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Dementia is a broad clinical term for memory loss and cognitive decline not typical for the aging process. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, accounting for up to 80% of ...
Step 1: Check your online patient portal, if you have one. If you have an online patient portal with the hospital or medical clinic you frequent, some of the information you would like may be ...
S.M., sometimes referred to as SM-046, is an American woman with a peculiar type of brain damage that physiologically reduces her ability to feel fear.First described by scientists in 1994, [1] she has had exclusive and complete bilateral amygdala destruction since late childhood as a consequence of Urbach–Wiethe disease.
The European Commission wants to boost the digital economy by enabling all Europeans to have access to online medical records anywhere in Europe by 2020. With the newly enacted Directive 2011/24/EU on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare due for implementation by 2013, it is inevitable that a centralised European health record system ...
Many online companies provide cash-pay telemedicine, which doesn’t require health insurance or referrals. 4. Medical access for people in rural areas.
Over 1 billion people around the world have high blood pressure. It is defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) values (the top number) of 130 mm Hg or more, diastolic blood pressure (DBP, the ...
IPSG.1 Identify Patients Correctly; IPSG.2 Improve Effective Communication; IPSG.3 Improve the Safety of High-Alert Medications; IPSG.4 Ensure Correct-Site, Correct-Procedure, Correct-Patient Surgery
Unconsciousness requires immediate medical attention. Discover the symptoms, get helpful tips on performing first aid and CPR, and more.