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Cancer Research is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Association for Cancer Research . It covers research on all aspects of cancer and cancer-related biomedical sciences and was established in 1941. The editor-in-chief is Chi Van Dang . [ 1 ]
The journal was established in 1916 as the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Research_(journal) |
Cancer Science is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in oncology , which is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Japanese Cancer Association . Established in 1907, the journal publishes original articles, editorials, and letters to the editor, describing original research in the fields o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Science |
Cancer Therapy Advisor (formerly Chemotherapy Advisor ) is an online resource and quarterly medical news publication for oncology healthcare professionals, with updated treatment regimens for patients with cancer and live medical conference coverage.
Launched in January 2012, Cancer Therapy Advisor is owned by Haymark... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Therapy_Advisor |
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute ( JNCI ) is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in oncology that was established in August 1940. It is published monthly by Oxford University Press and is edited by Patricia A. Ganz . It was merged with Cancer Treatment Reports in January 1988. JNCI used to be ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Treatment_Reports |
The Journal of the National Cancer Institute ( JNCI ) is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in oncology that was established in August 1940. It is published monthly by Oxford University Press and is edited by Patricia A. Ganz . It was merged with Cancer Treatment Reports in January 1988. JNCI used to be ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Treatment_Symposia |
Cancer and Metastasis Reviews is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical review journal covering oncology and the development of new cancer treatments . It was established in 1982 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media . The editors-in-chief are Kenneth V. Honn ( Wayne State University School of Medicine ) and A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_and_Metastasis_Reviews |
Cancer and nausea are associated in about fifty percent of people affected by cancer . [ 1 ] This may be as a result of the cancer itself, or as an effect of the treatment such as chemotherapy , radiation therapy , or other medication such as opiates used for pain relief. About 70–80% of people undergoing chemotherapy ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_and_nausea |
Cancer in adolescents and young adults is cancer which occurs in those between the ages of 15 and 39. [ 1 ] This occurs in about 70,000 people a year in the United States—accounting for about 5 percent of cancers. This is about six times the number of cancers diagnosed in children ages 0–14. [ 1 ] Globally, more than 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_in_adolescents_and_young_adults |
Cancer prevention is the practice of taking active measures to decrease the incidence of cancer and mortality . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The practice of prevention depends on both individual efforts to improve lifestyle and seek preventive screening , and socioeconomic or public policy related to cancer prevention. [ 3 ] Globalized... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_prevention |
A cancer registry is a systematic collection of data about cancer and tumor diseases. The data are collected by Cancer Registrars . Cancer Registrars capture a complete summary of patient history, diagnosis, treatment, and status for every cancer patient in the United States, and other countries. [ 1 ]
The Surveillanc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_registry |
BowelScreen , [ 1 ] BreastCheck [ 2 ] and CervicalCheck [ 3 ] are cancer screening programmes organised by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland .
BowelScreen is the national bowel cancer screening programme. [ 1 ] It was launched in November 2012 by Minister for Health James Reilly , with the eventual aim of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_screening_in_Ireland |
Cancer staging is the process of determining the extent to which a cancer has grown and spread. A number from I to IV is assigned, with I being an isolated cancer and IV being a cancer that has metastasized and spread from its origin. The stage generally takes into account the size of a tumor , whether it has invaded ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_staging |
Cancer survival rates vary by the type of cancer , stage at diagnosis, treatment given and many other factors, including country. In general survival rates are improving, although more so for some cancers than others. Survival rate can be measured in several ways, median life expectancy having advantages over others ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_survival_rates |
A cancer survivor is a person with cancer of any type who is still living. Whether a person becomes a survivor at the time of diagnosis or after completing treatment , whether people who are actively dying are considered survivors, and whether healthy friends and family members of the cancer patient are also considered... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_survivor |
Cancerous micronuclei are a type of micronucleus that is associated with cancerous cells.
