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Reproductive Medicine

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

reproductive medicineReproductive medicine is mainly concerned with the question of reproduction and is engaged in this context both the genetics as well as gynecology and urology. The main objective of reproductive medicine is not only the actual reproduction, but also the research of hormonal contraception, and the study of environmental influences on reproduction.

Furthermore, the reproductive medicine deals with the issue of cloning. This portion is very controversial and always hotly debated. The goal of cloning here is to create genetically identical organisms with similar characteristics in their total DNA.

If the cloning in agriculture, for example in potato or onion cultivation, already has a long tradition, it is used in human medicine only in recent years. The first cloned mammal was Dolly the sheep, which came in February 2003 to the world.
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Methods of Surgery

Friday, February 26th, 2010

methods of surgeryThe surgery is in the true sense of the word craftsmanship field of medicine. A surgeon needs equipment and apparatus to treat surgical patients. The surgery consists of several main areas: vascular surgery, thoracic and abdominal surgery and trauma surgery. There are other areas to be counted as surgery jaw surgery, pediatric surgery, cardiac surgery.

Because of this specialization and the layman is aware that no surgeon could now work in all areas. He has to choose a subject and learn the surgical method, which corresponds to the state in this field of research and derWissenschaft. Preference is given to the methods of surgery, which have the best long-term results and the lowest complication rates.
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Endocrinology

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

endocrinologyA specialist in internal medicine with the additional designation of endocrinology concerned with the endocrine glands of man. The endocrine glands produce hormones, which are transferred directly from the cell into the human blood.

The so-called endocrine system or include the pineal gland Endocrinology (located on the underside of the brain), the pituitary gland) (on the base of the skull, thyroid, parathyroid, a certain portion of the pancreas, the adrenal glands and gonads (testes and ovary ).
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Remove Bad Breath

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

remove bad breathMany people suffer from the unpleasant problem is that they constantly despite regular dental care and proper visits to the dentist has bad breath. Often, this provokes in fellow men averse attitude. To prevent this effect, there is the possibility to counteract successfully annoying bad breath. Means for prevention and removal of bad breath exist in a number of characteristics.

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Latex Allergy

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

latex allergyAllergies are overreactions of the human immune system to each of allergenic substances and substances. In modern societies with allergies are among the most widespread diseases. Allergies are the body’s defense reactions in movies with various symptoms to acute life-threatening.

One of the most common allergy is to latex allergy. Caused by proteins present in latex products is the form of this allergy is usually caused by inhaling allergens time released but also by direct contact with the skin or organs. As is used especially in the medical field a variety latexhaltiger products, here is for latex allergy, absurdly, the greatest danger. Therefore, latex allergy need to make essential before any known medical treatment, their intolerance to products made of natural rubber.
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Nuclear medicine

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

nuclear medicineNuclear medicine – the use in the diagnosis of diseases

Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty that different diagnostic and therapeutic potential uses, in which radioactive substances are used. At first glance, this sounds very dangerous to, but also used radio-isotopes decay very quickly, so there is no danger to humans.

Nuclear medicine is particularly frequently used to diagnose diseases of the thyroid. Similarly, but also occur in cancer, heart disease and rheumatic diseases in used.
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Heller skin cancer

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

heller skin cancerThe bright skin cancer is the most common form of skin cancer. Because of its relatively insignificant form it is often not respected, but it can degenerate into malignant growths, and form metastases.

Particularly at risk are people with very bright, light-sensitive skin color and people who are genetically pre-loaded or during the past were often exposed to intense sunlight without protection – with the sun -.
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Foot and Mouth Disease

Friday, February 19th, 2010

foot and mouth diseaseWhen foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious disease that is caused by picornaviruses. It is notifiable. Especially cattle and pigs are affected. However, other cloven-hoofed animals, including goats and sheep and a number of wild animals, such as Deer, roe deer and hedgehogs can become infected. People are not usually affected, but it can in close contact with infected animals come to an infection, but is largely asymptomatic. Symptoms may include fever, his nausea, fatigue and headache and body pains.

The transmission of foot and mouth disease occurs through contact with infected animals and infected materials of any kind This may include the clothing of people are who have come into contact with animals or tires that have come into contact with feces of infected animals or by other animals that need not itself be infected, the virus has picked up but somewhere in the plains and fields, eg Mice or birds. But even through the air can be a transfer.
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Meningioma

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

meningiomaMeningioma – brain tumor

When meningioma is a tumor in the brain, but in most cases, fortunately, benign, and thus is operable. Like nearly every type of cancer is also formed by the meningioma degenerated cells, which proliferate slowly then. Unlike some other types of tumors, meningioma, which is characterized mainly by the very slow-growing tumor.

The meningioma affecting mainly people from the 40th Age, with women being more affected than men by this type of tumor. While the actual cause of meningioma is still unclear, the most common symptoms are largely unknown, although some of them are obviously very unspecific. The patient suffered mainly from headaches, or function such as visual or hearing impairment. Also epileptic seizures may well be triggered.
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Abdominal ultrasonography

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

abdominal ultrasonographyWhat exactly is done?

An ultrasound is an ultrasound examination. In the abdominal ultrasonography (including abdominal ultrasonography) is investigated by means of abdominal ultrasound to diseases. This is mainly a question of diseases of liver, spleen, pancreas, gallbladder and kidney, bladder / prostate and related blood vessels such as determine the abdominal aorta. Diseases of these organs are mostly related to changes in shape, size and / or structure.

With an abdominal ultrasonography for example can Renal cysts, urinary bladder stones, gallstones, etc. are identified. ) Also, the enlargement of the liver and corresponding structural changes resulting from fatty degeneration (eg, alcoholism can by sonography of the abdomen are detected.
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