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Polio Virus may Cure Cancer: A Genetic Engineering Miracle | JPMS Medical Blogs
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Polio Virus may Cure Cancer: A Genetic Engineering Miracle. Submitted by Azka Aslam Bajwa. On April 25, 2015 – 11:15 AM. Polio is an incurable disease which has been eradicated from most parts of the world, but continues to plague under developed countries. It is therefore quite astonishing that such a devastating disease can be used for beneficial purposes. Initially the virus is engineered genetically in a laboratory, rendering it ‘harmless.’ It is then injected locally into cancerous tissue causin...
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Updated Assessment of Drugs for Acute Migraine Headache | JPMS Medical Blogs
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Updated Assessment of Drugs for Acute Migraine Headache. Submitted by Tabish Aijaz. On April 11, 2015 – 9:02 PM. Migraine headache is a serious and very common health problem. According to American Headache association, about 36 million Americans suffer from migraines. The main treatment of migraine attack is pharmacotherapy, for which many drugs are available. Only evidence-based guidelines can help in determining which drugs are more helpful than others. The researchers conducted a systematic review of...
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There Are, But Two Stories | JPMS Medical Blogs
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There Are, But Two Stories. Submitted by Maleeha Javed. On April 17, 2015 – 8:22 PM. This is not your standard white lab coat. It is a dazzling cape meant to outshine all. Various embellishments stud the coat; 3 page long CV, degrees from prestigious institutes, straight A mark sheet , letters of commendation First day in medical school and you’re already the talk of town as the up and coming;already there doctor. And after 5 minutes of counseling on heart failure; tears of gratitude well up in the grown...
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A Forgotten Epidemic: Outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Bangladesh | JPMS Medical Blogs
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A Forgotten Epidemic: Outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Bangladesh. Submitted by Rajat Das Gupta. On May 14, 2015 – 10:06 PM. It was 2000 AD, a century leap year. There was a debate during that time about the beginning of the third millennium: whether the millennium began on 1st January , 2000, or 1st January , 2001? Apart from this debate, the year witnessed many picks and falls. Among these events, the outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in Bangladesh is one of them. Dengue fever is caused...
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The Ramifications of Ineffective Communication with Elderly Clients | JPMS Medical Blogs
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The Ramifications of Ineffective Communication with Elderly Clients. Submitted by Saleema Khowaja. On March 28, 2015 – 8:15 PM. How will that nurse help out needy patients? During my community clinical, I encountered a 35 year old lady with gestational week 16 Gravida 12 Para 10 1. She came with the complaint of excessive vaginal bleeding and miscarriage. She appeared neat and clean, malnourished and lazed uneasily on her bed. I went through the patient’s blue file to collect all her data. After analyzin...
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Obstacles to Provision of Good Nursing Care: Language Barriers in Communication with Patients | JPMS Medical Blogs
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Obstacles to Provision of Good Nursing Care: Language Barriers in Communication with Patients. Submitted by Saleema Khowaja. On March 15, 2015 – 7:54 AM. What if a nurse is unable to effectively communicate with her client in the client’s preferred language? What is the worth of teaching if client cannot fully implement it in their daily life? Besides, I also felt sorry for the lady whose right to knowledge about her need was violated. According to Poisson (2009) When clear communication is not possi...
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The Blessings of Pain and Sweat – A Brief Overview of CIPA | JPMS Medical Blogs
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The Blessings of Pain and Sweat – A Brief Overview of CIPA. Submitted by Zainab Abdul Qadir. On April 17, 2015 – 8:45 PM. As it is said, “Its both a blessing and curse to feel everything so very deeply”, But ultimately feeling nothing is also a curse, and is not something to be proud of. Pain though, is the body’s alarming mechanism which indicates that something wrong is happening with the physiology or anatomy. CIPA, refers to. Refers to absence of sweating. Mutation in NTRK1 does not allow NGF to bind...
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Social Acceptance Versus Self-Acceptance – What is More Important? | JPMS Medical Blogs
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Social Acceptance Versus Self-Acceptance What is More Important? Submitted by Muhammad Umair Raheel. On March 15, 2015 – 8:09 AM. Therefore, before we desire social acceptance we should strive to attain a mental state where we truly accept ourselves without any discrimination or biased opinion about us. We should first kill our internal fears and prejudices in order to face the world with firm confidence and stand in front of society with dignity and pride. We are empowered to meet all social challenges ...
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The Era of Artificial Intelligence – Why Medicine should Cheer the Rise of the Machines | JPMS Medical Blogs
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The Era of Artificial Intelligence – Why Medicine should Cheer the Rise of the Machines. Submitted by Ayesha Rizvi. On March 15, 2015 – 7:52 AM. The progress we have seen in the recent years cars which can drive by themselves, handy humanoid robots, synthesis and speech recognition systems, 3D printers,. How can we be so certain? Thinking Machines, Available Now. Digital machines have escaped their narrow restrictions and started to show extensive skills in complex communication, pattern recognition, as ...
