conclusive opinion of the result to be formed, or (in 53 cases) were only under my observation during the past year. Of the 409 cases the great majority have been carefully observed by me during several years. I have treated a smaller proportion of them for a short time, but have received such accurate details of their further progress from the medical men who have attended them that I have no ...

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The traditional health care landscape, hospitals and private physicians' offices, is undergoing a major shift of focus. "Womb to tomb" care facilities, typified by boutique developments, medical malls, and health parks, are just now in their infancy. This article provides an overview of the likely direction of health care design as shaped by consumer demand.

A British disease Myalgic encephalomyelitis is a new name for an old disease with an impressive history of synonyms. It's a British disease, unknown in the New World; but North America is in the grip of chronic EpsteinBarr virus infection, and Australasia has repetitive stress injury, which unkind people say is myalgic compensationitis. Myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic EpsteinBarr virus wi...

During embryo implantation and initiation of pregnancy, uterine NK (uNK) cells engage invasive fetal trophoblasts to remodel vessels that conduct blood to the placenta. This partnership, involving uNK cell receptors that recognize HLA-C ligands on trophoblasts, varies the course of human pregnancy because the genes for both receptors and ligands are extraordinarily diverse. Several pregnancy di...

The process of generating an image for a computer graphics object is traditionally broken down into three steps: modelling of the shape or geometric attributes (such as height, width, and length), modelling of the visual attributes (how the object is going to look), and an integration step that connects the first two (a visual attribute is defined for every point on the surface of the object). ...

Monitoring of growth and development is an activity to detect early irregularities (malnutrition or poor nutritional status, short children), developmental deviations (late speaking), mental emotional disorders (impaired concentration hyperactivity). The rapid in the first 1,000 days life makes monitoring child very important at this age. are counted from time conception mother's womb until 2 y...

In Birth without Violence (1975), French obstetrician Frederick Leboyer [4] describes in poetic form the possible perceptions and feelings of embryos and fetuses before, during, and after birth. His work has helped to promote a gentler and more sensitive birthing method with the goal of easing the newborn?s transition from the womb [5] to the outside world. Leboyer?s birthing method influenced ...

People are especially vulnerable to environmental pollutants while in the womb, or prenatal period, and throughout childhood. During these times, environmental chemicals are more likely to have impacts on health and normal growth, and can cause serious health effects later in life. For example, research has shown that when pregnant women are exposed to pesticides, their children may have an inc...