Osteomyelitis: inflammation of the bone & bone marrow secondary to infection Combining Form: myel/o: bone marrow Osteoporosis: decrease in bone density(mass); thinning & weakening of bone Talipes: congenital abnormality of the hindfoot(involving the talus) ...
Increasing your protein intake can also keep your bones healthy and strong.Studiesshow insufficient protein can decrease calcium absorption and affect bone formation and breakdown rates. Healthy sources of protein include lean meats like poultry and fish, low-fat dairy products, eggs, beans and...
(DBSI) is an MRI technique that offers non-invasive insights into cervical structure by imaging cellularity, collagen, and muscle fibers. Here, the authors apply DBSI on the human cervix during pregnancy both ex vivo and in vivo and reveal microstructural differences between term and preterm ...
The title of the book, The Big Casino, suggests that patients seeking treatments in the hospitals in America are not much different than gamblers going to the casinos in Las Vegas or Macau! Take time to reflect on this. Is going to the hospital for your cancer treatment like going into a...
The most common form of systemic amyloidosis is amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis, which is caused by the misfolding of immunoglobulin light chains produced by abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow. These misfolded light chains aggregate, forming amyloid fibrils that accumulate in organs and ...
A long-term medical condition marked by persistently high blood sugar (glucose) levels, little or no insulin production from the pancreas (to help regulate blood sugar), resistance to insulin (your body does not respond to insulin), or a combination of effects. Diabetes mellitus includes both ...
Stem cells primarily exhibit long-term self-renewal and multilineage differentiation [1]. In recent decades, stem cell research has yielded remarkable clinical results, showing great promise in cell and gene therapy [2]. In regenerative therapy, stem cells can be applied directly to the damaged ar...
the energy of the increased temperature may cause increased cross-linking of a polymer and therefore decrease the amount of freemonomerthat is available to migrate from the polymer; (B) the increased temperature could cause degradant materials to form that are not typically found in the finished ...
“Biochemical markers of bone resorption are used in research and may be used clinically to assess the effectiveness of antiresorptive therapy. In the latter setting, a decrease in these markers to premenopausal levels usually occurs after two to three months of therapy. Some data suggest that ...
To achieve this goal, the best option is to use cement-based total hip replacement, which is often performed by curettage rather than mass excision. When total hip arthroplasty is used for acetabular metastases surgery, the acetabular part is usually fixed with bone cement. If the bone ...