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 available from other imaging
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Reflexology Consumers all over the world are turning to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) more and more. There are many reasons why. Some patients have tried traditional medical treatment for chronic illnesses that have not worked and they want to try something new. Some can not afford traditional medical treatment‚ and CAM is generally less expensive. Some people like the naturalness of CAM‚ they think it is safer. What ever the reason‚ in the United States‚ 36% of adults are using
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create your personal weight reduction plan. Weight reduction plans‚ which function guides and motivation for a lot of people‚ have been identified to assist many obtain their weight reduction targets. Though it’s greater than doable so that you can be part of an area weight reduction program or a web-based weight reduction program and have a weight reduction plan given to you‚ many take consolation in creating their very own‚ customizable weight reduction plans. If that is your first time making an
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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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My decision to pursue medicine has not arisen from an epiphany or childhood dream‚ but is one I have come to after careful consideration. My interest stems from the science behind the biological processes in human bodies and I have relished the chance to explore them further in my AS Levels‚ from carcinogenic free radicals in Chemistry‚ to the impact of diet on cardiovascular disease in Biology. I have also striven to develop my understanding beyond the curriculum‚ such as by reading articles in
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Sackett (1996) father of evidence based medicine (EBM) defined EBM as the “conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients”. EBM in practice means the integration of distinct clinical experience with the best available research evidence. Later on the revised definition was given by Masic “a systematic approach to clinical problem solving which allows the integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise
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Emergency Medicine and the Ethical Dilemmas Luisa Martin HCA 322 Instructor Thomas December 5‚ 2010 Picture this scenario: You are working in the emergency room of a public hospital where the inflow of patients is higher than the available beds. You are treating an elderly man who is breathless and cyanosed. While you assess whether he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure‚ he becomes drowsy and starts gasping. You quickly intubate him with some difficulty‚ prolonging
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Computers have a strong foothold in modern day medicine. They are used to organize records‚ create images such as CT Scans‚ conduct robotic surgeries‚ and many other applications. It’s difficult to imagine how medicine was practiced 50 years ago without the help from computers. This will review a few of the benefits computers provide in todays medicine. One of the most basic uses for computers is in the administration side of the house. Computers are the excellent means for storage of patient-related
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The Dangers of Race-Based Medicine An analysis of new drug therapies specifically targeted towards African American populations with hypertension I. Introduction to Contemporary Race-Based Therapeutics On November 11th‚ 2004‚ NitroMed‚ a Massachusetts based pharmaceutical company published a study on the effects of a new drug called BiDil in treating heart failure among African Americans in the New England Journal of Medicine (Taylor 2049). Since announcing the study‚ NitroMed’s research has
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Regrettably‚ the cell was also the most prone to diseases but fortunately noteworthy breakthroughs in medicine went hand in hand with science and assisted in extending human life. This was reassuring because epidemics eliminated more people than did wars‚ droughts‚ or natural disasters put together. Edward Jenner may have been a person who believed that prevention was the best cure. Like a good scientist‚ he observed that milkmaids contaminated with cowpox never got smallpox even during an epidemic
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