If surgery isn’t an option In combination with other treatments When other treatments have failed Patients may also be able to access immunotherapy drugs being tested in clinical trials. “We did three sessions of chemo, and that wasn’t doing anything. We started immunotherapy, and after sever...
Now, the need for telemedicine may have dropped from an all-time high, but this type of medical app has established its position in digital healthcare for good. COVID-19 broke down the main barrier for remote consultation healthcare providers, mainly: how to encourage doctors and patients to...
lung cancer,diseasecharacterizedby uncontrolled growth ofcellsin thelungs. Lung cancer was first described by doctors in the mid-19th century. In the early 20th century it was considered relatively rare, but by the end of the century it was the leading cause of cancer-related death amongmenin...
a surgeon removes parts of the bone, bone spurs, or ligaments in your back. This relieves pressure on spinal nerves and can ease pain or weakness, but the procedure can make your spine less stable. If that happens, you’ll probably need a spinal fusion as well. Doctors sometimes do the...
Often, parents of children with achondroplasia do not carry the mutated gene themselves. The mutation in the child happens spontaneously at the time of conception. Doctors do not know what causes a gene to mutate. It is a seemingly random occurrence that can happen in any pregnancy. When avera...
Some do little or nothing (like the products that claim they reduce "the appearance of fine lines," which means that they don't reduce the lines themselves). Others can achieve a fair amount of success. What are the complications of wrinkles? There is a special form of wrinkling called "...
When choosing myopia-refractive surgery, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the differences in equipment and technology as well as the specificity of individual patients, which heavily depend on the experience of ophthalmologists. In our study, we took advantage of machi...
A car crash or other type of accident A fall Burns or cuts Dental work Labor and childbirth Surgery.Chronic PainChronic pain is pain that has persisted for longer than six months and is experienced most days. It may have originally started as acute pain, but the pain has continued long aft...
This type of glaucoma can be hard to treat. Doctors need to treat the underlying cause (like diabetes or high blood pressure) and use glaucoma treatments to lower the eye pressure that results from it. Pigmentary glaucoma Treatments:Medicines, laser treatment, surgery ...
In some babies, a small blood vessel known as the ductus arteriosus doesn't close up at birth as it should. When this happens, some blood leaks back into the pulmonary artery, which puts strain on the heart. Doctors can treat this with surgery or a procedure or sometimes with medication....