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Detoxification foot baths , also known as foot detox , ionic cleansing , ionic foot bath and aqua/water detox are pseudoscientific alternative medical devices marketed as being able to remove toxins from the human body. They work by providing an electric current to an electrode array immersed in a salt water solution. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxification_foot_baths |
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie ( DGK ; German Cardiac Society in English) is a German medical research organization based in Düsseldorf . It is a member of the European Society of Cardiology , [ 1 ] and the World Heart Federation . [ citation needed ]
They award the Arthur Weber Prize for excellence in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Gesellschaft_für_Kardiologie |
The fetal endocrine system is one of the first systems to develop during prenatal development of a human individual. The endocrine system arises from all three embryonic germ layers. The endocrine glands that produce the steroid hormones, such as the gonads and adrenal cortex, arise from the mesoderm. In contrast, endo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_the_endocrine_system |
Developmental coordination disorder ( DCD ), also known as developmental motor coordination disorder , developmental dyspraxia , or simply dyspraxia (from Ancient Greek praxis 'activity'), is a neurodevelopmental disorder [ 1 ] characterized by impaired coordination of physical movements as a result of brain messages n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_coordination_disorder |
Developmental language disorder ( DLD ) is identified when a child has problems with language development that continue into school age and beyond. The language problems have a significant impact on everyday social interactions or educational progress, and occur in the absence of autism spectrum disorder , intellectual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_language_disorder |
Developmental neuropsychology combines the fields of neuroscience and developmental psychology , while drawing from various other related disciplines. It examines the relationship of behavior and brain function throughout the course of an individual's lifespan, though often emphasis is put on childhood and adolescence ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_neuropsychology |
Developmental origins of health and disease ( DOHaD ) is an approach to medical research factors that can lead to the development of human diseases during early life development. These factors include the role of prenatal and perinatal exposure to environmental factors, such as undernutrition , stress, environmental ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_origins_of_health_and_disease |
Developmental psychopathology is the study of the development of psychological disorders (e.g., psychopathy , autism , schizophrenia and depression ) with a life course perspective . [ 1 ] Researchers who work from this perspective emphasize how psychopathology can be understood as normal development gone awry. [ 2 ] D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_psychopathology |
Developmental verbal dyspraxia ( DVD ), also known as childhood apraxia of speech ( CAS ) and developmental apraxia of speech ( DAS ), [ 1 ] is a condition in which an individual has problems saying sounds, syllables and words. This is not because of muscle weakness or paralysis. The brain has problems planning to move... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_verbal_dyspraxia |
Devon colic was a condition that affected people in the English county of Devon during parts of the 17th and 18th centuries, before it was discovered to be lead poisoning .
The first written account of the colic comes from 1655. Symptoms began with severe abdominal pains and the condition was occasionally fatal. Cider... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_colic |
The dexamethasone suppression test ( DST ) is used to assess adrenal gland function by measuring how cortisol levels change in response to oral doses or an injection of dexamethasone . [ 1 ] It is typically used to diagnose Cushing's syndrome .
