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Unsolved problems in medicine

... Aging . Is it possible to stop it or slow it down ? Autism . What are the root causes of autism? Is autism a physiological or a mental disorder? Are all of the groupings of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) really one disorder, or are they multiple disorders that display similar symptoms? Is Asp...

Personalized medicine

...rt in the Senate. This will legislation will break down a significant barrier to this technology Patients Patients will clearly be influenced by proven success as is the case with Herceptin and Gleevec . Theranostic tests are proving effective in other areas such as the identification of anti-...

Gastric lavage

...volves the passage of a tube via the mouth or nose down into the stomach, followed by sequential administration and removal of small volumes of liquid. The placement of the tube in the stomach must be confirmed either by air insufflation while listening to the stomach, or by pH testing a small amount of a...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy

...eact 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 injections, oral ant...

Fat transfer

...] In most applications, fat injections are laid down through several different layers of skin and muscle to provide a better chance for the fat cells to find a nearby blood supply. Because some fat is always absorbed, most physicians inject somewhere around 30 percent too much. Physicians have lear...

Cryostasis (clathrate hydrates)

.... The "biological tissue" is then gradually cooled down to some appropriate temperature at normal atmospheric pressure and stored an indefinite time. The method protects biological tissues by retention of water inside the cells by clathrate formation of the water with the introduced gases, limiting the f...

Body shaping

...cases , in order to walk , the patient must reach down and gather up the extra skin hanging on the lower ...omach lift or abdominoplasty. Excess skin hanging down over the pubic region is often the distorting feature that most concerns and bothers patients. The s...