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Schizophrenia by Mike Kocur
By CPR St. Louis at January 11, 2012 | 5:38 am | 0 Comment
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental condition that impairs the affected individual from accurately processing reality. Unfortunately, individuals who are schizophrenics will experience reoccurring symptoms that will have life long implications. The best way to help a person with schizophrenia is to be aware of who will be most susceptible to the condition, symptoms, and more...
What is Post Polio Syndrome? by Kristen Coleman
By CPR St. Louis at January 10, 2012 | 1:59 am | 0 Comment
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is an illness that causes symptoms to reappear in individuals who had recovered from polio decades earlier. After recovering from polio, some survivors find themselves afflicted again, facing a serious condition called post-polio syndrome. PPS is a condition in the nervous system that affects muscles and nerves. (adsbygoogle = more...
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy by Emily Greer
By CPR St. Louis at January 10, 2012 | 1:25 am | 0 Comment
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is the third most common human myopathy affecting approximately 1 in every 20,000 people. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is in most cases an inherited autosomal dominant pattern disease characterized by muscle weakness and wasting (atrophy). Generally, an affected person inherits the deletion from one affected parent, more...
Fetal Circulation by Kayla Colona
By CPR St. Louis at January 6, 2012 | 7:32 am | 0 Comment
The fetal circulatory system works differently than it does after birth. The placenta is the organ that develops during the pregnancy and is implanted into the endometrium of the mother’s uterus. The fetus gets all of its nutrients, oxygen, and life support because the umbilical vein transports it through the placenta to the fetal body. Any kind of waste and carbon more...
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) by Kimberly Murphy
By CPR St. Louis at January 5, 2012 | 6:23 am | 0 Comment
Overview and Effects of Pink Eye Pinkeye, or conjunctivitis, is the swelling and redness of the conjunctiva, which is the mucous membrane that lines the eyelid and the eye surface. When present, the eye lining becomes red and swollen, whereas the normal eye lining is clear. Pinkeye is very common, not too serious, and the symptoms will usually subside in 7-10 days more...
