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Health professionals need to understand the important difference between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria are bacte ...

Central nervous system (CNS) embryology is a broad subject. This article serves as a summary of CNS organogenesis as well as a review the fram ...

Myoglobin is a protein located primarily in the striated muscles of vertebrates. MB is the gene encoding myoglobin in humans. It encodes a single p ...

Clotrimazole is a synthetic imidazole with a broad spectrum of antimycotic activity. Clotrim ...

Levofloxacin is a broad-spectrum, third-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections. Levofloxacin is a safe and e ...

FDA-approved usage of morphine sulfate includes moderate to severe pain that may be acute or chronic. Most commonly used in pain management, m ...

There are four types of hiatal hernias. However, the sliding hiatal hernia (type 1) is the most common and accounts for up to 95% of all hiatal her ...

Potassium is an essential mineral constituent of the human body and is the chief cation found within the intracellular fluid of all cells. Multiple ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders affecting about 1 in 500 African American children and 1 in 36,000  ...

The brain vasculature provides the nutrients necessary for the well functioning of the central nervous system (CNS). Anatomical and angiograph ...

The oral cavity harbors a diverse microbial flora that under normal conditions resides in homeostasis. The imbalance of this flora or the colo ...

Sympathomimetic agents are used to augment the endogenous catecholamines of the sympathetic nervous system for therapeutic benefit. The body has a ...

Stroke is the most common cause of morbidity and the fifth leading cause of mortality in the United States.

Sydenham Chorea (SD), also referred to as St. Vitus dance, is a manifestation of rheumatic fever (RF), occurring in up to 40% of pat ...

Antonio Maria Valsalva, an Italian physician, first described the Valsalva maneuver (VM) in his work in 1704.

Compartment syndrome occurs when pressures increase within a fixed cavity of the body, leading to ischemia, muscle damage, and organ dysfunction. T ...

Diclofenac is an FDA-approved drug used in the treatment and management of acute and chronic pain associated with inflammatory conditions, especial ...

In 1969, a remarkable cancer predisposition syndrome was reported by Li and Fraumeni. Li-Fra ...