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Migraines and Other Headaches

Migraines and Other Headaches - What Are Migraine Headaches - What Is Migraine?, How Common Are Migraines? - At What Age Do Migraine Headaches Start?, Who Gets More Migraines—Guys or Girls?, Migraine Equivalents, Migraines and Other Headaches - Classifying Migraine Headaches - What May Happen Before A Migraine Begins, Two Main Categories Of Migraine, More Migraine Categories, Migraines and Other Headaches - When Headaches Are Not Migraines - Tension Headaches, Less Serious Headaches, Migraines and Other Headaches - Recognizing Migraine Headaches - Who Can Help?, The Doctor Takes The History, The Physical Exam, Other Diagnostic Tools - Draw A Picture Of Your Headache, Honesty Is The Best Policy…

Aging Healthy - Part 1

Outline of Contents, Accelerated Aging: Animal Models - Experimentally Induced Models, Gene-modified Models, Selection Models, Spontaneous Models, Accelerated Aging: Human Progeroid Syndromes - Progeroid Syndromes As Models Of Aging, Down Syndrome, Adult Progeria (werner Syndrome), Progeria (hutchinson-gilford Syndrome), Administration on Aging - History And Development Of Aoa, Organizational Challenges To Aoa, Aoa In The Twenty-first Century, Adult Day Care - Benefits Of The Center Setting, The Facility, Goals Of The Adult Day Program, Care Models, Adult Protective Services - History, Current Status, Issues And Trends…

Aging Healthy - Part 2

East Europe and Former USSR - Population Aging And The Birth Rate, Sex Ratio Contrasts In Old Age, Marital Status Contrasts At Old Ages, Economic Well-Being - Consumption As A Measure Of Economic Well-being, Access To Resources As A Measure Of Economic Well-being, Education - Trends In Years Of Schooling, The Impact Of Education, Lifelong Learning, Elder Abuse and Neglect - Definitions And Types Of Abuse And Neglect, Incidence And Prevalence, Victim And Perpetrator Characteristics, Prevention And Intervention, Electroconvulsive Therapy - Historical Origins, Indications, Risks, Procedures…

Aging Healthy - Part 3

Language about Aging - Designations For Older Adults, Vocabulary About Older Adults And Aging, Metaphoric Language, Proverbial Language - Slogans, Language Comprehension, Language Disorders - Language Disorders In Older Adults, Language Deficits In Early Alzheimer's Disease And Other Progressive Conditions, Latin America - Demographic Background, Literacy, Living Arrangements, Economic Activity And Retirement, Pension Policy, Learning - Classical Conditioning, Instrumental Conditioning, Leisure - Types Of Leisure Activities, The Portent Of Leisure, Life Course - Ktey Concepts And Distinctions, Contributions To Aging, Challenges And Developments In Conducting Life Course Research…

Aging Healthy - Part 4

Qualitative Research - Common Threads Of Qualitative Inquiry, Qualitative Research Methods, Definition Quality of Life and Measurement, Philosophical Quality of Life and Ethical Dimensions - Sources Of Controversy, To What Does Quality Of Life Refer?, Philosophical Theories Of Quality Of Life, Reaction Time - Stages Of Information Processing, Age Differences In Reaction Time, Conclusion, Reality Orientation - Treatment Approach, Use With Individuals With Dementia, Empirical Evidence, Refusing and Withdrawing Medical Treatment - Historical Background, The Ethics Of Refusing And Withdrawing Treatment, Summary, Rehabilitation - Assessment, Intervention, Stroke Rehabilitation, Hip Fracture Rehabilitation…

Genetics in Medicine - Part 1

Accelerated Aging: Progeria - Progeria's Effects, Inheritance Of Progeria, Germinal Mosaicism, Addiction - Definitions, Heritability In Humans, Models Of Addiction, Aging and Life Span - Life Span And The Aging Process, Diseases Associated With Aging, Genetics And Aging, Agricultural Biotechnology - Techniques, Advantages, Concerns - Regulations, Alternative Splicing, Alzheimer's Disease - First Description Of Ad, An Evolving Understanding Of Dementia, Genetics Of Alzheimer's Disease, Ames Test, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome - Sexual Development, Testosterone And Its Receptor, The Consequences Of Androgen Insensitivity, The Androgen Receptor Gene And Protein…

Genetics in Medicine - Part 2

Educator - K-12 Educator, Two-year College Faculty, Four-year College Faculty, Educational Requirements, Embryonic Stem Cells, Epidemiologist - Career Requirements, Employment, And Compensation, Many Roles, Many Rewards, Epistasis - Puzzling Inheritance Patterns Explained, Interactions Among Proteins, Escherichia coli - Attributes Of E. Coli, Importance In Laboratory Studies, Discoveries Made In E. Coli, Eubacteria - Structure, Metabolism, Life Cycle, Dna, Gene Transfer, Gene Regulation And Protein Synthesis, Eugenics - British Origins, Positive And Negative Eugenics, Mendelian Inheritance, Intelligence Testing, And American Eugenics…

Genetics in Medicine - Part 3

Laboratory Technician - Skills Of The Laboratory Technician, Qualifications And Compensation, Legal Issues - Ownership Of Tissues, Criminal Law, Patenting Issues, Linkage and Recombination - Basic Concepts, Calculating Linkage And Map Distance, Statistical Approaches, Maize - Early Studies Of Maize, Later Maize Studies, Mapping - Why Create And Use Maps?, Using Recombination And Map Functions, Types Of Markers, And Their Advantages And Disadvantages, Marker Systems - Selectable Markers, Screenable Markers, Mass Spectrometry - Accelerate Ionize Detect, Applications, Barbara McClintock, Victor McKusick, Meiosis - Overview, Meiosis I, The Sources Of Genetic Diversity, Meiosis Ii, Chromosomal Aberrations - Comparison with Mitosis…

Genetics in Medicine - Part 4

Quantitative Traits - The Genetic Architecture Of Quantitative Traits, Qtls And Complex Effects On Phenotype, Analysis Of Quantitative Traits, Reading Frame, Recombinant DNA - Overview Of Recombination Techniques, Applications, Repetitive DNA Elements - Types Of Repetitive Elements, Tandem Arrays, Transposable Elements, Role Of Repetitive Dna In Evolution And Impact On The Human Genome, Replication - Overview, Initiation Of Dna Replication, The Replication Fork, Leading Strands And Lagging Strands, The Need For Primers, Reproductive Technology - Pregnancy And Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization, The Risks Of Ivf, Embryo Transfer Techniques, Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer…