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QUOTE FOR WEDNESDAY:
“Any surgical procedure carries risks. Inserting a stent may require accessing arteries of the heart or brain. This leads to an increased risk of adverse effects. Risks can be from allergic reaction to cardiac abnormal heart rhythms to heart attack and more.”.
Healthline.com
QUOTE FOR TUESDAY:
“A stent is a tiny tube that can play a big role in treating your heart disease. It helps keep your arteries — the blood vessels that carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body, including the heart muscle itself — open.
Most stents are made out of wire mesh and are permanent. Some are made out of fabric. These are called stent grafts and are often used for larger arteries.”
Web M.D.
QUOTE FOR MONDAY:
“Studies that seek to determine the etiology of schizophrenia through pathological images and morphological abnormalities of the brain have been conducted since the era of E. Kraepelin, and pioneers in neuropathology such as A. Alzheimer have also eagerly pursued such studies. However, there have been no disease-specific findings, and there was a brief era in which it was said that “schizophrenia is the graveyard of neuropathologists.” However, since the 1980s, neuroimaging studies with CT and MRI etc., have been used in many reports of cases of schizophrenia with abnormal brain morphology, thus generating renewed interest in developments within brain tissue and leading to new neuropathological studies.”.
Nagoya Journal of Medicine (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
QUOTE FOR THE WEEKEND:
“People with schizophrenia require lifelong treatment. Diagnosis of schizophrenia involves ruling out other mental health disorders and determining that symptoms are not due to substance abuse, medication or a medical condition.”
MAYO CLINIC
QUOTE FOR FRIDAY:
“The two types of hemodialysis are home hemodialysis and in-center hemodialysis. Both types have pros and cons. You should talk with your healthcare team, family, caregivers, or others you trust to help you decide what’s best for you. If you choose one type of hemodialysis first, you can usually change to the other.”
Kidney.org
QUOTE FOR THURSDAY:
“Today’s flu vaccines cannot prevent a devastating 1918-style pandemic. New advances are fueling a push for a long-lasting, broadly protective vaccine. Influenza kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. Influenza is tough to stop because both major types of influenza virus — type A and type B — encompass a vast number of distinct strains, and immunity to one strain often does not confer protection from another. Researchers make educated guesses as to which strains are likely to spread in a given year, then develop a vaccine meant to stop them.”
nature.com
QUOTE FOR WEDNESDAY:
“Good hand washing is the first line of defense against the spread of many illnesses — from the common cold to more serious infections, such as meningitis, bronchiolitis, the flu, hepatitis A, and many types of diarrhea.”.
Kids Health (kidshealth.org)
QUOTE FOR TUESDAY:
“According to the World Bank, hygiene promotion is the most cost-effective health action to reduce disease.1 As of 2020, 2.3 billion people lacked basic hygiene services (handwashing facility with soap and water), and 1.6 billion people had access to handwashing facilities that lacked water or soap.2 Research shows that washing hands with soap and water could reduce deaths from diarrheal disease by up to 50%.3″ .”
Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)
QUOTE FOR MONDAY:
“It’s national handwashing awareness week! The first step to preventing infection is good handwashing! Alcohol-based hand sanitizer kills most of the bad germs that make you sick and is the preferred way to clean your hands in healthcare settings. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer is more effective and less drying than using soap and water, & does not create antibiotic-resistant superbugs.”.
MAYO CLINIC