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Strong Medicine is an American medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict that aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. [1] [2] It was created and produced in part by Whoopi Goldberg, who made cameos on the series, and by Tammy Ader. [3]
Disability caused by scoliosis, as well as physical limitations during recovery from treatment-related surgery, often affects an individual’s ability to perform self-care activities. [24] One of the first treatments of scoliosis is the attempt to prevent further curvature of the spine.
The council woman needs a liver transplant as an effect of the shooting and Lu's patient, Trini, is a match. Trini and her mother, Marisol, refuse the transplant at first, but to teach Trini a lesson, Marisol gives the council woman part of her own liver. Meanwhile, Peter treats a woman who may have PTSD from the war when she lived in Cambodia.
The program is based on life-threatening situations in which the victim experienced a moment of impact. Featuring video of the event, reenactments, and interviews with surgeons, doctors, and the victims, Impact takes its viewers through the full process of the victim's impact, treatment and recovery. There is also a segment where a computerized ...
Surgery Saved My Life is a documentary series which aired for two years on Discovery Channel. [1] It is a medical show that features people with life-threatening health problems. The cameras follow the patients as they undergo surgery and the doctors as they prepare for and follow through on the life-saving operations.
She was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 13, a condition that worsened as she grew older. At age 19, she underwent spinal fusion surgery to straighten and fuse her spine; a rare complication led to Okorafor becoming paralyzed from the waist down. [11] Okorafor turned to writing small stories in the margins of a science-fiction book that ...
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a disorder in which the spine starts abnormally curving sideways between the ages of 10–18 years old. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Generally, AIS occurs during the growth spurt associated with adolescence.
The Scoliosis Research Society website serves as an educational resource to patients, and a professional resource for health care providers. For patients, a variety of spinal deformity topics and treatment options are explained in layman's terms and serve as a way for patients and their families to educate themselves about an otherwise complex ...