The DST was historically used for diagnosing depression, but by 1988 it wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone_suppression_test |
The Dextroscope is a medical equipment system that creates a virtual reality (VR) environment in which surgeons can plan neurosurgical and other surgical procedures. [ 1 ]
The Dextroscope is designed to show a patient's 3D anatomical relationships and pathology in great detail. Although its main purpose is for plannin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextroscope |
Diabetes insipidus ( DI ) is a condition characterized by large amounts of dilute urine and increased thirst . [ 1 ] The amount of urine produced can be nearly 20 liters per day. [ 1 ] Reduction of fluid has little effect on the concentration of the urine. [ 1 ] Complications may include dehydration or seizures . [ 1 ]... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_insipidus |
Diadochokinesia or diadochokinesis is the ability to make antagonistic movements in quick succession, alternately bringing a limb into opposite positions, as of flexion and extension or of pronation and supination . [ 1 ] Speech-language pathology defines it as the speed necessary to stop a determined motor impulse and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadochokinesia |
Diagnosis ( pl. : diagnoses ) is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon. Diagnosis is used in a lot of different disciplines , with variations in the use of logic , analytics , and experience, to determine " cause and effect ". In systems engineering and computer science , it is typically us... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnosis |
Diagnosis-related group ( DRG ) is a system to classify hospital cases into one of originally 467 groups, [ 1 ] with the last group (coded as 470 through v24, 999 thereafter) being "Ungroupable". This system of classification was developed as a collaborative project by Robert B Fetter, PhD, of the Yale School of Manage... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnosis-related_group |
A diagnosis of exclusion or by exclusion ( per exclusionem ) is a diagnosis of a medical condition reached by a process of elimination , which may be necessary if presence cannot be established with complete confidence from history, examination or testing. Such elimination of other reasonable possibilities is a major c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnosis_of_exclusion |
Identification of a hearing loss is usually conducted by a general practitioner medical doctor , otolaryngologist , certified and licensed audiologist , school or industrial audiometrist , or other audiometric technician. Diagnosis of the cause of a hearing loss is carried out by a specialist physician (audiovestibular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnosis_of_hearing_loss |
A diagnosis of myocardial infarction is created by integrating the history of the presenting illness and physical examination with electrocardiogram findings and cardiac markers ( blood tests for heart muscle cell damage ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A coronary angiogram allows visualization of narrowings or obstructions on the heart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnosis_of_myocardial_infarction |
The Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) is a structured interview for psychiatric disorders designed by researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health , first published in 1991. Although most of the diagnoses were based on DSM-III-R criteria, the instrument was also able to generate diagnoses for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_Interview_for_Genetic_Studies |
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM ; latest edition: DSM-5-TR , published in March 2022 [ 1 ] ) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria. It is an internationally accepted manual o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders |
Diagnostic greed is a medical term coined by physician Maurice Pappworth to describe the rigidity of physicians in insisting on every classic symptom and physical sign be present before making a diagnosis . Pappworth explained that “overwhelming evidence is not essential for correct diagnosis, and the absence of some e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_greed |
Diagnostic microbiology is the study of microbial identification. Since the discovery of the germ theory of disease , scientists have been finding ways to harvest specific organisms. Using methods such as differential media or genome sequencing , physicians and scientists can observe novel functions in organisms for mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_microbiology |
In dentistry , diagnostic wax-up is used to visualize the results of a prosthetic case prior to the treatment being executed.
This dentistry article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_wax-up |
Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering neurology and clinical neuropsychiatry . It was established in 1999 and was originally published by Laboratoires Servier . Starting 2022, the journal is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the World Federation of Societies o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogues_in_Clinical_Neuroscience |
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome ( DDS ) is the collection of neurological signs and symptoms , attributed to cerebral edema , during or following shortly after intermittent hemodialysis [ 1 ] or CRRT. [ 2 ]
Classically, DDS arises in individuals starting hemodialysis due to end-stage chronic kidney disease and is ass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis_disequilibrium_syndrome |
In pathology , diastasis is the separation of parts of the body that are normally joined, such as the separation of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy, or of adjacent bones without fracture. [ 1 ]
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This article related to pathology is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastasis_(pathology) |
In physiology , diastasis is the middle stage of diastole during the cycle of a heartbeat , where the initial passive filling of the heart's ventricles has slowed, but before the atria contract to complete the active filling.
Diastasis is the longest phase of cardiac cycle. [ 1 ]
This cardiovascular system article is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastasis_(physiology) |
A diastema ( pl. : diastemata , from Greek διάστημα , 'space') is a space or gap between two teeth . Many species of mammals have diastemata as a normal feature, most commonly between the incisors and molars . More colloquially, the condition may be referred to as gap teeth or tooth gap .
