Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011): March/April 2011

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OBJECTIVES: Improper medical disposal is a threat to both the environment and individual communities. The purpose of this study was to determine physician education, knowledge, and perceived need for drug disposal guidelines.METHODS: An anonymous electronic 14-item survey eliciting year and state of...

CONTEXT: Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Colonoscopy is a proven effective screening tool for precancerous polyps.OBJECTIVE: To assess indications, findings, and technical performance of colonoscopies by a single general surgeon in...

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Nitric oxide (NO), originally discovered as an endothelium-derived relaxing factor, is now known to participate in the physiologic processes of the nervous, renal, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular systems. NO is an important mediator of vasodilation and is a potent inhibitor of plate...

Curcumin is a therapeutically active, natural biomolecule found in the spice turmeric. The antitumor, antioxidant, antiarthritic, and antiinflammatory effects on the body highlight the medicinal versatility of the compound. Turmeric has been used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in Indi...

This case illustrates the clinical difficulty in making the diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia and in particular superior mesenteric venous thromboembolism. There is no definitive sign, symptom, laboratory or diagnostic criteria to establish the diagnosis, rather a constellation of data al...

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