while the introduction of radioactive tracers in the study of metabolic pathways has been well-documented in clinical thyroidology as early as 1924, the widespread utilization in other clinical specialties has been hampered by slow developments in radiation-detecting devices and in the production of appropriate radiopharmaceuticals, in addition tothe morbid fear of radiation. in the philippines...

in 1955, the first nuclear medicine division was established in thailand by professor romsai suwannik in the department of radiology, siriraj hospil, mahidol university in bangkok. in 1959 four years later, the second nuclear medicine division was established in the department of radiology, chulalongkorn hospital in bangkok. the third nuclear medicine division was started in rajvithi hospital i...

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the control of cigarette smoking can do more to improve health and prolong life than any other single action in the whole field of preventive medicine. many smokers desire to stop but need instructions and support. beside nicotine and carbon monoxide, there are a lot of carcion-genous materials in cigarettes. a positive relationship exists between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, bronchitis, ...

pancreatic cancer (pc) is a progressive, fatal disease with a high degree of malignancy. more than 40000 peoplediefrom this cancer annually in the united states. as a multifactorial condition, pc has a complex nature, and there are several genes and signalingpathwaysimplicated in pc pathogenesis and progression. there are diffèrent mutations in master genesincludingtumorsuppressors and oncogene...

backgroundfor using of complementary and alternative medicine methods (cam) in the leukemia pediatrics than other types of cancer, we have two great challenges; first challenge is their safety and risks and second challenge is study gaps in this field. regarding to these challenges, this study is a narrative review of some cam methods in the leukemia pediatrics from the perspective of their saf...

introduction this study determines the effect of prehospital time and advanced trauma life support interventions for trauma patients transported to an our trauma center. materials and methods this study was a retrospective study of trauma victims presenting to a trauma center in central iran by emergency medical services (ems) and hospitalized for more than 24 hours. demographic and injury char...

the treatments used by most doctors are considered conventional medicine. complementary and alternative medicine (cam) consists of a group of health care practices and products that are considered out of the mainstream. an “out-of-the-mainstream” treatment is considered complementary if you use it along with conventional medicine. research shows that 40 percent of women in the united states use...

caraway is one of the medicinal plants used for digestion problems, however, it has been reported that the long term use of this plant in large doses might cause hyperthyroidism symptoms such as leanness, hair loss, severe sweating and tremulousness. therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of caraway on the level of thyroid hormones and morphologic ...