removal

Photomedicine

...r degeneration Free electron laser Laser hair removal Optical diagnostics, for example Optical Coheren...graphy of the skin See also Laser hair removal Rox Anderson External links Journals and Societies The Photomedicine Society...

Personalized medicine

... their "condition" arrived. These options included removal of the organs that may give rise to cancer. Recent medical research indicates that medications, lifestyle changes and increased screening can mitigate some risk. An example is BRCA mutations where the carrier can have an increased lifetime risk of ...

Ocular oncology

...equirement for patients is preservation of life by removal of the tumor, along with best efforts directed at preservation of useful vision, followed by cosmetic appearance. The treatment of ocular tumors is generally a multi-specialty effort, requiring coordination between the ophthalmologist, medical oncolo...

Gastric lavage

...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 aspirated stomach contents. This is to ensure the tube is not in the ...

Episodic memory

...rogenesis in the adult hippocampus may ease the removal of old memories and increase the efficiency of forming new memories ( Deisseroth et al 2004 ). The relationship of episodic memory to semantic memory Episodic memory is thought of as being a "one-shot" learning mechanism. You only need one e...