RENEWED OCCURRENCE OF SCHOOLING SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD (SPHYRNA LEWINI) AND OF GREAT HAMMERHEAD (S. MOKARRAN) SHARKS IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

Renewed occurrence of schooling scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) and of great hammerhead (S. mokarran) sharks in the Cayman Islands

The scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), a critically endangered species with a decreasing global population, is characterised by its occurrence in large schools.Such schools are still observed today in the Pacific Ocean, but this is generally not the case in the Atlantic Ocean, and in the Cayman Islands not since the 1970s.Here we report a

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Lymphoma presenting as preauricular tumor in unilateral parotid gland agenesis: a case report and review of literature

Abstract Background Parotid gland agenesis is a rare, BABYLISS PRO FLASHFX congenital, usually asymptomatic disorder.Until now, only 24 cases with unilateral, incidentally found, parotid gland agenesis have been described.Here, we present the first reported case of an ipsilateral preauricular neoplasm in a patient with unilateral parotid gland agen

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Challenges to physician–patient communication about medication use: a window into the skeptical patient’s world

Tanya Bezreh1, M Barton Laws1, Tatiana Taubin1, Dena E Rifkin2, Ira B Wilson11Health Services Policy and Practice, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; 2Divisions of Nephrology and of Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USAAbstract: Patients frequently do not take medicines as prescribed and often do not communicate with

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Teaching Exercise of Drug Utilization by Medical Students

The prescription is a vital written document communicating between the physician, the patient and the pharmacist.The audit of prescribing pattern is a component of medical audit, which seeks monitoring, evaluation and necessary modifications in the prescribing practices of prescribers to achieve rational and cost effective medical care for the pati

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