In humans, the term is most c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastema |
In mammals , cardiac electrical activity originates from specialized myocytes of the sinoatrial node (SAN) which generate spontaneous and rhythmic action potentials (AP). The unique functional aspect of this type of myocyte is the absence of a stable resting potential during diastole. Electrical discharge from this ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastolic_depolarization |
In clinical cardiology the term "diastolic function" is most commonly referred as how the heart fills. [ 1 ] Parallel to "diastolic function", the term " systolic function" is usually referenced in terms of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), which is the ratio of stroke volume and end-diastolic volume . [ 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastolic_function |
In medicine and allied fields, diathesis (from Greek διάθεσις) is a hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a group of diseases, an allergy, or other disorder. [1] [ 1 ] There are many types of diathesis. Some including strumous diathesis, sthenic diathesis, and many more.
Atopic diathesis is a predisposition t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diathesis_(medicine) |
Dichotic listening is a psychological test commonly used to investigate selective attention and the lateralization of brain function within the auditory system . It is used within the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience .
In a standard dichotic listening test, a participant is presented with two different ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotic_listening |
Dichotic listening is a psychological test commonly used to investigate selective attention and the lateralization of brain function within the auditory system . It is used within the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience .
In a standard dichotic listening test, a participant is presented with two different ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotic_listening_test |
Dichotic pitch (or the dichotic pitch phenomenon ) is a pitch heard due to binaural processing, when the brain combines two noises presented simultaneously to the ears. [ 1 ] In other words, it cannot be heard when the sound stimulus is presented monaurally (to one ear) but, when it is presented binaurally (simultaneou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichotic_pitch |
The Dickson Prize in Medicine and the Dickson Prize in Science were both established in 1969 by Joseph Z. Dickson and Agnes Fischer Dickson.
The Dickson Prize in Medicine is awarded annually by the University of Pittsburgh and recognizes US citizens who have made "significant, progressive contributions" to medicine. [... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson_Prize |
Diencephalic syndrome , or Russell's syndrome , is a rare neurological disorder seen in infants and children and characterised by failure to thrive and severe emaciation despite normal or slightly decreased caloric intake. Classically there is also locomotor hyperactivity and euphoria. Less commonly diencephalic syndro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diencephalic_syndrome |
Many dietary recommendations have been proposed to reduce the risk of cancer, few have significant supporting scientific evidence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Obesity and drinking alcohol have been correlated with the incidence and progression of some cancers. [ 1 ] Lowering the consumption of sweetened beverages is recommended ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_and_cancer |
Diff-Quik is a commercial Romanowsky stain variant used to rapidly stain and differentiate a variety of pathology specimens. It is most frequently used for blood films and cytopathological smears, including fine needle aspirates . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Diff-Quik procedure is based on a modification of the Wright-Giemsa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff-Quik |
In healthcare, a differential diagnosis ( DDx ) is a method of analysis that distinguishes a particular disease or condition from others that present with similar clinical features. [ 1 ] Differential diagnostic procedures are used by clinicians to diagnose the specific disease in a patient , or, at least, to consider ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_diagnosis |
Differential staining is a staining process which uses more than one chemical stain . [ 1 ] Using multiple stains can better differentiate between different microorganisms or structures/cellular components of a single organism.
