with what conventional medicine can do. The side effects of some medicines make you feel even more sick than you already were. They have the desire to take fewer medications and experience fewer side effects. Today many people in the UK and US choose to be treated by methods that are not based on Western scientific methods‚ that is the science and practice of medicine which is standard in the West. These methods are known as “Alternative medicine” or “Complementary medicine” ‚which include homeopathy
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Radiação‚ 1º semestre‚ IST‚ 2010/2011 1 Radiopharmacology Radiopharmacology Diogo Ferreira‚ diogo.cunha.ferreira123@gmail.com MSc student in Biomedical Engineering‚ Instituto Superior Técnico‚ student no58548 Abstract Nuclear Medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the use of radio-nuclides in the study and the diagnosis of diseases‚ eg. the assessment of organ function‚ detection and treatment of some diseases or monitoring of treatment’s effects. It provides physiological (not
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Today people are seeking alternative methods of medical care. Functional medicine is a holistic approach to treatment and aspires to treat a patient not only physically but also on an emotional and spiritual level. This treatment is based on the assumption that every individual is unique and has a distinct biochemistry. Functional medicine‚ often referred to as the medicine of the future is a holistic treatment which takes into account the well being and lifestyle of an individual. The treatments
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Chinese healing. Western medical treatment is tremendously different from Chinese medical treatment isn several ways. First of all‚ the Chinese use inductive and synthetic methods‚ while western medicine uses reductive and analytical methods. This can be seen in how the Chinese understand and learn medicine. Instead of solving everything with evidence and scientifical reason like western doctors‚ the Chinese use experience and cures that seem to work for them in the past. They use treatments that will
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Personalized Medicine And Genetic Technology Should We or Shouldn’t We? SCI 115 Some believe that personalized medicine is the wave of the future‚ while others believe it is tampering with the livelihood of human existence. Is this the key to future cures for disease or is this the door to ending our existence as we know it? Researchers have argued the pros and cons of personalized medicine and genetic testing. Let’s begin by getting an understanding of personalized medicine and genetic
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Medicine is a treatment‚ which was used to prevent illnesses and diseases of all kinds. Different types of diseases were dangerously life-threatening to majority of the victims. Before then‚ if a person happened to be ill‚ there was not a guaranteed cure to treat the disease at the time. In the late 1800s‚ medical cures such as patent or herbal medicines‚ were promoted and sold but did not provide the desired aid for the illness. In the 1920s‚ scientists and doctors researched and discovered treatments
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Hippocrates Born: c.460 BC at Kos‚ Ancient Greece Died: c.370 BC at Larissa‚ Ancient Greece Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician who was born around 460 BC on Cos‚ an Aegean island. Many consider him to be the “father of medicine” because he transformed the path of Greek medicine. He believed that diseases were caused by some type of natural action instead of being caused by the spirits or gods. His Early Life: Hippocrates was the son of Praxithea and Heracleides. His family’s wealth allowed him
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Personalized Medicine Roderick Washington Strayer University Dr. Danielle Van SCI 115 December 18‚ 2012 How Will Genetic Technology Shape Personalized Medicine / what are the Benefits? What is personalized medicine? “Medicine using genetic profile: the prevention‚ detection‚ and treatment of disease taking into account a person’s unique genetic profile”1.With the ever changing and mixing of different racial backgrounds‚ the need to make medicines that are more suited to the individuals
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Traditional vs. Alternative Medicine Traditional medicine vs. alternate medicine‚ is a subject of great scrutiny and speculation. An important point to understand is that both the systems share the same objective - a healthy and a safe body. While experts differ in their view on this subject‚ it is important to deduce the pros and cons of both the branches of medicine. A judicious mix of both can be a good way forward. The Systems Traditional medicine‚ as we commonly know includes modern health
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Health and Medicine of the middle Ages During the Middle Ages people lived very different lives compared to what we live today. They were very unsanitary and apt to catching illnesses. There were many different types of diseases and epidemics during the middle ages and very little was done to prevent them with the lack of knowledge the people had about each illness. There were many different types of illnesses and epidemics occurring in Europe during the middle ages. Some of these illnesses resulted
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