Internal Medicine
azw3 |eng | 2013-05-05 | Author:Max More & Natasha Vita-More

23 Transhumanism and Personal Identity James Hughes Enlightenment values are built around the presumption of an independent rational self, citizen, consumer, and pursuer of self-interest. Even the authoritarian and communitarian ...
( Category: Family Practice August 22,2014 )
azw3, mobi |eng | 2003-09-01 | Author:Jonathan Lear

I said, “Maybe that’s why.” “Yes, you’re the doctor,” he replied. “Why haven’t you cured me? I’ve been waiting for you to fix me.” This was the moment when Mr. ...
( Category: Psychiatry August 22,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-01 | Author:Maples, William R. [Maples, William R.]

11 Death in 10,000 Fragments You will say that reality does not have the slightest obligation to be interesting. I reply that even if reality can escape the necessity of ...
( Category: Pathology August 20,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-06 | Author:Williamson, Mary A. & Snyder, L. Michael

Laboratory Findings Laboratory workup is urgent to initiate therapy since untreated patients progress rapidly to ESRD. Renal biopsy findings establish the diagnosis and prognosis. Urinalysis Oliguria, with urine volume often ...
( Category: Pathology Clinical Chemistry August 18,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-10 | Author:Hristov, Boris & Lin, Steven H. & Christodouleas, John P.

What aspects of the physical exam are relevant for evaluating a pt for a possible gastric malignancy? General physical with focus on abdominal mass (local extension), liver mets, ovarian mets ...
( Category: Oncology August 18,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-21 | Author:W. Michael Scheld & Richard J. Whitley & Christina M. Marra [Scheld, W. Michael]

CHAPTER 27 RICKETTSIOSES, ANAPLASMOSES, AND Q FEVER DIDIER RAOULT Bacteria in the order Rickettsiales are gram-negative microorganisms that grow in association with eukaryotic cells. They do not grow in axenic ...
( Category: Infectious Disease August 18,2014 )
epub | | 0101-01-01 | Author:Ketter

382 Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders Khanna S, Vieta E, Lyons B, et al: Risperidone in the treatment of acute mania: double- blind, placebo-controlled study. Br J ...
( Category: Psychiatry August 14,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-03 | Author:Campbell, William W.

FIGURE 25.6 Left hemiparesis of 15 years’ duration. The patient circumducts his left leg as he begins walking. The spasticity, or increase in tone, is most marked in the flexor ...
( Category: Education & Training July 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-19 | Author:Chris Breen [Breen, Chris]

( Category: Emergency July 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-04-02 | Author:Paul Johns [Johns, Paul]

Brain blood flow and ICP The main factors determining cerebral blood flow (CBF) are illustrated in Figure 9.13. Blood flow to the brain is proportional to the cerebral perfusion pressure ...
( Category: Neurology July 18,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-19 | Author:Jean Carper [CARPER, JEAN]

50 TRY TO KEEP INFECTIONS AWAY Pathogens in the brain may be an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s Is it possible that infections could trigger Alzheimer’s? Some scientists believe so. The ...
( Category: Neurology July 17,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-07-09 | Author:Martha Burge

CHALLENGES OF INTELLECTUAL INTENSITY Intellectual intensity is not without its challenges. Having brains that work differently impacts almost every area of life, but nothing is more strongly affected than our ...
( Category: Pediatrics July 15,2014 )
epub |tur | 2014-07-10 | Author:Daniel M. Davis [Davis, Daniel M.]

One reason why this is not guaranteed to work out is that there can be great variety in the tumour cells themselves – even in a single patient. Even within ...
( Category: Pathology July 15,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-03-31 | Author:Blakeslee, Sandra & Hawkins, Jeff [Hawkins, Jeff]

WHAT A REGION OF CORTEX LOOKS LIKE We are now going to turn our attention to an individual region of cortex, one of the boxes in figure 5. Figure 6 ...
( Category: Intelligence & Semantics July 6,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2013-07-15 | Author:Kellogg, Ronald T. [Kellogg, Ronald T.]

FEAR AS A PRIMAL EMOTION Perhaps the emotion best understood by science is fear. Although its valence is clearly negative, fear is a beneficial emotion in motivating avoidance of danger. ...
( Category: Neurology July 4,2014 )