Differential staining is used to detect abnormalities in the proportion of different white ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_staining |
Differentiation therapy is a method to treating advanced cancers in which malignant cells are encouraged to differentiate into more mature forms using pharmacological agents. The basis of the therapy stems from the tendency of malignant tumor cells to assume a less specialized, stem cell -like dedifferentiated state. [... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation_therapy |
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia ( DIPNECH ) is a diffuse parenchymal lung disease which often presents with symptoms of cough and shortness of breath. The pathological definition published by the World Health Organization is “a generalized proliferation of scattered single cells, small nodu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_idiopathic_pulmonary_neuroendocrine_cell_hyperplasia |
Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy or DaRT is an alpha-particle -based radiation therapy for the treatment of solid tumors . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
This therapy was developed at Tel Aviv University in Israel, by Professors Itzhak Kelson and Yona Keisari. The treatment is delivered by the intratumoral insertion of metal t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusing_alpha_emitters_radiation_therapy |
Digestion chambers are a histologic finding in nerves that are undergoing Wallerian degeneration . [ 1 ]
Digestion chambers consist of small globular fragments, which represent degenerating myelin sheaths. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestion_chambers |
Digestive system surgery , or gastrointestinal surgery , can be divided into upper GI surgery and lower GI surgery. [ 1 ]
Upper gastrointestinal surgery , often referred to as upper GI surgery , refers to a practise of surgery that focuses on the upper parts of the gastrointestinal tract . There are many operations re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive_system_surgery |
The Digital Pathology Association (DPA), is a non-profit organization of professionals in the field of pathology and related technologies. It has over 2,000 members and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana .
Founded in 2009, the DPA's primary achievement has been to work with the FDA to develop a framework for clearanc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Pathology_Association |
A Virtual Autopsy is a non-invasive autopsy in which digital imaging technology, such as with computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, is used to develop three-dimensional images for a virtual exploration of a human body.
Virtual Autopsy, simply, means conducting autopsy in computerized ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_autopsy |
Diomid Gherman (10 April 1928 – 19 April 2014) was a professor and researcher from Moldova and a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova . [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Gherman was born on April 10, 1928, in the village Bocșa , Fălești dist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomid_Gherman |
Diplacusis , also known as diplacusis binauralis , binauralis disharmonica or interaural pitch difference (IPD), is a hearing disorder whereby a single auditory stimulus is perceived as different pitches between ears. It is typically experienced as a secondary symptom of sensorineural hearing loss , although not all ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplacusis |
Diplegia , when used singularly, refers to paralysis affecting symmetrical parts of the body . This is different from hemiplegia which refers to spasticity restricted to one side of the body, paraplegia which refers to paralysis restricted to the legs and hip, and quadriplegia which requires the involvement of all four... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplegia |
Diplophonia, also known as diphthongia, is a phenomenon in which a voice is perceived as being produced with two concurrent pitches. [ 1 ] Diplophonia is a result of vocal fold vibrations that are quasi-periodic in nature. [ 2 ] It has been reported from old days, but there is no uniform interpretation of established m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplophonia |
Directed attention fatigue ( DAF ) is a neuropsychological phenomenon that results from overuse of the brain’s inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task. The greatest threat to a given focus of attention is competition from other stimuli that can caus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_attention_fatigue |
Disability studies is an academic discipline that examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability . Initially, the field focused on the division between "impairment" and "disability", where impairment was an impairment of an individual's mind or body, while disability was considered a social construct . [ ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_studies |
In medical terminology , disarticulation is the separation of two bones at their joint , either traumatically by way of injury or by a surgeon during arthroplasty or amputation . [ 1 ]
This human musculoskeletal system article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disarticulation |
Disclosing tablets are chewable tablets that make dental plaque visible.
The tablets, sold over the counter in many countries, contain a dye (typically a vegetable dye, such as Phloxine B ) that stains the plaque a bright color (typically red or blue). After brushing , one chews a tablet and rinses. Colored stains o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosing_tablets |
Discoid meniscus is a rare human anatomic variant that usually affects the lateral meniscus of the knee . Usually a person with this anomaly has no complaints; however, it may present as pain, swelling, or a snapping sound heard from the affected knee. Strong suggestive findings on magnetic resonance imaging includes a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoid_meniscus |
Discover Oncology , formerly Hormones and Cancer , is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on all aspects of hormone action on cancer . It was established in 2010 and is published by Springer Science + Business Media on behalf of The Endocrine Society . The editor-in-chief is Carol A. Lange ( Uni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discover_Oncology |
A disease-modifying treatment , disease-modifying drug , or disease-modifying therapy is a treatment that delays, slows or reverses the progression of a disease by targeting its underlying cause . [ 1 ] They are distinguished from symptomatic treatments that treat the symptoms of a disease but do not address its underl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease-modifying_treatment |
Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) is a monthly peer-reviewed Open Access biomedical journal published by The Company of Biologists that launched in 2008. [ 1 ] DMM is partnered with Publons , is part of the Review Commons initiative and has two-way integration with bioRxiv . [ 2 ]
DMM publishes original research, reso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_Models_&_Mechanisms |
In agriculture , disease management is the practice of minimizing disease in crops to increase quantity or quality of harvest yield.
