Osteoradionecrosis is bone death due to radiation. The bone dies because radiation damages its blood vessels. Osteoradionecrosis is a rare side effect that develops some time after radi ...
Regenerative medicine is a branch of translational research in tissue engineering and molecular biology which deals with the "process of replacing, engineering or regenerating human or animal cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish n ...
Endocrinology & Metabolic Syndrome is an Open Access peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research works in the areas related to the field such as biosynthesis, storage, chemistry, and physiological function of hormones and with the c ...
Although one of the objectives of the Journal of Physiological Anthropology is to evaluate physiological adaptations to modern living environments, however the other objective is to publish the researches from different scientific fields ...
Any of the large, mononuclear, highly phagocytic cells derived from monocytes, occurring in the walls of blood vessels (adventitial cells) and in loose connective tissue (histiocytes, phagocytic reticular ...
Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood products from one person to another person intravenously.Transfusion is mainly opted for the condition in order to replace the lost components of the blood. Modern transfusion practice is usin ...
Osteoporotic fractures are a result of osteoporosis, a condition in which the bones become more fragile due to bone deterioration or low bone mass. Bones that are weaker or more fragile are at greater risk for fractures. ...
Ovaries are reproductive glands found only in females (women). The ovaries produce eggs (ova) for reproduction. The eggs travel from the ovaries through the fallopian tubes into the uterus where the fertilized egg settles in and develops into a fe ...
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone. FSH is synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland and regulates the development, growth, p ...
C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of acute-phase inflammatory response, has been suggested to be useful for early detection of cancer. A recent meta-analysis using 14 prospective studies of circulating CRP and any incident cancer, comprising 3,95 ...
Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer and can spread. To learn more about how cancers start and spread, Ovaries are reproductive glands found only in fem ...
Tactual perception is the perception or sensing of physical objects through the sense of touch which is mediated by the somatosensory system, example, reading with help of distal pads. When a person touches something or somebody, various feelings ...
Longstanding disease of the kidneys leading to renal failure.The kidneys filter waste and excess fluid from the blood. As kidneys fail, waste builds up.Symptoms develop slowly and aren't specific to the disease. Some people have no symptoms at ...
Scheuermann's disease is a self-limiting skeletal disorder of childhood. Scheuermann's disease describes a condition where the vertebrae grow unevenly with respect to the sagittal plane; that is, the ...
Renal papillary necrosis is a form of nephropathy involving the necrosis of the renal papilla. Lesions that characterize renal papillary necrosis come from an impairment of the blood supply and from subsequent is ...
Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people be under pediatric&n ...
Autacoids are biological factors which act like local hormones have a brief duration and act near their site of synthesis. The effects of autacoids are primarily local though large quantities can be produced and moved into circulation. Autacoids m ...
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the commonly observed clustering of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance. The components of MetS occur together more often than expected by chance and display significant heritabil ...
Bone is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the ...
The medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and medical treatment of adults. Internal medicine covers a wide range of conditions affecting the internal organs of the body - the heart, the lungs, the ...