus be held responsible for a number of chronic inflammatory gut disorders as well as other metabolic conditions including obesity, diabetes, and some neuropsychiatric illnesses.

4 Apr 2017

Fecal Microbiota Transplant

Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is a relatively new but successful technique of treatment of refractory Clostridium difficile (R-CDI). It is based on the transfer of slightly processed feces from a healthy donor to a recipient who has an unhealthy bowel mucosa, in order to restore a diverse and stable microbiome in the gut with a pattern in keeping with the normal bowel.

4 Apr 2017

Vascular Surgery

The surgical specialty which deals with disorders of the circulatory system, including those of the arteries, veins and lymphatic vessels, is called vascular surgery. These specialists treat varying conditions, such as aneurysms and atherosclerosis.

4 Apr 2017

Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric surgeons are the healthcare providers responsible for carrying out these procedures after crafting a pre-operative plan based on the patient’s findings. The surgery may be divided into several different areas of expertise.

4 Apr 2017

Surgical Options for Facial Palsy

Facial nerve palsy arises due to damage to the seventh cranial nerve. This damage may be due to injury, inflammation, infection, trauma or tumors. The resulting clinical presentation is drooping of the face or weakness of the facial muscles, that may be uni- or bilateral.

4 Apr 2017

Oculoplastic Surgery Overview

Any surgery done to correct deformities and/ or malformations of the eyes and its surrounding components may be referred to as oculoplastic surgery. Structures such as the bony socket of the eye, eyelids and tear ducts are included, as well as the cheeks and skin in the contiguous area.

3 Apr 2017

Constipation in Pregnancy

Constipation becomes a problem during pregnancy for around 50% of women and causes abdominal pain or discomfort, straining when passing a stool and infrequent bowel movements.

3 Apr 2017

Does Breastfeeding Act as a Contraceptive?

Many new mothers are reluctant to go in for invasive contraceptives immediately after the infant is born. During these initial months postpartum breastfeeding is used as an interim contraception method. It encourages optimal breastfeeding and is healthy for both infant and mother.

31 Mar 2017

Emergency Contraception

Contraception methods are used to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Emergency contraception is required when a couple has unprotected sex or if the contraceptive method they use is compromised. It is also used in cases of sexual assault where the woman’s modesty has been compromised.

31 Mar 2017

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Combined Pill

The combined pill is an oral contraceptive that contains a combination of synthetic hormones. These chemicals closely resemble the naturally produced female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, which help regulate ovulation i.e. the formation and release of the egg. The pill gives the woman control over her ovulation cycle.

31 Mar 2017

How Does The Combined Pill Work?

The combined pill is the birth control pill containing artificial versions of estrogen and progestogen. These are hormones that the female body secretes naturally in the ovaries, and which are essential to the optimal functioning of the reproductive system. They regulate the menstrual cycle. thickening of the uterus lining and ovulation.

31 Mar 2017