Organisms that cause infectious disease in crops include fungi , oomycetes , bacteria , viruses , viroids , virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas , protozoa , nematodes and parasitic plants... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_management_(agriculture) |
Disease mongering is a pejorative term for the practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses and aggressively promoting their public awareness in order to expand the markets for treatment.
Among the entities benefiting from selling and delivering treatments are pharmaceutical companies , physicians, alte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_mongering |
Disease or patient registries are collections of secondary data related to patients with a specific diagnosis, condition, or procedure, and they play an important role in post marketing surveillance of pharmaceuticals. [ 1 ] Registries are different from indexes in that they contain more extensive data.
In its simples... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_registry |
Disease suppressive soils function to prevent the establishment of pathogens in the rhizosphere of plants. These soils develop through the establishment of beneficial microbes, known as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in the rhizosphere of plant roots. [ 1 ] These mutualistic microbes function to increase p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_suppressive_soils |
The modern disease theory of alcoholism states that problem drinking is sometimes caused by a disease of the brain , characterized by altered brain structure and function. Today, alcohol use disorder (AUD) is used as a more scientific and suitable approach to alcohol dependence and alcohol -related problems. [ 1 ]
The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_theory_of_alcoholism |
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering colorectal surgery . It was established in 1958 and is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins on behalf of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons , of which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is Susan Galand... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_Colon_&_Rectum |
Dismemberment is the act of completely disconnecting and/or removing the limbs , skin , and/or organs from a living or dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment , especially in connection with regicide , but can occur as a result of a traumatic accident, or in connection with m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismemberment |
Disorders of consciousness are medical conditions that inhibit consciousness . [ 1 ] Some define disorders of consciousness as any change from complete self-awareness to inhibited or absent self-awareness and arousal. This category generally includes minimally conscious state and persistent vegetative state , but somet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorder_of_consciousness |
Disorders of sex development ( DSDs ), also known as differences in sex development , variations in sex characteristics ( VSC ), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] sexual anomalies , or sexual abnormalities , are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive system , in which development of chromosomal , gonadal , or anatomical sex is aty... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disorders_of_sex_development |
Disseminated disease can refer to disseminated cancer which is the movement of cancerous cells from the original tumor to other areas of the body, [ 1 ] or disseminated infection which is the pathogen's entry into the host, growth, and dissemination, which results in illness. [ 2 ]
After exiting the main tumor , cance... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disseminated_disease |
Disseminated intravascular coagulation ( DIC ) is a condition in which blood clots form throughout the body, blocking small blood vessels . [ 1 ] Symptoms may include chest pain , shortness of breath , leg pain, problems speaking, or problems moving parts of the body. [ 1 ] As clotting factors and platelets are used up... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disseminated_intravascular_coagulation |
Dissociated sensory loss is a pattern of neurological damage caused by a lesion to a single tract in the spinal cord which involves preservation of fine touch and proprioception with selective loss of pain and temperature .
Understanding the mechanisms behind these selective lesions requires a brief discussion of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociated_sensory_loss |
Distal Revascularization and Interval Ligation (DRIL) is a surgical method of treating vascular access steal syndrome .
DRIL was first proposed by Harry Schanzer and colleagues in 1988. [ 1 ]
A short distal bypass is created and the artery just distal to the AV anastomosis is ligated.
