Laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) surgery uses an intensely hot, precisely focused beam of light to remove or vaporize tissue and control bleeding in a wide variety of...
Impacted tooth can be defined as the intraosseous position of the tooth after the expected time of eruption. A large number of completely impacted teeth may be retained in jaw without any symptom. ...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus has had proponents proposing a genetic causation, others preferring to consider this adult-onset disease as having its origins in foetal life. The Maltese island population...
Ozone is a form of alternative medicine treatment that purports to increase the amount of oxygen through the introduction of ozone into the body. It is an allotropic form of oxygen, which is succes...
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as "glucose intolerance with onset or first detected during pregnancy". There are various risk factors for the development of GDM. One of the most imp...
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by progressive nervous system dysfunction. These disorders result from the gradual and progressive loss of neural cells, leading to nervous system dysfu...
Female condoms help curb the spread of HIV/ AIDS/ STIs and unwanted pregnancy only if they are used correctly and consistently. As this study revealed poor use of female condoms and shortages of pr...
Testicular cancer presents real challenges due to its unique descriptive epidemiology and relatively unknown etiology. The social and epidemiological importance of testicular tumors has grown with ...
Traditional knowledge related to the use of natural resources including medicinal plants has been recognized as one of the important assets inherited through generation by the local communities. Su...
In this research, levels of some pro-inflammatory cytokines such as Interleukin 6, Tumor Necrosis Factor ? and Interferon ? were evaluated to monitor the disease in subclinical stages. Brucellosis ...
Hypertension is major risk factor for cardio vascular morbidity and mortality. It accelerates the process of atherosclerosis in the coronary, cerebral, renal arteries as well as increasing the work...
Trans PRK is a type of refractive surgery that can correct vision problems and eliminate the need for glass or contact lenses. It's fast-even faster than LASIK. Dr. Katzman said it takes less than ...
Multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is a form of TB caused by bacteria (germs) that are resistant to the usual drugs that are used to treat "normal" TB. The duration of treatment for MDR-TB is a maximu...
Stem cell biology has become an important field for the understanding of tissue regeneration and implementation of regenerative medicine. The discovery of dental stem cells and recent advances in c...
Dentists running their own private practices know very well that success has many more components than just the clinical skills. For us, the patients' treatment outcome and satisfaction are the top...
This book describes and justifies the pilot study that was conducted to translate and test the Liver Disease Symptom Index-2.0 (LDSI-2.0) into Arabic. The book presents the translation guideline th...
The recognition of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N- terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) as markers for the diagnosis, prognosis and management of heart failure has bee...
Maternal periodontal disease is a chronic oral infection with local and systemic inflammatory responses and may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes including low infant birth weight (<250...
There is a famous saying: "Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability" - William Osler. This book guide doctors, patients, customers, pharmacists, marketers, and other personnel...
Oral epithelial dysplasias are potentially malignant disorders characterized by varying degree of cellular atypia. The accurate diagnosis and treatment of epithelial dysplasia is an important facto...