In "Psychotherapy of traumatic grief: A review of evidence for psychotherapeutic treatments", Jacobs and Prigerson present the concept of Traumatic Grief as a new diagnostic disorder and predict future studies will conclude a specific, tailored therapy will prove most effective in future studies...

Eating Disorders A natural part of an adolescent's identity development is body image and self perception. When unhealthy thoughts and attitudes towards one's body develop it can lead to an eating disorder. Most people with eating disorders share certain personality traits which...

Turner's Syndrome Turner's Syndrome is a common disease in females that affects many body systems. It affects about out of 2,000 females. This genetic disorder is characterized by the lack of sexual development at puberty. Although the exact cause of Turner's Syndrome isn'...

GIS Geographical Information System originated in the 1960s. During the early days of the technology the use was limited to a small group of practicioners. It is a information technology which analizes, stores, and displays both spatial and non-spatial data. It is used in many different specializati...

One of the serious hereditary disorders that have been like a nightmare for some parents, when affecting their child, is the muscular dystrophy disorder. Various medical fields are going to be dealing mainly with genes and hereditary disorders, muscular dystrophy being one of them, as they are beco...

Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission resulting in muscle weakness. The term "myasthenia" is latin for muscle weakness, and "gravis" for grave or serious. Myasthenia gravis is characterized by decremental neuronal response with repe...