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Unsolved problems in medicine

...ation . How can we successfully model a normative body (and brain) such that an accurate, predictable simulation can be run in real-time, providing measurable results with a variety of experimental inputs? Chronic Urticaria . What is the cause of such a disease? Can it be pinpointed as an autoimmunit...

Ultradian

...uman sleep. Some of the ultradian cyclings of the body are hormonal release, heart rate , thermoregulation , nostril dilation and appetite . The last involves rhythmic release of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), stimulating and inhibiting appetite ultradian rhythm...

Surrogate markers

...sed in medical research for a change to the human body that is believe to be necessary to an eventual outcome or end point . [1] Surrogate markers are used when it is unethical to look for the end point (e.g., death) in the experiment, or when the number of end point events is very small, thus maki...

Space medicine

...e . Contents 1 Effects of space on the body 1.1 Gravity 2 External links ... References Effects of space on the body Gravity The effects of microgravity on fluid distribution around the body. Unde...

Stasis (medicine)

...sis means the state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops, for example the flow of blood through vessels or of intestinal contents through the digestive tract ....

Pre-conditioning

...n order to stimulate an antibody production in the body against that virus, so that later when the live 'wild-type' virus is countered, the body is immune or at least mounts an immediate and vigorous defense against it by already possessing the ...

Proteopathy

...ialysis amyloidosis β2-microglobulin Inclusion body myopathy/myositis Amyloid β peptide (Aβ) Cataracts Crystallins Medullary thyroid carcinoma Calcitonin Cardiac atrial amyloidosis Atrial natriuretic factor Pituitary prolactinoma Prolactin Hereditary lattice corneal dystrophy Kera...

Phantom pain

...ion pain , is pain that is felt in a part of the body (usually an extremity ) that either no longer exists due to amputation or is insensate as a result of nerve severance. It is often described as a burning sensation, though individual accounts vary. This pain does not originate from the limb itse...

Ocular oncology

...e tumors can also occur in the iris and ciliary body . Then they are called iris or ciliary body melanoma . The most common malignant intraocular tumor in children is called retinoblastoma . ...

Nuclear medicine

...ch as CT or MRI to highlight which part of the body the radiopharmaceutical is concentrated in. This p...tests in nuclear medicine exploit the way that the body handles substances differently when there is disease or pathology present. The radionuclide introduc...

Muscle atrophy

...r dystrophy ), or by inflammatory reactions in the body directed against muscle (the myopathies). Pathophysiology Muscle atrophy occurs by a change in the normal balance between protein synthesis and protein degradation. During atrophy, there is a down-regulation of protein synthesis pathways, an...

Neuropsychiatry

...he arguments for neuropsychiatry Diseases of the body have a physical manifestation that can often be caused by internal factors, external factors, or a combination of the two. Mental disorders should be no different and when together neurology and psychiatry ’s aim was to show that this was the case...

Medicine

...ich is a set of ordered questions about each major body system in order: general (such as weight loss), en... study of: Vital signs including height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure , pulse , respiration rate, hemoglobin oxygen saturation General ap...

Pathology

...oth the medical specialty which uses tissues and body fluids to obtain clinically useful information, as...s. [2] [3] By the late 1800's, an exhaustive body of literature had been produced on the gross anatomical findings characteristic of known diseases. T...

Gender-based medicine

... research has mostly been conducted using the male body as the basis for clinical studies. The findings of these studies have often been applied across the sexes and healthcare providers have assumed a uniform approach in treating both male and female patients. More recently medical research has started t...

Forehead lift

...ssues heal to the bone at the higher position. The body absorbs the Endotine in about four to seven months. However, patients report they can feel the Endotines under the skin for some months after their procedures. Risks When surgeons have problems with an endoscopic forehead lift, -- in about o...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy

...the brain can react to it by sending the necessary body nutrients down to the area to promote healing. For treatment of heel pain the FDA study criteria is quite specific. A person has had to have experienced heel pain for at least six months, had at least three other types of treatments (cortisone injec...

Full-body scan

...can , involves a CT scan of the patient's entire body to support the diagnosis and treatment of specific... an early stage. [5] One of the risks of a full body CT scan is the relatively high doses of radiation. [6] Conventional CT scanners may expose patien...

Fat transfer

...t also became much more easily withdrawn from the body . That development allowed more plastic, dermatolo...ssue and, hence, not subject to rejection by the body and because most dermal fillers are absorbed by the body within three to nine months, making regular...

European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

...amples and anthropometric measurements, such as body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio . 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...

Computers in Medicine and Health Care

...the work of scientists, it is natural that a large body of computer applications serves the scientist. To solve scientific problems researchers must deal with the language of science: mathematics. To understand more deeply complex natural phenomena, scientists must use complex mathematical relationships a...

Body shaping

Body contouring , also known as body lifting and body shaping is a lengthy, expensive procedure plastic surgeons use to remove large amounts of hanging s...

Biotextile

...als are trying to develop new textiles so that the body can form new tissue around these devices so it’s not relying solely on synthetic foreign implanted material. One of Dr. Martin King's graduate students, Jessica Gluck, has demonstrated that viable and functioning liver cells can be grown on textile s...

Artificial induction of immunity

...d even death from this procedure because the human body sometimes recognizes antibodies from other animals as foreign. Passive immunity is temporary, because the antibodies which are transferred have a lifespan of only about 3-6 months. Every placental mammal (including humans) has experienced temporaril...

Allopathic medicine

...the term by the allopathic residency accreditation body Use of the term by the American Medical Association About Allopathy A History of Allopathy Definition of allopathy in American Heritage, Stedman's, Dorland's, Taber's, Webster's Medical dictionary...