Theodor Boveri originally observed the fact that abnormal nuclear morphologies commonly occur in cancer . Micronuclei are also referred to Howell-Jolly bodies ; discovered by hematologists William Henry Howell and Justin Marie Jo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancerous_micronuclei |
Cancers is a peer-reviewed , open access , medical journal published by MDPI covering all fields of oncology . [ 1 ] The editor-in-chief is Samuel C. Mok ( The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ). The Irish Association for Cancer Research (IACR) and the Signal Transduction Society (STS) are affiliated socie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancers_(journal) |
Canine cancer detection is an approach to cancer screening that relies upon the claimed olfactory ability of dogs to detect, in urine or in breath, very low concentrations of the alkanes and aromatic compounds generated by malignant tumors . While some research has been promising, no verified studies by secondary resea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_cancer_detection |
Cannon A waves , or cannon atrial waves , are waves seen occasionally in the jugular vein of humans with certain cardiac arrhythmias . When the atria and ventricles happen to contract simultaneously, the right atrium contracts against a closed tricuspid valve , resulting in back pressure into the venous system that can... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_A_waves |
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? is a 2009 book by British philosopher Mark Fisher . It explores Fisher's concept of " capitalist realism ", which he describes as "the widespread sense that not only is capitalism the only viable political and economic system, but also that it is now impossible even to imagi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_Realism |
Capnography is the monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure of carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) in the respiratory gases. Its main development has been as a monitoring tool for use during anesthesia and intensive care . It is usually presented as a graph of CO 2 (measured in kilopascals, "kPa" or millimeters of mercu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capnography |
Capsular contracture is a response of the immune system to foreign materials in the human body. Medically, it occurs mostly in context of the complications from breast implants and artificial joint prosthetics.
The occurrence of capsular contraction follows the formation of capsules of tightly woven collagen fibers, c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsular_contracture |
Captain of the ship doctrine is the legal doctrine which holds that, during an operation in an operating room , a surgeon of record is liable for all actions conducted in the course of the operation. [ 1 ] The doctrine is a form of the "borrowed servant doctrine", in which a party usually liable for his, her, its, or t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_of_the_ship_doctrine |
Carcinoembryonic antigen ( CEA ) describes a set of highly-related glycoproteins involved in cell adhesion . CEA is normally produced in gastrointestinal tissue during fetal development, but the production stops before birth. Consequently, CEA is usually present at very low levels in the blood of healthy adults (about ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoembryonic_antigen |
Carcinogenesis is a peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of cancer biology . It was established in 1980 and is published monthly by Oxford University Press . As of 2010 [update] , the editor-in-chief is Curtis C. Harris ( National Cancer Institute ). [ 1 ] Carcinogenesis publishes articles in four sections: cance... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinogenesis_(journal) |
Carcinoid syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome comprising the signs and symptoms that occur secondary to neuroendocrine tumors (formerly known as carcinoid tumors ). [ 1 ] The syndrome is caused by neuroendocrine tumors most often found in the gut releasing biologically active substances into the blood causing symptom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoid_syndrome |
Carcinoma is a malignancy that develops from epithelial cells . [ 1 ] Specifically, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that arises from cells originating in the endodermal , mesodermal [ 2 ] or ectodermal germ layer during embryogenesis . [ 3 ]
Carci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoma |
Carcinosis , or carcinomatosis , is disseminated cancer , forms of metastasis , whether used generally or in specific patterns of spread.
Carcinomatosis is often restricted to tumors of epithelial origin, adenocarcinomas , while sarcomatosis describes the dissemination of tumors of mesenchymal origin, sarcomas . [ 1 ]... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinosis |
Carctol is an ineffective cancer treatment made by mixing eight Indian herbs. [ 1 ] First promoted in 1968 by Nandlal Tiwari, [ 1 ] it gained widespread popularity in United Kingdom. [ 2 ]
Carctol has been aggressively marketed as being able to treat cancer and reduce the side-effects of chemotherapy . However, there ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carctol |
The Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival or CARES was initiated in 2004 as an agreement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University . It is a simple but powerful database that allows cities to collect a small set of performance measures from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_Arrest_Registry_to_Enhance_Survival |
The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial ( CAST ) was a double-blind, randomized, controlled study designed to test the hypothesis that suppression of premature ventricular complexes (PVC) with class I antiarrhythmic agents after a myocardial infarction (MI) would reduce mortality . It was conducted between 1986 and 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_Arrhythmia_Suppression_Trial |
The Cardiac Electrophysiology Society ( CES ) is an international society of basic and clinical scientists and physicians interested in cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias . [ 1 ] The Cardiac Electrophysiology Society's founder was George Burch in 1949 and its current president is Jonathan C. Makielski, M.D.
Thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_Electrophysiology_Society |
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. ( CPI ), doing business as Guidant Cardiac Rhythm Management , manufactured implantable cardiac rhythm management devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators . It sold microprocessor-controlled insulin pumps and equipment to regulate heart rhythm. It developed therapies to treat irregular he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_Pacemakers,_Inc. |
Cardiac Risk in the Young ( CRY ) is a humanitarian charitable organisation helping to raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death (YSCD, SCD), including sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS, SDS). CRY was established in May 1995 by Alison Cox MBE and is based in the United Kingdom .
The charity supports the famil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_Risk_in_the_Young |
Cardiac aberrancy is a type of disruption in the shape of the electrocardiogram signal, representing abnormal activation of the ventricular heart muscle via the electrical conduction system of the heart .
Normal activation utilizes the bundle of His and Purkinje fibers to produce a narrow (QRS) electrical signal.
Aberr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_aberrancy |
Unlike the action potential in skeletal muscle cells , the cardiac action potential is not initiated by nervous activity. Instead, it arises from a group of specialized cells known as pacemaker cells , that have automatic action potential generation capability. In healthy hearts, these cells form the cardiac pacemaker ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_action_potential |
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a progressive type of coronary artery disease in people who have had a heart transplant . [ 1 ] As the donor heart has lost its nerve supply there is typically no chest pain, and CAV is usually detected on routine testing. [ 2 ] It may present with symptoms such as tiredness and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_allograft_vasculopathy |
Cardiac amyloidosis is a subcategory of amyloidosis where there is depositing of the protein amyloid in the cardiac muscle and surrounding tissues. Amyloid, a misfolded and insoluble protein, can become a deposit in the heart's atria, valves, or ventricles . These deposits can cause thickening of different sections of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_amyloidosis |
Cardiac asthma is the medical condition of intermittent wheezing , coughing, and shortness of breath that is associated with underlying congestive heart failure (CHF). [ 1 ] Symptoms of cardiac asthma are related to the heart's inability to effectively and efficiently pump blood in a CHF patient. [ 2 ] This can lead to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_asthma |
Cardiac catheterization ( heart cath ) is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart . This is done both for diagnostic and interventional purposes.
A common example of cardiac catheterization is coronary catheterization that involves catheterization of the coronary arteries for coronary artery ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_catheterization |
The cardiac conduction system ( CCS , also called the electrical conduction system of the heart ) [ 1 ] transmits the signals generated by the sinoatrial node – the heart 's pacemaker , to cause the heart muscle to contract , and pump blood through the body's circulatory system . The pacemaking signal travels through ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_conduction_system |
Cardiac contractility modulation is a therapy which is intended for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe heart failure ( NYHA class II–IV ) with symptoms despite optimal medical therapy who can benefit from an improvement in cardiac output. The short- and long-term use of this therapy enhances the strength... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_contractility_modulation |
Cardiac electrophysiology is a branch of cardiology and basic science focusing on the electrical activities of the heart . The term is usually used in clinical context, to describe studies of such phenomena by invasive (intracardiac) catheter recording of spontaneous activity as well as of cardiac responses to programm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_electrophysiology |
In medicine , the cardiac examination , also precordial exam , is performed as part of a physical examination , or when a patient presents with chest pain suggestive of a cardiovascular pathology . It would typically be modified depending on the indication and integrated with other examinations especially the respirato... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_examination |
Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling ( Cardiac EC coupling ) describes the series of events, from the production of an electrical impulse (action potential) to the contraction of muscles in the heart . [ 1 ] This process is of vital importance as it allows for the heart to beat in a controlled manner, without the n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_excitation-contraction_coupling |
