RADIOISOTOPES IN MEDICINE ABSTRACT: Nuclear medicine has become fundamentally life-saving as a diagnostic tool in today’s medicine‚ however exposure to radioisotopes has risks. Understanding these risks and making an educated decision is crucial in personal choices regarding medical treatment. This overview of recent and relevant research provides an insight and support to the benefits of radioisotope usage‚ whilst presenting the associated risks. INTRODUCTION: With the discovery
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LAGUNDI Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a large native shrub that grows in the Philippines and has been traditionally used as herbal medicine. The Philippine Department of Health has conducted research and study for Lagundi and has suggested that the lagundi plant has a number verifiable therapeutic value Lagundi is an erect‚ branched tree or shrub‚ that grows to as much as 5 m high. Lagundi has a single thick‚ woody stem like a trunk and is usually seen in swamps of the Philippines
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percent of the population of some Asian and African countries presently use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care. Whilw United States and Europe have shown that the herbs use is less common in clinical settings‚ but has become increasingly more in recent years as scientific evidence about the effectiveness of herbal medicine has become more widely available. * * Uses of herbs as traditional medicine have been officially recognized in the developing countries such as China‚ India
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Hallucinogens as Medicine 1 Hallucinogens as Medicine Melody Gambino Psychology 101 Hallucinogens as Medicine 2 Abstract The article discusses research on the use of hallucinogens for medical therapies applicable to cancer‚ drug addiction‚ and psychological problems. Studies being undertaken at Johns Hopkins University are discussed. Johns Hopkins’ research on hallucinogens includes assessment of the drug’s psychospiritual effects among volunteers
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tribe there were shamans who would ‘exorcise ill people’ demons’ and apothecary. They had medicine men who were shamans and witch-doctors. They would provide supernatural treatments like charms‚ spells and amulets to ward off evil spirits. If someone was ill the medicine man would initiate a ceremony over the patient where they would use magic formulas prayers and drumming. People thought that the medicine men could contact the spirits or Gods so people looked up to them. They used healing clays
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“Where We Belong” Thomas King’s book “Medicine River”‚ is about a man named Will‚ who no matter what he does‚ he feels his connections are not he wants when he lived in Toronto‚ that is‚ until he goes back home to Medicine River for his mother’s funeral. This is where he meets Harlen Bigbear‚ a blunt and straight-forward kind of guy who becomes one of Will’s best friends. I feel Harlen is a big reason why Will comes back to Medicine River. As much as Will and James‚ who is
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Psychosomatic Medicine This field of study closely examines the relationship between the body and the mind. It studies the impacts of internal factors on bodily processes. It combines knowledge from psychology‚ psychiatry‚ neurology‚ biology and psychoneuroimmunology 1. It investigates to what degree the psyche influences the body. It is not solemnly human affair‚ for example experiments showed that rats react to certain mental stimulus similarly like men. Although psychosomatic medicine is quite
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LIST OF MEDICINES AVAILABLE FOR CAMPAND INDOOR RSBY PATIENTS: (BODELI GENERAL HOSPITAL‚ BODELI) 02665-220712/222711/220712‚ www.bodeligeneralhospital.com ( Medicines can be prescribed for 3 days.) SR NO. | GENERIC NAME | TRADE NAME | STRENGTH | NOS. | REMARKS ( CONTACT FOR QUERY/ DOUBTS | | ENT | | | | CONTACT DR J. SHROFF 09824299422 | 1 | TAB CEFADROXYL | DAX500 | 500mg | 840 | | 2 | TAB CEFADROXYL | DAX250 | 250mg | 400 | | 3
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Nanotechnology in Medicine When thinking of Nanotechnology one could think of the movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In the movie Cobra steals nanotech warheads and attacks the Eiffel Tower and it is destroyed by molecule sized machines in a matter of minutes. At this point in time nanotechnology is nowhere near this far along. Nanotechnology of today is about manipulating different types of matter on a molecular scale thus making them stronger and more durable (Williamson‚ Kenneth D. New Products)
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Abdullayev There are variety of treatments and cures available‚ but to which healthcare system would each of them belong? Healthcare professionals consider medicine as being either conventional or alternative. There is such a wide diversity of unconventional treatments accessible‚ starting from ancient eastern practices like chinese medicine and finishing with therapies which focus on the connection between the body and mind‚ such as meditation. And such kind of remedy may be useful and helpful for
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