This surgery article is a stub ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distal_Revascularization_and_Interval_Ligation |
In medicine, distress is an aversive state in which a person is unable to completely adapt to difficult situations and their resulting effects and shows maladaptive behaviors. [ 1 ] It can be evident in the presence of various phenomena, such as inappropriate social interaction (e.g., aggression, passivity, or withdraw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_(medicine) |
An informal or primary caregiver is an individual in a cancer patient's life that provides unpaid assistance and cancer-related care. [ 1 ] Caregiving is defined as the processing of assisting someone who cannot care for themselves, which includes physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. [ 2 ] Due to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distress_in_cancer_caregiving |
Divaricate means branching, or having separation or a degree of separation. The angle between branches is wide. [ 1 ]
In botany, the term is often used to describe the branching pattern of plants . Plants are said to be divaricating when their growth form is such that each internode diverges widely from the previous ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divaricate |
In medicine or biology , a diverticulum is an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body. [ 1 ] Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, diverticula are described as being either true or false. [ 2 ]
In medicine, the term usually implies the structure is not normally present, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diverticulum |
The Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is responsible for the Select Agent Program and the Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program. They inspect the laboratories of more than 300 organizations approved to use and transfer select agents , and put regulations in pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_Select_Agents_and_Toxins |
Dizziness is an imprecise term that can refer to a sense of disorientation in space, vertigo , or lightheadedness . [ 1 ] It can also refer to disequilibrium [ 2 ] or a non-specific feeling, such as giddiness or foolishness . [ 3 ]
Dizziness is a common medical complaint, affecting 20–30% of persons. [ 4 ] Dizziness i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizziness |
Doceree is a pharmaceutical advertising and healthcare marketing company headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It operates in 25 countries, including the United States, India, Australia, and nations in Europe and Southeast Asia . [ 4 ] The company provides platforms for pharmaceutical and life sc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doceree |
A doctor's visit , also known as a physician office visit or a consultation , or a ward round in an inpatient care context, is a meeting between a patient with a physician to get health advice or treatment plan for a symptom or condition , most often at a professional health facility such as a doctor's office , clinic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor's_visit |
Doctory or daktari is a referral term for practising modern medicine arising in the Indian subcontinent during colonialism . The concept, has been framed by historical sociologist Neshat Quaiser and is now part of the social history of South Asian medicine & health and colonial studies.
In the Indian subcontinent, mod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctory |
The doctor–patient relationship is a central part of health care and the practice of medicine . A doctor–patient relationship is formed when a doctor attends to a patient's medical needs and is usually through consent. [ 1 ] This relationship is built on trust, respect, communication, and a common understanding of both... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor–patient_relationship |
Doege–Potter syndrome ( DPS ) is a paraneoplastic syndrome [ 1 ] in which hypoglycemia is associated with solitary fibrous tumors . The hypoglycemia is the result of the tumors producing insulin-like growth factor 2 . [ 2 ] The syndrome was first described in 1930, by Karl Walter Doege (1867–1932), a German-American ph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doege–Potter_syndrome |
Dogliotti's principle is a principle in epidural anaesthesia first described by Professor Achille Mario Dogliotti in 1933. [ 1 ] It is a method for the identification of the epidural space , a potential space . As a needle is advanced through the ligamentum flavum , to the epidural space , with constant pressure appli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogliotti's_principle |
Don't Make Me Angry [ 1 ] is a British documentary series for the Channel Four by John Walsh of Walsh Bros Ltd. Each episode featured a story of anger and how its triggers and results were stopping the teenagers and their families from having a normal life. Shot in an observational documentary style, the psychologist R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Make_Me_Angry |
Brussels Donald Lewis Leake (November 6, 1931 – December 31, 1997) [ 1 ] was an oral surgeon, and inventor of the alloplastic tray, a method for reconstruction of jaws without the need for bone grafts. [ 2 ] He gained his D.M.D. from Harvard University in 1962, and an M.D. from Stanford University in 1969. In 1970, Lea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Leake |
The Donald Reid Medal is awarded triennially by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in recognition of distinguished contributions to epidemiology .