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging perfusion ( cardiac MRI perfusion , CMRI perfusion ), also known as stress CMR perfusion , [ 1 ] is a clinical magnetic resonance imaging test performed on patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease to determine if there are perfusion defects in the myocardium of the lef... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_magnetic_resonance_imaging_perfusion |
Cardiac monitoring generally refers to continuous or intermittent monitoring of heart activity to assess a patient's condition relative to their cardiac rhythm . Cardiac monitoring is usually carried out using electrocardiography , which is a noninvasive process that records the heart's electrical activity and displays... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_monitoring |
Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle or myocardium ) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues , the others being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle . It is an involuntary, striated muscle that constitutes the main tissue of the wall of the heart . The cardiac muscle (myocardium) forms a thick middle layer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_muscle |
The cardiac nerves are autonomic nerves which supply the heart . [ 1 ] They include:
The nerves go down to the root of the neck with these following association:
Posterior: "prevertebral fascia overlying anterolateral surface of vertebral bodies"
Superior: "common carotid artery"
Inferior: "subclavian artery"
Late... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_nerve |
The cardiac pacemaker is the heart 's natural rhythm generator. It employs pacemaker cells that produce electrical impulses, known as cardiac action potentials , which control the rate of contraction of the cardiac muscle , that is, the heart rate . In most humans, these cells are concentrated in the sinoatrial (SA) no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_pacemaker |
Cardiac psychology is a specialization of health psychology that focuses on the primary and secondary prevention of heart disease by incorporating strategies to address the emotional and behavioral barriers to lifestyle changes (e.g. smoking cessation ), and that seeks to enhance recovery in cardiac patients by means o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_psychology |
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy ( CRT or CRT-P ) is the insertion of electrodes in the left and right ventricles of the heart, as well as on occasion the right atrium , to treat heart failure by coordinating the function of the left and right ventricles via a pacemaker , a small device inserted into the anterior ches... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_resynchronization_therapy |
Cardiac rhythmicity is the spontaneous depolarization and repolarization event that occurs in a repetitive and stable manner within the cardiac muscle. Rhythmicity is often abnormal or lost in cases of cardiac dysfunction or cardiac failure . It is the ability of the heart to maintain a relatively stable relation betwe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_rhythmicity |
In cardiology , a cardiac shunt is a pattern of blood flow in the heart that deviates from the normal circuit of the circulatory system . It may be described as right-left , left-right or bidirectional, or as systemic-to-pulmonary or pulmonary-to-systemic . The direction may be controlled by left and/or right heart pre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_shunt |
Cardiac tamponade , also known as pericardial tamponade ( / ˌ t æ m . p ə ˈ n eɪ d / [ 4 ] ), is a compression of the heart due to pericardial effusion (the build-up of pericardial fluid in the sac around the heart ). [ 2 ] Onset may be rapid or gradual. [ 2 ] Symptoms typically include those of obstructive shock inclu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_tamponade |
The cardiac transient outward potassium current (referred to as I to1 or I to [ 1 ] ) is one of the ion currents across the cell membrane of heart muscle cells . It is responsible for the (brief) repolarizing phase 1 of the cardiac action potential (which suceeds depolarisation, and precedes the plateau phase). [ 2 ] T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_transient_outward_potassium_current |
According to the cardiocentric hypothesis , the heart is the primary location of human emotions, cognition, and awareness. [ 1 ] This notion may be traced back to ancient civilizations such as Egypt and Greece , where the heart was regarded not only as a physical organ but also as a repository of emotions and wisdom. [... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiocentric_hypothesis |
Cardiogenic shock is a medical emergency resulting from inadequate blood flow to the body's organs due to the dysfunction of the heart . Signs of inadequate blood flow include low urine production (<30 mL/hour), cool arms and legs, and decreased level of consciousness. People may also have a severely low blood pressure... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiogenic_shock |
Cardiogeriatrics , or geriatric cardiology , is the branch of cardiology and geriatric medicine that deals with the cardiovascular disorders in elderly people .
