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Self-sustained contractile activity is really an essential cardiac feature, vital for existence.... .... ... ... Leonardo da Vinci, understood this autonomous activity of the heart.... (“Del core.... Questosimuove da se', e non siferma, se non eternalmente'': “As to the heart: it moves itself, and doth never stop, except it be for eternity”....
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However, studies have found strong evidence of a link between peripheral neuropathy and functional disability including impaired balance resulting in falls, deformities of the joints, leg cramps and muscular weakness1.... Neuropathies in the older patient peripheral neuropathy is a term used to describe disorders of the peripheral nervous system.... peripheral neuropathy manifests most commonly as numbness, tingling and pain in feet and hands due to nerve damage....
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Essay
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on the other hand is a progressive disease that results from a set of complex metabolic disorders originating from coexisting defects in multiple organ sites that include insulin resistance in muscle and adipose tissue, gradually reducing pancreatic insulin secretion, lack of regulation in hepatic glucose production, inappropriate glucagons secretion and reduced production of gastrointestinal incretins (Barr, Myslinski & Scarborough, 2008).... The paper "Clinical and Metabolic Consequences of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes" considers the biochemical factors to the acquisition of chronic endocrine disease - insulin-resistant or insulin-dependent diabetes - and tied metabolic syndrome, pathologies of nerves, blood vessels, organs, and tissues....
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Term Paper
The dissertation "Diabetic Foot Treatment" is aimed to observe the effect of the management of diabetic foot ulcers based on metabolic parameters as well as the use of combination antibiotics, debridement, surgical shoes and strict follow up at a Consultant Diabetologist led diabetic foot clinic....
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Dissertation
Common conditions like traumatic nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, AIDS neuropathy, post-herpetic neuralgia etc.... are examples of painful peripheral neuropathies.... Gabapentin (1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexaneacetic acid) is commonly used for neuropathic pain.... regabalin ((S)-3- (aminomethyl)-5-ethyl hexanoic acid) is a newly launched drug, which is a 3-substituted analog of ç-aminobutyric acid (GABA)....
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Case Study
Diabetes, as defined by the World Health Organization, is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood sugar levels which are caused by a deficiency in insulin production, insufficiency in insulin uptake.... Diabetes is classified into two categories: Type I or insulin-dependent diabetes and Type II or non-insulin-dependent diabetes.... This paper aims to review existing clinical studies and literature involving the use of pregabalin and gabapentin in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy....
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Literature review
The paper 'Recombinant Human insulin' seeks to evaluate a hormone that is secreted by a group of cells called as islets of Langerhans which is located at the pancreas.... The author states that the cells containing the insulin receptors attain the capacity to absorb the glucose molecules in the blood into the cells for their energy and metabolism.... Thus insulin helps to reduce the blood glucose level.... Similarly, the concentration of the insulin molecules must increase after a meal automatically, if this does not happen then the person is prone to diabetes mellitus....
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Research Paper
The exact cause of insulin resistance is not yet clear.... DM-2 occurs due to a combination of decreased secretion of beta cells in the pancreas and increased peripheral resistance to insulin at tissue-receptor level (Kumar, p.... Secretion from these glands decreases due to wear and tear, antibodies against it or due to failure in adaptation to the long-term demands of peripheral insulin requirement and resistance (Kumar, p.... A group of clinical syndromes characterized by hyperglycemia secondary to the relative or absolute insulin deficiency is known as diabetes mellitus (DM)....
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Research Paper