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What Are The Cardiovascular Disease?

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Cardiovascular DiseaseCardiovascular disease (CVD), the heart and blood vessels, are:

Coronary heart disease – disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle (myocardium);
Cerebrovascular disease – disease of blood vessels supplying the brain;
Peripheral arterial disease - disease of blood vessels supplying the arms and legs
-Rheumatic heart disease – damage to the heart muscle and heart valves due to rheumatic fever, a disease caused by streptococcal bacteria;
Congenital heart disease - heart defects present at birth, and
-Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism – blood clots (thrombus) in the veins of the legs, which can break off (embolus) and lodge in the vessels of the heart and lungs. (more…)

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Neurology, Psychology And Physical Medicine

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Psychology And Physical MedicineMexico-is estimated that more than 12 million people worldwide suffer from spasticity, an abnormal increase in muscle tone, caused mainly by damage to the central nervous system. According to data from the Ministry of Health, among the leading causes of spasticity in adults include:

· Brain trauma or injury (as happened in motor vehicle accidents)
· Spinal cord
· Cerebrovascular diseases (strokes, ruptured aneurysms, ischemia, etc.) (more…)

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Latest Technology in Cardiology

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Clinics Biblica Hospital opens its doors with the latest technology in cardiology services and offers its Intensive Care Units, Coronary and Intermediate.

The institution has the most modern technological resources to care for cardiac patients and critically ill patients requiring more attention and care given by medical professionals and skilled nursing, which have a principal as the central tool for continuous monitoring of different vital signs.

Clinic Biblica has all the equipment for mechanical ventilation, invasive monitoring and other services of high complexity in the area. And she has as adjuncts to other services such as surgery, X-Rays, Laboratory, Blood Bank and others. (more…)

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List Of Key Training Materials In The Medical

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Materials In The MedicalThe following is a list of key training materials in the medical career:
Human Anatomy: The study of the physical structure (gross morphology) of the human organism.
Pathology: Study of morphological changes that accompany the disease.
Biostatistics: Application of statistics to the field of medicine in the broadest sense, a knowledge of statistics are essential in planning, evaluation and interpretation of research.
Bioethics: Field of study concerning the relationship between biology, science, medicine and ethics.
Biophysics: is the study of biology with the principles and methods of physics.
Biology: The science that studies living beings.
Biochemistry: Study of chemistry in living organisms, especially the structure and function of its components.
Cardiology: A study of heart disease. (more…)

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How Is The Visit To a Neurologist?

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

visit to a neurologist

The brain is a complex organ. For this reason, to discover the cause of your symptoms need to ask the neurologist very detailed questions. It is imperative to know exactly the history of all their ills. Then, his neurologist is likely to need to explore how their nervous system. You will need to observe their intelligence, language, memory and senses. Will look at the bottom of the eye, assess their strength, mobility in your joints, sensations in the arms and legs, balance, gait and finally reflexes. You may also need to know your blood pressure, heart rate and rhythm of their listening to heart sounds and lung. Then explain the most likely diagnosis and advise the most appropriate treatment.

This is usually done verbally and in writing (the report). Sometimes special tests, after questions and explore, your neurologist may request some special tests to help pinpoint the diagnosis. The most common are the CT, MRI, Doppler, electroencephalography, electromyography, and various blood tests. Each disease needs to explore different and some, such as migraines or Parkinson’s, usually do not need any. It is therefore important that the neurologist’s assessment test these techniques.

Duration of the course consultation, evaluation and exploration of the neurologist needs much more time than other specialists. It is very difficult to make accurate diagnoses in less than 30 minutes and often takes up to an hour. Unfortunately there are few neurologists and many patients, so they rarely have the necessary time.

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What is neurology?

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

What is neurology? /><strong>What is neurology?</strong><br /> <a href=Neurology is the specialty of medicine applied to diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscles.

What neurologists tend to treat diseases?
Circulatory diseases of the brain, such as thrombosis and bleeding. Migraine headaches, neuralgia and other special pains. Brain tumors. Dementias (Alzheimer’s and others). Meningitis, encephalitis and other nervous system infections. Epilepsies. Parkinson’s disease, tremor, tics and other movement disorders. Multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, polyneuropathy, muscular dystrophy, ataxias … And a long list that includes almost any cause paralysis.

Neurologists do not usually treat: psychological disorders or mental cause, such as depression, insomnia or anxiety. These are treated by psychiatrists. Surgical interventions in the brain, which are performed by neurosurgeons.

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