Cardiac disorders such as coronary heart disease , including myocardial infarction , heart failure , cardiomyopathy , and arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiogeriatrics |
Cardiology (from Ancient Greek καρδίᾱ (kardiā) ' heart ' and - λογία ( -logia ) ' study ' ) is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system . The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects , coronary arter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiology |
Cardiomyoplasty is a surgical procedure in which healthy muscle from another part of the body is wrapped around the heart to provide support for the failing heart. [ 1 ] Most often the latissimus dorsi muscle is used for this purpose. A special pacemaker is implanted to make the skeletal muscle contract. If cardiomyopl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiomyoplasty |
A frequent type of syncope, termed vasovagal syncope is originated by intense cardioinhibition, mediated by a sudden vagal reflex, that causes transitory cardiac arrest by asystole and/or transient total atrioventricular block . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is known as “Vaso-vagal Syncope”, “Neurocardiogenic Syncope” or “Neurally-me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardioneuroablation |
Cardiooncology , cardio-oncology or cardiovascular oncology is an interdisciplinary field of medicine which study the molecular and clinical alterations in cardiovascular system during the different methods of treatment of cancer , especially chemotherapy and targeted therapy . [ 1 ]
Since 2018 the European Society of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiooncology |
Cardiorenal syndrome ( CRS ) refers to the spectrum of disorders in which acute or chronic dysfunction of the heart or kidneys leads to acute or chronic dysfunction of the other. [ 1 ]
The condition is classified into five subtypes based on the primary organ dysfunction and whether the disease process is acute or chro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiorenal_syndrome |
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart ( heart disease ), lungs ( lung disease ), and other pleural or mediastinal structures.
In most countries, cardiothoracic surgery is further subspecialize... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiothoracic_surgery |
Cardiotoxicity is the occurrence of heart dysfunction as electric or muscle damage , resulting in heart toxicity. [ 1 ] This can cause heart failure, arrhythmia, myocarditis, and cardiomyopathy in patients. [ 2 ] Some effects are reversible, while in others, permanent damage requiring further treatment may arise. The h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiotoxicity |
The Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society (CSDS), founded on 5 October 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , by organ system physiologist and biomedical engineers , was a historic first in its mathematical and quantitative approach to cardiovascular mechanics. [ citation needed ]
Currently the society includes investi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_System_Dynamics_Society |
Cardiovascular agents are drugs used to treat diseases associated with the heart or blood vessels. These medications are available for purchase only with a physician’s prescription . They include, but are not limited to, drugs that target hypertension ( antihypertensives ), hyperlipidemia ( antihyperlipidemics ) and bl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_agents |
Cardiovascular disease , including heart disease , is a major cause of death in Australia. [ 1 ] Heart disease is an overall term used for any type of Cardiovascular disease that affects the heart reducing blood supply to the heart. It is also often referred as Cardiac disease and Coronary heart disease. It is generall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease_in_Australia |
Cardiovascular physiology is the study of the cardiovascular system , specifically addressing the physiology of the heart ("cardio") and blood vessels ("vascular").
These subjects are sometimes addressed separately, under the names cardiac physiology and circulatory physiology . [ 1 ]
Although the different aspects o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_physiology |
A cardiovascular technician , also known as a vascular technician , is health professional that deal with the circulatory system .
Technicians who use ultrasound to examine the heart chambers , valves , and vessels are referred to as cardiac sonographers. [ 1 ] They use ultrasound instrumentation to create images call... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_technologist |
Cardioversion is a medical procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate ( tachycardia ) or other cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs .
Synchronized electrical cardioversion uses a therapeutic dose of electric current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle ,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardioversion |
Carditis (pl. carditides ) is the inflammation of the heart . [ 1 ]
It is usually studied and treated by specifying it as: [ citation needed ]
This article about a medical condition affecting the circulatory system is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carditis |
Carestream Health, Inc. , formerly Eastman Kodak Company 's Health Group, is an American medical imaging company, owned by Canadian investment firm Onex Corporation . [ 3 ]
Recently, Moody’s Investors Rating Service “downgraded” the Carestream Health financial outlook to negative from stable. Showing a credit rating ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carestream_Health |
A Cargile membrane was a sterile membrane made from the peritoneum of the ox , and was the first commercially available adhesion barrier. [ 1 ] Its first reported use was in 1905. [ 2 ] It was used in abdominal surgery to interpose between raw surfaces and thus prevent the formation of adhesions . [ 3 ] It was also use... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargile_membrane |
A caries vaccine is a vaccine to prevent and protect against tooth decay . [ 1 ] Streptococcus mutans ( S. mutans ) has been identified as the major etiological agent of human dental caries. The development of a vaccine for tooth decay has been under investigation since the 1970s. In 1972, a caries vaccine was said to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caries_vaccine |
Caring for the Heart: Mayo Clinic and the Rise of Specialization is a historical account of the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in the United States during the twentieth century, written by American historian and cardiologist W. Bruce Fye , and published in 2015 by Oxford University Press . It highlights major... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caring_for_the_Heart |
Carl Alfred Meier (19 April 1905 – 1995) was a Swiss psychiatrist , Jungian psychologist , scholar , and first president of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich . As a successor to Carl Jung , he held the Chair of Honorary Professor of Psychology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1949. Later, co-founded the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Alfred_Meier |
Carl Frank Gugino is an American orthodontist who is known to develop the first computerized cephalometric and visual treatment objective (VTO) program with Dr. Robert M. Ricketts and Dr. Bench. He is mostly known, along with Peter R. Breads, to have founded Great Lakes Dental Technologies, formally known as Great Lake... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_F._Gugino |
Carl Gustav Jung ( / j ʊ ŋ / YUUNG ; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Swiss Standard German: [karl jʊŋ] ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist , psychotherapist , and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology . [ 3 ] [ a ] A prolific author of over 20 books , illustrator, and correspondent, Jung was a com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung |
Carl Schneider (December 19, 1891 in Gembitz, Kreis Mogilno , Province of Posen – December 11, 1946 in Frankfurt ), professor at Heidelberg University , (1933–1945) [ 1 ] chairman of its department of Psychiatry , [ 2 ] director of its clinic, was a senior researcher for the Action T4 euthanasia program.
Schneider is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schneider |
The Carlo Besta Neurological Institute is a hospital and research institute in Milan . Is known to be one of the most important neurological hospitals in the world. [ 1 ]
The Carlo Besta Neurological Institute was founded in 1918. [ 2 ] In 1981 the Italian government designated it as an Institute of Research and Treat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Besta_Neurological_Institute |
Carlos Enrique Soto Menegazzo (born August 26, 1951) is a Guatemalan cardiologist and politician who served as Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance from 2017 to 2020 under the government of Jimmy Morales . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
On August 29, 2017 he was appointed to replace Lucrecia Hernández Mack as Minister of Publ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Soto_Menegazzo |
Carney complex and its subsets LAMB syndrome [ 1 ] and NAME syndrome [ 1 ] are autosomal dominant conditions comprising myxomas of the heart and skin, hyperpigmentation of the skin ( lentiginosis ), and endocrine overactivity. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is distinct from Carney triad . Approximately 7% of all cardiac myxomas are as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carney_complex |
Carol Weihrer (August 21, 1951 - April 27, 2024 [ 1 ] ) was an activist for victims of anesthesia awareness . Beginning in 1989, Weihrer had chronic pain from recurrent corneal erosion syndrome. After 14 unsuccessful surgeries to relieve the increasing severity of the pain , in 1998 she underwent an enucleation of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Weihrer |
Carole Wilbourn (March 19, 1940 – December 23, 2024) was an American cat therapist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Wilbourn was born in Flushing, Queens to parents Harriet Greenwald and Gustave Engel, a taxi driver. [ 1 ] She attended Bayside High School . [ 1 ] She went on to study at State University of New York at Albany , but ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Wilbourn |
Carpal tunnel surgery , also called carpal tunnel release (CTR) and carpal tunnel decompression surgery , is a nerve decompression in which the transverse carpal ligament is divided. It is a surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and recommended when there is constant (not just intermittent) numbness, musc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_surgery |
Carphologia (or carphology ) is a lint -picking behavior that is often a symptom of a delirious state .
