Three Showing Signs of Poison ; Innocent Londoners May Have Radiation SicknessTHREE people have been sent for urgent examination amid fears that they have been exposed to the same radioactive material that killed a Russian spy.Smith, Rebecca
Vertigois the sense of the world spinning, rotating, or rocking that is experienced even when a person is holding perfectly still. Some patients use the termvertigointerchangeably withdizzinessto describe a variety of symptoms, ranging from balance disordersand difficulty withwalkingtomotion sicknessorl...
of cortical thickness in visual cortex, which has also been found in our previous study on adults who immigrated to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2300–4400 m) for 2 years14, may be a compensatory mechanism to overcome the damage of the visual function caused by ultraviolet radiation at HA53...
COVID-19 is a disease caused by theSARS-CoV-2virus that infects the respiratory system and produces sickness. It spreads readily from person to person and is especially harmful to elders, whose risk of serious illness and death is higher. Currently, people aged 65 years and older account fo...
Nuclear imaging:These tests use radioactive dye to help clinicians see blood flow through various body organs. The dye is injected into your veins before the scan. After a period of time, your body is scanned with a special camera that can detect the radiation from the dye. Nuclear imaging...
Physical(e.g., injuries, burns, frostbite, or radiation exposure) Acute and chronic inflammation can have different causes.1 Acute Inflammation Possible causes of acute inflammation include:413 Injuries Acute infections or illnesses (e.g., skin infection, insect bites or stings, colds and flus) ...
But mammograms can be a potential cause of cancer due to the ionizing radiation they send into breast tissue. They also aren’t accurate 100% of the time, despite what you may have been told. Lumps and masses in breast tissue can be either benign (harmless) or malignant (cancerous), and...
When the radiation is completed and the patient has recovered, more chemotherapy often is recommended. Recently, newer forms of radiation delivery (proton therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, gamma knife radiation, Nanoknife, CyberKnife radiation) have been utilized in locally advanced pancreatic cancer with...
Bile is a watery liquid made by the cells of the liver that is important for digesting food in the intestine, particularly fat, and eliminating toxic substances from the body. Liver cells secrete the bile into small canals within the liver referred to as canaliculi. ...
Many women feel sick and have nausea or vomiting during pregnancy. This is known as morning sickness. It is common during pregnancy. Around 70% to 85% of pregnant women get morning sickness. It is called morning sickness, but you can get it at any time of the day. It happens because ...