Essays

When conducting a nutritional counseling in households with various age compositions it requires a careful thought session. It is necessary to consider nutritional needs of such family in regards to individual members’ nutritional status. If for instance a family has …

Current literature demonstrates that 33% of the United States population is on some form of the Atkins Diet (Maresco 2005). After suffering with the effects of obesity Dr. Atkins realized after reading an article in the Journal of the American …

The New York State’s Medicaid program became the focus of much discussion in 2005 due to the blatant abuse of the government funded medical assistance program by opportunistic entities and wasteful utilization. The year revealed abuses from different sectors of …

These aforementioned incidences and the others like it are all a result of the system becoming lax with monitoring Medicaid activity and “state regulators [losing] interest in bringing Medicaid thieves to justice, preferring instead to focus on recouping money through …

Nocturnal seizures are one of the major problems of epilepsy. They are not benign and can result in sleep disruption leading to daytime somnolence and concentration difficulty. The diagnosis and characterization of this condition is difficult because the episodes are …

At that examination Patient X showed no focal deficit however, due to the relatively short duration of the headaches and age of onset an E. E. G was ordered to investigate the paroxysmal activity as well as an MRI to …

Physical examination in a patient who has just recovered from a paroxysmal event may hint at the diagnosis. In case of Patient X, physical examination revealed mild right hemiparesis with a reduction of tone and reflexes consistent with a post–ictal …

Clinical neuropsychology is an important field in the management of brain disorders. The recent increase in the number of people who have been diagnosed with brain injuries and disorders has necessitated the need for specialised knowledge which seeks to detect …

In the last decade, interest in the field of stem cell research has intensified. This increased interest has led to the identification and isolation of adult stem cells from a variety of organs including the central nervous system, bone marrow, …

Chief Complaint: Reported having headaches relieved by dimming lights and resting for a few hours within the past three months coupled with instances of feeling as if she may “fall when walking, but it only happens every few weeks. ” …