What the general dental practitioner needs to know about HPV-related oropharyngeal malignancy

What Should the General Practitioner Know about Filariasis

wise healthy and beautiful towns and villages dreadfully unhealthy. As an observer from the West Coast in South India, I may mention Mangalore in South Canara, Ponnani in Malabar, Mattancheri in Cochin and Sherthali in Travancore, as a few examples of such places where people with ' big legs' or ' indecently hung' may be seen in disgusting proportions not to speak of the sufferers who go down w...

Cloud Computing Distilled: What the Practitioner Needs to Know

What is Cloud Computing? There are three general ways to define it. An operational definition of cloud computing is: “utility computing.” A descriptive definition for cloud computing is: “service-based” or “resourcebased” computing. A practical definition is simply: “pay as you go” computing (Armbrust et al., 2009). All of these descriptions of cloud are correct, and they reflect the two main i...

Diagnostic Radiology: What the Advanced Practitioner Needs to Know

Advanced practitioners should use imaging resources wisely by understanding the appropriate use of chest x-ray, CT, and PET/CT, according to Joseph R. Steele, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. At JADPRO Live at APSHO, Dr. Steele described the ABCs of diagnostic radiology, outlining which tests are best for which situations, and which are a misuse of healt...

What the Equine Practitioner Needs to Know about the Biochemical Manipulation of Equine Joint Disease

What the radiologist needs to know about the diabetic patient

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is recognised as a major health problem. Ninety-nine percent of diabetics suffer from type 2 DM and 10% from type 1 and other types of DM. The number of diabetic patients worldwide is expected to reach 380 millions over the next 15 years. The duration of diabetes is an important factor in the pathogenesis of complications, but other factors frequently coexisting with type...