Allopathic medicine
... conventional medical therapies, as opposed the
use of alternative medical or non-conventional ... of the term "allopathy." Many people
use the term neutrally, simply as a name for orthodox ... system of medicine". [4]
Some definitions
use the same extension of the term, but retain some ...
Artificial induction of immunity
... then arranged to propagate cowpox for therapeutic
use and he is credited with the discovery. [4] ... .
See also Botulism
Adjuvants
The
use of simple molecules such as toxoids for ... Opposition to Inoculation, Vaccination and the
use of Anaesthetics" New York D. Appleton and Company ...
Pathology
... pathologists . [1] Cohnheim also pioneered the
use of the frozen section; a version of this ... carcinoma of the breast. A pathologist will
use immunohistochemistry and fluorescent in-situ ...
Molecular pathology refers to the
use of nucleic acid-based techniques, such as in-situ ...
Medicine
... type of medicine in most cultures was the
use of plants ( Herbalism ) and animal parts. This ... of practice (ways of doing things) through the
use of the scientific method and modern global ... therapy is concerned with the therapeutic
use of ionizing radiation and high energy ...
Nuclear medicine
... and therapy. Many procedures in nuclear medicine
use radionuclides , or pharmaceuticals that have ... or nuclear scintigraphy . Other diagnostic tests
use probes to acquire measurements from parts of the ... applications. Refined radionuclides for
use in nuclear medicine are derived from fission or ...
Personalized medicine
... Personalized medicine is the
use of detailed information about a patient's ... the more expensive drug, all other patients could
use the generic.
However, the technologies ... as the identification of anti-retroviral drug for
use with different strains of HIV .
At a recent ...
Body shaping
... and body shaping is a lengthy, expensive procedure plastic surgeons
use to remove large amounts of hanging skin from the bodies of men and women ... and is sometimes referred to as “bat wings.” Surgeons realize they must
use long incisions made from the armpit to the elbow to remove the skin ...
Full-body scan
... an important role in diagnosis in medicine. Controversy arises from the
use of CT scans in the screening of patients who have not been diagnosed ... a lesser radiation risk than CT scans, and are being evaluated for their
use in screening. [14]
In popular culture
In the episode " ...
Hickam's dictum
... Hickam's dictum is a counterargument to the
use of Occam's razor in the medical profession. [1] The principle is ... provides physicians with a counterbalancing principle to the unfettered
use of Occam's razor in diagnosis.
An example of the utility of Hickam's ...
Mumijo
...
Contents
1 Origins
2 Composition
3 Medicinal
use and properties
4 External link
Origins
... it has numerous traces of vitamins and aminoacids .
Medicinal
use and properties
Mumijo is not toxic, at least in reasonable quantities. ...
Ambulatory blood pressure
... Dipper
BP Variability
24 hours noninvasive ABPM monitoring allows estimates of BP variability.
References
1. [2]
use and interpretation of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: recommendations of the British Hypertension Society
2. Clinical Usefulnesses of ...
Babies switched at birth
... identifiable characteristics of melodrama that are plot devices dealing with situations that are highly improbable in real life. [1]
The
use of this common theme has continued ever since. The device was used a number of times by W. S. Gilbert , including in the Gilbert and Sullivan ...
Bioecological medicine
... Bioecological medicine is the
use of prebiotics , probiotics and synbiotics for prevention and treatment of diseases. This is an approach to maintain the health of ecoorgan ...
Beers Criteria
... in 1991 and were most recently updated in 2003 .
References
Updating the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication
use in Older Adults Fick DM, Cooper JW, Wade WE, Waller JL, Maclean, JR, Beers, MH. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:2716-2724.
Potentially Inappropriate ...
Biotextile
... biotextiles” are structures composed of textile fibers designed for
use in specific biological environments where their performance depends on biocompatibility and biostability with cells and biological fluids . ...
CankerMelts
... from 1-2 weeks to 1-5 days.
Active ingredient Glycyrrhiza extract ( licorice ) has been used for over 4000 years as an herbal remedy, including
use in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a treatment for all varieties of ulcers. CankerMelts combines this natural remedy with a new oral patch ...
