Diagnosis & treatment - page 11

Allergy is a pathological immune response reaction that develops after the penetration of certain chemical compounds into the body. It can arise due to anything: pollen of plants, food products (honey, strawberries, and nuts), dust, or medicines. The allergy places the patient in a place of extreme discomfort. It can also pose a threat to...

Thanks to advances in modern medicine, prostate cancer is no longer a death sentence. Nowadays, modern medicine has many treatment methods for this disease, and one of the most effective and sparing treatment methods for prostate cancer therapy is brachytherapy. What is brachytherapy? It is a method of interstitial of the...

Telemedicine is a way of providing medical services in situations where the distance between the doctor and the patient is the most critical factor. This modern approach is officially admitted in many developed countries and is actively used worldwide. Due to constantly advancing technical background doctors quickly and effectively help... 

Leukemia is a deadly malignant cancer of the hematopoietic (blood) system. The illness can be acute or chronic, due to its clinical course. It differentiates between several histological types of illness. Lymphoblastic leukaemia (mostly affects children) and myeloblastic leukaemia (usually observed in elderly people) are the most often...

Nuclear medicine involves the use of radioactive isotopes to target cancer and its distant metastases. In fact, this is an advanced type of radiation therapy that reliably  detects all malignant lesions and destroys them using ionized radiation, whilst minimizing any damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.

Due to the widespread occurrence of nodular goiter, thyroid cancer remains an urgent problem of endocrine oncology. At the early stages of cancer, the malignant nodules are no different from the benign ones, which makes diagnosis difficult. The treatment of thyroid cancer in the leading specialized clinics includes tumor removal, followed by...

Replacement arthroplasty is one of the most general surgeries in patients with pathology of the musculoskeletal system. During the procedure, the person's joint is removed, and an endoprosthesis is implanted instead. Surgical intervention of this kind is carried out when a large joint is destroyed or causes chronic pain.

Laser vision correction is a modern technique of myopia (nearsightedness), hypermetropia (farsightedness), and astigmatism treatment. The curvature of the cornea is changed during the operation. As a consequence, a patient’s visual acuity is fully restored. Laser correction is carried out using different methods.