1 Hemodialysis patients can lose 10 to 12 grams of amino acids, the building blocks of protein, per treatment. 2  PD patients may lose 5 to 15 grams of protein per treatment.  Infection, inflammation, sores, anemia and other medical conditions call for a higher protein intake.
While both psychiatrists and psychologists are mental health professionals, the big difference is that psychiatrists are medical physicians (M.D. or D.O.) while psychologists are not. Because they are licensed physicians, psychiatrists can prescribe drugs.
Physiological vs Psychological. Physiological and psychological are two terms sounding similar. Their meanings are, however, very different because physiological means âpertaining to physiologyâ and psychology means âpertaining to psychologyâ. Physiological. Physiology means âscientific study of function of living systemsâ, which comes from the Greek origin âPhysisâ meaning nature and origin.