Hematopathology
... the patient and decides on the best treatment
based upon the diagnosis .
Diseases of ... Leukemias are mainly bone marrow and blood
based and can be subclassified as chronic leukemia ... decades. Lymphomas are diseases that are mainly
based in lymph nodes . Hematopathologists have named ...
Personalized medicine
... that is intended to suit the population at large
based on what is known as the ' blockbuster drug ... A more efficient drug development process,
based on sound, robust genetic evidence could require ... annotated. Clinical information is also necessary
based on patient medical records or clinical trial ....
Telephone Triage
... “Uncertainty” because decisions are often made
based on partial or inaccurate information; “urgency” ... and from telemedicine and internet
based service to “POTs” -- “plain old telephone” lines. ... of 40 hours and will include online training
based on “real life” problems. Sophisticated training ...
Artificial induction of immunity
... and scientist who had practiced variolation, performed an experiment
based on the folk-knowledge that infection with cowpox , a disease with minor ... the modern germ theory of (infectious) disease. Using experiments
based on this theory, which posited that specific microorganisms cause specific ...
Allopathic medicine
... medicine.
History of term
The term was coined by Samuel Hahnemann to differentiate homeopathic practices from conventional medicine,
based on the types of treatments used.
As used by homeopaths, the term "allopathy" has always referred to a principle of curing disease by administering ...
Anterior mediastinal mass
... IV disease requires addition of cisplatin-based chemotherapy in addition to those in stage II and III. For those with invasive thymoma, treatment is
based on induction chemotherapy, surgical resection, and post-surgical radiation. 5-year survival for invasive thymoma is between 12-54% regardless of any ...
CankerMelts
... CankerMelts is a non-prescription medication for canker sores sold by Orahealth Corporation, a privately held company
based in Bellevue, WA. The active ingredient is licorice extract, with collagen added which may help soothe pain and accelerate healing. CankerMelts is ...
Fat transfer
... in fat injections, which he finds are approximately only 20% alive at the time of injection, according to CT scans and other medical testing. [10]
based on a study of 120 LiveFill patients comparing that procedure to fat injections, Dr. Moelleken in one test found an average of ten to 15 percent of ...
Pathology
... the correct antibiotics
Clinical pathology , also known as laboratory medicine , is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing diseases
based on the analysis of body fluids, such as plasma, urine, stool, respiratory or mucosal secretions, inflammatory exudates, and pleural, pericardial, ...
Hy's Law
... a pure Drug -Induced Liver Injury (DILI) leading to jaundice, without a hepatic transplant , has a case fatality rate of 10% to 50%. The law is
based on observations by Hy Zimmerman , a major scholar of drug-induced liver injury. [1]
References
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Medicine
... Bernard and others). The new, "scientific" medicine (where results are testable and repeatable) replaced early Western traditions of medicine,
based on herbalism, the Greek " four humours " and other pre-modern theories. [ citation needed ] The focal points of development of clinical medicine ...
Neuropsychiatry
... Shapiro and Wayne, 1973) the syndrome has gained pathophysiological support (e.g. Singer, 1997) and is hypothesized to have a genetic basis too
based on its high inheritability (Robertson, 2000). This trend can be seen for many hitherto traditionally psychiatric disorders (Table 1) and is argued to ...
Patient trade-off
... to valid empirical information is crucial for such decision making. However the individual’s feeling towards the subject in question is also a factor
based on emotional values and theological positions rather than knowledge. An individual that does not care about a certain documented side effect of ...
Sexual orientation and medicine
... members and LGBT physicians have been treated unfairly by the AMA in the past. There is simply no excuse for discriminatory actions or exclusions
based on sexual orientation or gender identity -- none. First, GLMA has opened [the AMA's] eyes to the diverse needs of LGBT patients, and second -- and ...
Thymocyte
... lineages
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Stages of maturation
Thymocytes are classified into a number of distinct maturational stages
based on the expression of cell surface markers. The earliest thymocyte stage is the double negative stage (negative for both CD4 and CD8), which more ...
Tincture
... means methanol , often derived from the destructive distillation of wood
See also
Nalewka - An infusion is a water or oil
based extract with similar historical uses to a tincture.
Elixir - A pharmaceutical preparation containing an active ingredient that is dissolved in a ...