Tag Archives: History

Menopausal Symptoms More Common in Women with History of Intimate Partner Violence

While we have identified various sociodemographic variables as factors which modulate vulnerability to menopausal symptoms, no studies (to my knowledge) have looked at how a history of intimate partner violence (IPV) or other traumatic exposures may affect susceptibility to menopausal symptoms.   A recent study looked at menopausal symptoms in 2,016 women (40 to 80… Read More »

History of Littmann Stethoscope

by James Markham History of Littmann Stethoscope The term stethoscope is derived from two Greek words; stethos (meaning chest) and scopos (meaning examination). Apart from being used by medical practitioners to hear the heart and chest sounds, the stethoscope is also used to listen to bowel sounds and blood flow noises in the veins and… Read More »

A Long History of Network Hackers

Dave Lehr, CIO, Anne Arundel Health System Would you believe that the world’s first network hack preceded the first computer network by 132 years? We all know that phone phreakers came before computer hackers. And even before that, there were surely some tricksters hijacking telegraph wires and radio signals, intercepting and sending fraudulent messages. But… Read More »

History Of Meditation

In today`s hectic world, where people are running for corporate success or trying to balance family and work life or even trying to deal with bugger health issues, everyone has some problem or the other. No one is really satisfied with what they are doing nor are they enjoying their life. As the old saying… Read More »