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition
... distributed in the brian. DSI is a very common form of short-term plasticity and thus needs to be mediated by a commonly found neurotransmitter. The
use of endocannabinoids such as anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol in this method of signalling is quite logical, since both molecules can be ...
Computers in Medicine and Health Care
... problems researchers must deal with the language of science: mathematics. To understand more deeply complex natural phenomena, scientists must
use complex mathematical relationships and volumes of data too impossible to manage without the aid of computers. Many scientific computer programs serve ...
Craniofacial prosthesis
... or the lower jaw
See also
Anaplastology
Prosthetic
Facial prosthetic - Prosthetics for entertainment or recreational
use
External links
Prosthetic Rehabilitation After Craniofacial Surgery
Doctors Work to Restore Damaged Faces of Iraq War Soldiers ...
Disability robot
... Disabled robotics is the
use of robots to help humans cope with a medical disability that otherwise impedes the completion of daily tasks .
See also
...
Fat transfer
... Consequently, plastic, dermatological and cosmetic surgeons have developed techniques to make hands also look younger. A few practitioners
use dermal fillers like Restylane and Juvederm but the longer lasting method seems to be fat transfer via injection which is reported to last for ...
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy
... area (bone screws and pins) and people on medication that interferes with blood clotting such as coumadin and prophylactic aspirin.
The procedure
use to be performed in an out-patient setting, under local anesthesia, lasting up to 30 minutes in duration. Now with newer technology it can be done ...
Family history (medicine)
... , autoimmune disorders , mental disorders , diabetes , cancer ) to appreciate whether a person is at risk for developing similar problems.
use of a genogram can be helpful in a family history, which is in the format of a family tree.
Family histories may be imprecise because of various ...
Medical procedure
...
Complication (medicine)
Drug interaction
Iatrogenesis
Medical error
Medical prescription
Nocebo
Responsible drug
use
Vital signs
Consensus (medical)
Guideline (medical)
Algorithm (medical)
...
Newborn transport
... hospital and then during the journey by road or air ambulance . Power and medical gas supplies are carried within the system as well as making
use of external supplies; as available. Infant transport systems commonly weigh over 100kg and present a challenge to vehicle operators in terms of ...
Numbering aberrant rhythms
... triplets and are considered as a brief run of non-sustained Ventricular tachycardia or NS-VT.
PVC's are not the only aberrant beat that makes
use of these adjectives; others are premature atrial contractions , parasystole , and escape complexes .
Examples
Bigeminal premature ...
Osmotherapy
... to assist with chemical movement.
For example, osmotherapy can be used to treat a patient who has cerebral hemorrhage . This might include the
use of mannitol to maintain the brain's homeostasis .
External links
| A rather technical, but informative article
...
Pharmaconomist
... pharmacies as a pharmacist - i.e. for example to dispense and check medical prescriptions, to counsel and advise patients / customers about the
use of medicine/pharmaceuticals and to dispense, sell and provide information about medical prescriptions and about prescription medicine and ...
Positive predictive value
... far more than negative predictive value. To evaluate diagnostic tests where the gold standard looks only at potential causes of disease, one may
use an extension of the predictive value termed the Etiologic Predictive Value .
See also
Negative predictive value
Relevance ...
Sexual orientation and medicine
... paper suggesting a genetic component to sexual orientation. [3]
1995
Saquinavir , the first protease inhibitor is approved for public
use by the FDA . HAART radically changes the prognosis of HIV/AIDS .
1996
The US Department of Defense includes homosexuality in a list of ...
Somatic dysfunction
... disease by eliminating its associated manifestation in the musculo-skeletal system.
Research
Research in somatic dysfunction and the
use of OMM has resulted in mixed conclusions. In a famous article published the New England Journal of Medicine in November of 1999, researchers ...
Telephone Triage
... overview of the field and the nursing role, the nursing process, communication aspects, history taking, interview and documentation skills, protocol
use and medical legal aspects.
Two types of training and education currently exist -- in-house and national conferences. In house trainers employ a ...
Thymocyte
... cell receptor is made up of a series of alternative gene fragments. In order to create a functional T cell receptor, the double negative thymocytes
use a series of DNA-interacting enzymes to clip the DNA and bring separate gene fragments together. The outcome of this process is that each T cell ...