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Ultradian

...yclings 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 rhythms. Ultradian Bipolar Disorder...

Sutton's law

...orough analysis will consider the false positive rate of the test and the possibility that a less likely diagnosis might have more serious consequences. The law is named after the bank robber Willie Sutton , who supposedly answered a reporter inquiring why he robbed banks by saying "because that's wh...

Polysomnographic technician

...gs and chin ( electromyogram or EMG ), and heart rate ( ECG or electrocardiogram ). This information was first collected with analog equipment using needle-and-paper method, but in recent years has been transferred to digital data collection which appears on a computer screen. The technologist applies...

Ramón Carrillo

... or policlinics, lowered tuberculosis ' mortality rate from 130 per 100.000 to 36 per 100.000, ended epid... and decreased drastically the infantile mortality rate from 90 to 56 per thousand live births. All this Ramón Carrillo did while acknowledging priority to...

Positive predictive value

The positive predictive value , or precision rate , is the proportion of patients with positive test...≡ 91% Related calculations False positive rate (α) = FP / (FP + TN) = 18 / (18 + 182) = 9% = 1 - specificity False negative rate (β) = FN / (TP + ...

Personalized medicine

... to successfully market a new product. The failure rate of product development is very high and in many ca...ics industry is mature and only achieving a growth rate of the order of 4% per annum. Its products are very cost sensitive and have a relatively short life ...

Mumijo

... properties, so it tends to increase wound healing rate and produce better results. Two commercial mumijo-based drugs were developed and at least three conference on post-operational application of mumijo were held. Mumijo should not be confused with balsams and thick herbal extract, sometimes advertized...

Nuclear medicine

...utical used, its distribution in the body and its rate of clearance from the body. Effective doses can r...mium -51 EDTA measurement of glomerular filtration rate to 37 mSv for a 150 MBq thallium -201 non-specific tumour imaging procedure. The common bone scan w...

Hy's Law

...ithout 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 ^ fda.gov...

Ganglion cyst

...ll develop again in about 50% of cases. Recurrence rate after surgery is only 5–10%; the procedure is simple, and usually there are no complications. Recurrence rates are lower when the hand or finger is immobilized for 1–2 weeks. Arthroscopy of the wrist is becoming a viable alternative to open excision ...

Full-body scan

...ms suggestive of a disease, [2] due to the low rate of finding disease, and the inconclusiveness of the cause of abnormalities seen. [3] [4] As with any test that screens for disease, the risks of full-body CT scans, (including radiation, incidental or wrong diagnosis, and a false sense of secu...