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Brain – Research

The field of neuroscience encompasses all approaches that seek to understand the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Psychology seeks to understand mind and behavior, and neurology is the medical discipline that diagnoses and treats pathologies of the nervous system. The brain is also the most important organ studied in psychiatry, the branch [...]

Persistent vegetative state – Diagnosis

Despite converging agreement about the definition of persistent vegetative state, recent reports have raised concerns about the accuracy of diagnosis in some patients, and the extent to which, in a selection of cases, residual cognitive functions may remain undetected and patients are diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. Objective assessment of residual cognitive [...]

Disease – Terminology

In many cases, the terms ”disease”, ”disorder”, ”morbidity” and ”illness” are used interchangeably. In some situations, specific terms are considered preferable. Infection This term broadly refers to any abnormal condition that impairs normal function. Commonly, this term is used to refer specifically to infectious diseases, which are clinically evident diseases that result from the presence [...]

Hanna Damásio – Introduction

Hanna Damasio is Dana Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology and Neurology at the University of Southern California where she directs the Dornsife Neuroimaging Center. She is also an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California. Until 2005, she was a Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa [...]

Index of health articles – F

Fad diet – Faith healing – Family centered care – Family planning – Famine – Fast food – Female infertility – Fertility – Fetal alcohol syndrome – Folk medicine – Food additive – Food allergy – Food and cooking hygiene – Food groups – Food pyramid – Food quality – Food science – Food supplements [...]

Medical physics – Areas of specialty

Medical imaging * Diagnostic radiology, including x-rays, fluoroscopy, mammography, Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, angiography and Computed tomography * Ultrasound, including intravascular ultrasound * Non-ionizing radiation (Lasers, Ultraviolet etc.) * Nuclear medicine, including SPECT and positron emission tomography (PET) * Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and other methods for functional neuroimaging [...]

Kwok Ka-kei – Introduction

Kwok Ka Ki (; Yale: Kwok Ka1 Kei4; born on 20 July 1961 in Hong Kong, with family roots in Jieyang, Guangdong) was an elected member of Central and Western District Council (Nov 1999 – Nov 2007) and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Sept 2004 – Sept 2008), in the Medical [...]

Lo Wing-lok – Introduction

Lo Wing-lok ( ), JP, MD (born 13 September 1954 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong doctor and politician. Lo was graduated from St. Paul’s College and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. He was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong through medical sector functional constituency from 1998 [...]

Steven Laureys – Career

Laureys graduated as a Medical Doctor from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, in 1993. While specializing in neurology he entered a research career and obtained his M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Medicine working on pain and stroke using in vivo microdialysis and diffusion MRI in the rat (1997). Drawn by functional neuroimaging, he moved to the [http://www2.ulg.ac.be/crc/en [...]

ApothéCure Inc. – Introduction

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ApothéCure Inc. is a Dallas, Texas-based compounding pharmacy that specializes in custom compounded formulas and nutritional supplements for both patients and physicians. The business began pharmacy operations in 1991. ApothéCure is a sister corporation of the Texas Institute of Functional Medicines. ApothéCure is regulated by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. ApothéCure’s products include compounds [...]

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