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Drug That Blocks Stress Receptor May Curb Alcohol Craving by Dirk H. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 10:34pm in the scientific war on alcoholism—the only kind of drug war that really matters. Researchers at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), working with colleagues at Lilly Research Laboratories and University College in London, announced that a drug that blocks the so-called NK1 receptor (NK1R) reduced alcohol cravings in a study of 25 Read on »

Right Bundle Branch Block with Subtle ST Elevation: LAD 95% occluded by Stephen Smith Posted Thu 28 Jan 2010 12:49pm An 81 yo woman presented at 2 AM to the ED with severe substernal chest pressure. This ECG was recorded There is sinus rhythm with a PVC, and Right Bundle Branch Block... 0-1 mm of ST depression. Any ST elevation in V2 or V3 is very suspicious for LAD occlusion in a patient with chest pain. The cath lab was activated, but the interventionalist Read on »

New Left Bundle Branch Block is a poor indicator of coronary occlusion by Stephen Smith Posted Mon 08 Mar 2010 11:19am tachycardia with left bundle branch block (LBBB). A previous ECG from one year prior was normal without LBBB. According to the ACC and AHA, new LBBB in the presence of ischemic... because, in their experience, most patients with new LBBB do not have coronary occlusion unless they also have some specific indicators of occlusion, known as the Sgarbossa criteria Read on »

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How will you differentiate a wenkebach’s Mobitz type 1 AV block from type 2 second degree AV block if the conduction ratio is 2: by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:01pm It is the classical description of wenkebach AV block type 1 there is progressive prolongation of PR interval followed by a blocked p wave and hence a dropped qrs complex. The usual conduction ratio for wenkebach AV block is 3:2 or 4:3 . It is well known wenkebach AV block is usually a benign form of AV conduction defect and it recovers spontaneously Read on »

Tube Blocked: Dorinda and Blocked Tubes by Dr. Gary Berger Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:52am fallopian tubes. Putting her trust in God's hands, Dorinda's blocked tubes were able to be repaired successfully. Read on »

Karate 'blocks' are much more than blocks by Sue Wharton Posted Fri 27 Aug 2010 12:00am Blocks are often a very misunderstood technique in karate and often come in for a great deal of criticism from non-karateka. These techniques are often criticised for being to hard, stiff or slow to be effective. Your average non-karateka may say that it is better to evade, parry or re-direct an incoming strike than do a hard block. I would Read on »

Why left anterior fascicular block (LAFB) is more common than left posterior fascicular(LPFB) block ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 11 Feb 2010 6:04am important than what we see. The anterior fascicular block (LAFB) is one of the common conduction disorder. It ’s significance : Can be a benign or a dangerous entity... may not be that common . Organic LAFB occurs in the following situations. Degenerative blocks (Part of Lev & Lenegre’s disease) Aortic valve disease . Hypertensive Read on »

A Block is Just a Block, and a Mile is Just a Mile by Suzanne B Posted Sun 26 Dec 2010 12:37pm , cousins, sons, daughters this Christmas. A little walking won’t kill you. It only takes about 3 minutes to walk a block, and twenty minutes to walk a mile at a regular pace. Just think about making it to the next street, and then the next street, and before you know it, BAM!, you’ve walked a mile. So please take a walk today. A block is just that: a block Read on »

Martial Artist's Block vs Writer's Block by Sue Wharton Posted Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:00am to be great all the time”. Writer’s Block I’m pretty sure we are all familiar with the concept of ‘writer’s block’. You may have experienced it yourself when writing... you’ve run out of time to write. We’ve all been there! Martial Artist’s Block What is martial artist’s block? Is it similar? Well I think I may have just made Read on »