The medal was instituted in 1979 in memory of Professor Donald Reid (1914–1977), who was director of the Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Reid_Medal |
Door-to-balloon is a time measurement in emergency cardiac care (ECC), specifically in the treatment of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (or STEMI). The interval starts with the patient's arrival in the emergency department , and ends when a catheter guidewire crosses the culprit lesion in the cardiac cath la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-to-balloon |
Dopamine dysregulation syndrome ( DDS ) is a dysfunction of the reward system observed in some individuals taking dopaminergic medications for an extended length of time. It is characterized by severely disinhibited patterns of behavior, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] leading to problems such as addiction to the offending medication, gam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_dysregulation_syndrome |
Dopamine transporter deficiency syndrome ( DTDS ), also known as infantile parkinsonism-dystonia, is a rare movement disorder that causes progressively worsening dystonia and parkinsonism . It is the first known inherited dopamine 'transportophathy.' [ 1 ]
DTDS is an extremely rare disease; only about 20 affected indi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine_transporter_deficiency_syndrome |
Dora Elisabeth Jacobsohn (1908–1983) was a German-Swedish physiologist and endocrinologist . Considered one of the early pioneers of the field of neuroendocrinology , [ 1 ] she is best known for her work with Geoffrey Harris showing that the anterior pituitary gland is controlled by the hypothalamus via the hypophyseal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Jacobsohn |
The Dorn method is a form of manual, holistic alternative therapy used to correct misalignments in the spinal column and other joints .
During a treatment, the practitioner palpates the patient's spine. If any 'unbalanced' areas are found, possible underlying misalignments are palpated with gentle pressure using the t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorn_method |
On 1 July 1940, in the town of Dorohoi in Romania , Romanian military units carried out a pogrom against the local Jews , during which, according to an official Romanian report, 53 Jews were murdered, and dozens injured. According to the town's Jews, the number of fatalities was between 165 and 200. These acts were com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorohoi_pogrom |
Dorothy Ann Malcolm Geddes OBE FRCS (8 May 1936 – 14 March 1998) was the first woman to be appointed to a professorship of dentistry in the United Kingdom.
Dorothy Ann Malcolm Geddes was born in Alloa , Scotland on 8 May 1936. She attended Brechin High School , going on to study dentistry at the University of Edinburg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Geddes |
Dose-dense chemotherapy is a chemotherapy treatment plan in which drugs are given with less time between treatments than in a standard chemotherapy treatment plan. [ 1 ]
The Gompertzian model of tumor cell growth shows tumor cells growing fastest when the tumor is small. When a large (slow growing) tumor is surgically... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dose-dense_chemotherapy |
Dose area product (DAP) is a quantity used in assessing the radiation risk from diagnostic X-ray radiography examinations and interventional procedures, like angiography . It is defined as the absorbed dose multiplied by the area irradiated, expressed in gray - centimetres squared (Gy·cm 2 [ 1 ] – sometimes the prefixe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dose_area_product |
In external beam Radiotherapy , transverse and longitudinal dose measurements are taken by a radiation detector in order to characterise the radiation beams from medical linear accelerators . [ 1 ] Typically, an ionisation chamber and water phantom are used to create these radiation dose profiles. Water is used due to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dose_profile |
DVS (Dose Verification System) , developed by Sicel Technologies, was an implantable telemetric, radiation sensor. [ 1 ] The device was used to measure the amount of radiation that was delivered to tumor and/or healthy tissue. The DVS sensor contained a dosimeter and wireless transmitter inside a sealed, biocompatible... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dose_verification_system |
A double-contrast barium enema is a form of contrast radiography in which x-rays of the colon and rectum are taken using two forms of contrast to make the structures easier to see. [ 1 ] A liquid containing barium (that is, a radiocontrast agent ) is put into the rectum. Barium (usually as a sulfate) outlines the colon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-contrast_barium_enema |
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