Gall Stone Disease – Cholelithiasis
Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder attack; Biliary colic; Gallstone attack; Biliary calculus: gallstones chenodeoxycholic acids (CDCA); Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA, ursodiol); Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) – gallstones Many people with gallstones do not have any symptoms. These are often found during a routine x-ray, abdominal surgery, or other medical procedure. However, if a large stone blocks a tube or…
Recent Advances in Surgery 40
Surgery is a constantly evolving specialty in medicine – research and technological advances have made surgical procedures safer and more effective and offer shorter recovery times. Taylor’s Recent Advances in Surgery 40 is the latest volume in the recognised series reviewing current topics in general surgery and its major subspecialties. Divided into eight sections, the book begins…
Scientists discover ‘critical’ link between autism and a virus-updates
A virus common in newborn babies may increase their risk of developing autism, a study suggests. By examining medical records of nearly 3million infants, researchers found those born with cytomegalovirus (CMV) were two-and-a-half times more likely to be ..This seemingly harmless cold-like bug affects roughly one in every 200 babies, and is the most common infection…
Diffuse Dermal Angiomatosis of the Breast
Diffuse dermal angiomatosis is rare and usually considered a variant of reactive angioendotheliomatosis. It generally involves the extremities of patients with severe vascular disease and other comorbidities. Two patients with breast involvement have been described; however, neither had a relevant medical history or a vaso-occlusive disorder, but both had large pendulous breasts, and 1 was…
Targeted therapy
Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that works differently to chemotherapy. Chemotherapy attacks all rapidly dividing cells in the body, but targeted therapy works by “targeting” those differences that help a cancer cell to survive and grow. Targeted treatments can be taken orally, injected or given intravenously (through a vein). They may be given…