Medical Science

Craniosynostosis is a disorder characterized by premature fusion of the skull bones, before or after the birth. It can affect the baby’s brain growth and could lead to complications, which might last for a lifetime. However, if intervention is sufficiently early,…
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The success of surgery, let alone the knee joint, depends on a number of variables. One of the variables would be the patient themselves. If you planning to get surgery on your knee, then you may end up going through…
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In the human body system or in many animals for that matter, there are certain collection of cells which are named as ‘glands’ which will produce a secretary substance that will either be secreted directly to the blood or to…
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For many people, the blockage of coronary arteries and chest pain leads to emergency open heart surgery.  With very little or no time to prepare, you often don’t know what to ask your doctor.  When your life is at risk,…
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Over time, arteries may close due to the buildup of a fatty substance called plaque, that collects on the artery walls. When this happens in one of the carotid arteries that run under both sides of the jaw line, and…
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The integumentary system includes the skin, hair, nails, and glands of the body. The skin serves many important purposes including protecting the body against infection, gathering sensory information, maintaining a regular body temperature, and keeps the body from drying out…
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An endograft is a stent, consisting of a wall made of wire mesh and a wraparound fabric material, which is designed to withstand the chemical and physiological insults encountered in human circulation. Thus, it is made for the specific purpose…
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A year and a half after the first facial transplant – an operation that brought to mind elements of Hollywood thrillers like Silence of the Lambs and Face/Off – the recipient is showing progress according to a study in The…
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Sinus surgery recovery takes about a week to ten days. This week of suffering is well worth the time to be spent living beyond recovery, with much less sinus trouble. Recovery is simple and can easily be spent in bed….
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Those that have underwent surgery or some potentially painful procedure would have to be placed under a general anesthetic. When under anesthesia, you are not awake or conscious enough to know what the doctors and nurses are doing to you….
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