Often seen in delirious or semiconscious patients, carphologia describes the actions of picking or grasping at imaginary objects, as well as the patient's own clothes or bed linens . This can be a grave symptom in c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carphologia |
Carprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the carbazole and propionic acid class that was previously for use in humans and animals but is now only available to veterinarians for prescribing as a supportive treatment for various conditions in animals. [ 1 ] Carprofen reduces inflammation by inhibitio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carprofen |
Carrion insects are insects associated with decomposing remains. The processes of decomposition begin within a few minutes of death. [ 1 ] Decomposing remains offer a temporary, changing site of concentrated resources which are exploited by a wide range of organisms, of which arthropods are often the first to arrive a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion_insects |
Cartilage tumors , also known as chondrogenic tumors , are a type of bone tumor that develop in cartilage , and are divided into non-cancerous , cancerous and intermediate locally aggressive types. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
This oncology article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartilage_tumor |
A cartwheel pattern is a histopathologic architectural pattern . Microscopically, cartwheel arrangements appear to have center points that radiate cells or connective tissue outward. Cartwheel patterns may be irregular and, at lower magnification, can cause tissue to appear tangled into clumps. [ 1 ]
Skin tumors that... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartwheel_pattern |
The Case of Aimée concerned the Frenchwoman Marguerite Pantaine, who in 1931 attacked the celebrity actress Huguette Duflos . Marguerite was hospitalised in a mental hospital, and was treated by Jacques Lacan , becoming the subject of his doctoral thesis. [ 1 ]
Lacan used the pseudonym "Aimée" to protect the identity ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_of_Aimée |
A case presentation is a formal communication between health care professionals such as doctors and nurses regarding a patient's clinical information. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Essential parts of a case presentation include:
This medical treatment –related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_presentation |
In medicine , a case report is a detailed report of the symptoms , signs , diagnosis , treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient . Case reports may contain a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describe an unusual or novel occurrence. Some case reports also contain a literature review of other repor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_report |
A case series (also known as a clinical series ) is a type of medical research study that tracks subjects with a known exposure, such as patients who have received a similar treatment, [ 1 ] or examines their medical records for exposure and outcome. Case series may be consecutive [ 2 ] or non-consecutive , [ 3 ] depen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_series |
In the Soviet Union , a systematic political abuse of psychiatry took place [ 1 ] and was based on the interpretation of political dissent as a psychiatric problem. [ 2 ] It was called "psychopathological mechanisms" of dissent. [ 3 ]
During the leadership of General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev , psychiatry was used as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cases_of_political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union |
Castle Connolly Medical is a publishing organization [ 1 ] dealing with healthcare research and information services in the US . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The organization publishes an annual list of top doctors [ 4 ] in the United States based on different quality aspects. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The publisher is also known for its consumer gu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Connolly_Medical |
Catharyn Johanna Stern AO is a clinical associate professor, and gynaecologist at Waverley Private Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to gynaecology , reproductive medicine and fertility research. Stern has been a member of the Australian Me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharyn_Johanna_Stern |
Catherine Alison Geissler, Lady Auld [ 1 ] is a prominent British nutritionist and author and co-author of widely recognised reference textbooks on human nutrition. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Geissler was born in Edinburgh and educated at the Mary Erskine School for girls. On leaving school she attended Edinburgh University , ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Geissler |
Catherine Naliaka Nyongesa Watta (née Catherine Naliaka ) (born in 1970), is a Kenyan physician and radiation oncologist , who is the founder, owner and chief executive of Texas Cancer Centre , in Nairobi , the capital and largest city in the country. [ 1 ]
She was born in Kenya, c. 1970 . [ 2 ] She attended Kenyan el... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Nyongesa |
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