http://www.shvoong.com/tags/a.vasudevan/rss.xml Summaries, Abstracts, Synopses Reviews, Notes & Short Essays on A.Vasudevan Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:43:00 GMT Bed-wetting, or enuresis, is involuntary urination that usually occurs during sleep. It is common in children up to age 5, and about 15 percent of old http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/pediatrics/119652-bed-wetting-treatment/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/pediatrics/119652-bed-wetting-treatment/ Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:43:00 GMT In mammals the strict biological definition of sexual intercourse, or coitus, is the insertion of the male's erect penis into the female's vagina, t http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/gynecology/125572-male-female-sexual-orgasm-differences/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/gynecology/125572-male-female-sexual-orgasm-differences/ Mon, 20 Feb 2006 07:23:00 GMT Child psychiatry diagnoses and treats behavioral disorders that occur from infancy through adolescence. Many disturbances often receive psychiatric in http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/investigative-medicine/176332-child-psychiatry/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/investigative-medicine/176332-child-psychiatry/ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 05:50:00 GMT Cocaine is an alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca bush. It blocks local nerve conduction, producing local anesthesia when applied to muc http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/176391-cocaine/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/176391-cocaine/ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:28:00 GMT Codeine is a narcotic drug, one of two clinically useful phenanthrene alkaloids in opium. (The other is morphine.) Discovered (1832) in opium by Frenc http://www.shvoong.com/f/medicine-and-health/investigative-medicine/176397-codeine/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/medicine-and-health/investigative-medicine/176397-codeine/ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:38:00 GMT Dwarfism is disproportionate short stature, resulting from any of several gene mutations that cause impaired and dyssynchronous growth of the skeleton http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/investigative-medicine/182450-dwarfism/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/investigative-medicine/182450-dwarfism/ Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:24:00 GMT Frostbite is tissue damage resulting from exposure to subfreezing temperatures. Injury to the skin, muscle, blood vessels, and nerves is caused by for http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/dermatology/183707-frost-bite/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/dermatology/183707-frost-bite/ Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:22:00 GMT Impetigo is a skin infection that occurs predominantly in children. The causative pathogens are streptococci and staphylococci. The arms and face are http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/dermatology/186462-impetigo/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/dermatology/186462-impetigo/ Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:09:00 GMT After giving birth, some women get postpartum depression, also known as "postpartum blues," "maternity blues," or "baby blues http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/gynecology/220581-post-partum-depression/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/gynecology/220581-post-partum-depression/ Tue, 09 May 2006 06:29:00 GMT Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a common name for a wide variety of recurring psychological and physical symptoms experienced by some women in the week http://www.shvoong.com/f/medicine-and-health/gynecology/220588-premenstrual-syndrome/ support@shvoong.com http://www.shvoong.com/f/medicine-and-health/gynecology/220588-premenstrual-syndrome/ Tue, 09 May 2006 06:37:00 GMT