Allopathic medicine

... applied to that system of therapeutics in which diseases are treated by producing a condition incompatible ... "allopathic" medicine to the practice of treating diseases by means of drugs inducing symptoms unrelated ... or "antipathic" the practice of treating diseases by means of drugs producing symptoms opposite to ...

Family history (medicine)

... information on family morbidity of particular diseases (e.g. cardiovascular diseases , autoimmune disorders , mental disorders , ... lower threshold for investigating symptoms. In diseases with a known hereditary component, many healthy ...

Hematopathology

... is the branch of pathology which studies diseases of hematopoietic cells ( see below ). A ... tissues, and uses his/her expertise to diagnose diseases such as lymphomas and leukemias. The ... treatment based upon the diagnosis . diseases of Hematopoietic Cells The major disease of ...

Pathology

... the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing diseases based on the analysis of body fluids, such as ... the diagnosis and characterization of veterinary diseases through the examination of animal tissue and body ... scientists who investigate the causes of diseases in plants. Notes ^ a ...

Medicine

... major advances in the treatment of infectious diseases were observable in (Western) societies. The ... problems (such as high cholesterol), chronic diseases type 2 diabetes , lifestyle and degenerative diseases such as arthritis and Alzheimer's disease . ...

Neuropsychiatry

... dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system . It preceded the ... Summary of the arguments for neuropsychiatry diseases of the body have a physical manifestation that ... the psychiatrists, whilst themselves pursuing the diseases with clear physiopathology. However, the ...

Ramón Carrillo

... in 1946 he moved to confront the causes of diseases with the public power now at his disposal. In ... 1954. He eradicated, in only two years, endemic diseases such as malaria , by means of highly aggressive ... against the vector . Syphilis and veneral diseases practically vanished. He built 234 free, public ...

Proteopathy

... states. [1] Also, selective hyperproteolytic diseases have been referred to this category, e.g. ... [2] The proteopathies comprise at least 30 diseases that affect a variety of organs and tissues, ... are also called protein conformational diseases , [5] because a change in the 3-dimensional ...

Réseau Sentinelles

... Sentinelles Network (a.k.a. French Communicable diseases Computer Network) is a network of 1 260 ... indicators surveyed comprise of 11 infectious diseases : Influenza -like illness (ILI) since 1984, ... ) since 2000 as well as 3 non infectious diseases : Asthma since 2002, Suicidal attempts ...

Cachexia

... will generally consider the possibility of cancer , certain infectious diseases (e.g. tuberculosis , AIDS ) and some autoimmune disorders . Cachexia ... muscle atrophy . Mechanism The exact mechanism in which these diseases cause cachexia is poorly understood, but there is probably a role for ...

Muscle atrophy

... links Clinical settings of atrophy There are many diseases and conditions which cause a decrease in muscle mass, known as atrophy ... age-related decrease in muscle function ( sarcopenia ), there are other diseases which may be caused by structural defects in the muscle ( muscular ...

Unsolved problems in medicine

... HIV originate? Hepatitis / Herpes . And other incurable pathogenic diseases and conditions. We can treat them but how can we eliminate them? Hereditary diseases . Can gene therapy cure all diseases? The Common Cold . Can we ...

Abtissue pathology

... . Abtissue pathology was discovered and first recorded by Dan Brolynstein in conjunction with the Harvard Veterinarian Medical School. These diseases first disable the immune system before proceeding to change the chemical makeup in different parts of the nervous system , making the aforementioned ...

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

... of Iraq , all military personnel were required to get anthrax vaccination [6] (in addition to their other vaccinations of smallpox and other diseases and viruses like Japanese encephalitis, Pneumococcal, Tetanus, among others [7] ). While some military personnel had questions about the safety ...

Artificial induction of immunity

... Since Pasteur provided support for a germ theory of infectious disease, we have increasingly induced immunity against a widening range of diseases to prevent the associated risks from the wild infections. It is hoped that further understanding of the molecular basis of immunity will translate to ...

European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

... . Additionally, the GenAir case-control study is studying the relationship of passive smoking and air pollution with cancers and respiratory diseases . Up to 2004, there were over 26,000 new cases of cancer recorded among participants, with the most common being cancers of the breast, colorectum, ...

Hickam's dictum

... is a counterargument to the use of Occam's razor in the medical profession. [1] The principle is commonly stated: "Patients can have as many diseases as they damn well please". The principle is attributed to John Hickam, MD. [2] When discussing Occam's razor in contemporary medicine, doctors ...

Meteoropathy

... as humidity, temperature or pressure. A search in PUBMED shows that, quite outside of the popular and historical conceptions of "air" causing diseases and strongly influencing people's sense of wellbeing (see Miasma theory of disease ), there appear to be significant and measurable correlations ...

Ocular oncology

... ENT surgeon, pediatrician/internal medicine/hospitalist and a multidisciplinary team of support staff and nurses. See also List of eye diseases and disorders External links The Ocular Oncology Service The Eye Cancer Network Eye Cancer - Medline Plus Ocular ...