BACKGROUND Radiofrequency ablation is a promising minimal invasive treatment for tumor. However, water loss due to evaporation has been a major issue blocking further RF energy transmission and correspondently eliminating the therapeutic outcome of the treatment. METHOD A 2D symmetric cylindrical mathematical model coupling the transport of the electrical current, heat, and the evaporation pr...

Penetrating neck trauma is an important area of trauma care that has undergone evolution in the recent past. A remarkable number of changes have occurred in the treatment paradigm as new technologies have developed and as surgeons have explored the outcomes from different treatment protocols. Therapy has evolved from no treatment (before effective anesthesia and instrumentation), to non operati...

Laser- or flashlamp- (also called intense pulsed light source or IPLS) assisted hair removal is a well tolerated and effective technique for patients who desire permanent reduction of hair growth. Although laser and light sources are very popular because of their non-invasive nature and the speed at which they operate, practitioners and patients have to be cautious to avoid permanent side effec...

BACKGROUND Infection with the anthropophilic fungus Trichophyton tonsurans has spread among members of combat sports clubs and has become a serious public health problem in Japan and other countries. Infection usually provokes only a weak inflammatory response, and treatment compliance tends to be poor. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the hairbrush method and the treatment protocol described in the gui...

BACKGROUND The use of thiazide diuretics in the treatment of hypertension is widely considered as a first-line treatment, given the efficacy and low cost of this class of drugs. This indication is not unanimous, because thiazides can cause metabolic alterations, and other side effects that reduce compliance and persistence on treatment. OBJECTIVES In a multicentre, open-label randomized study...

The leading cause of death in the United States for people 65 and over is heart disease. A significant factor contributing to this disease process is the damage caused by an infarction, which can manifest as an abnormality in the ST segment of an Electrocardiogram (ECG). This research will develop a pattern recognition model that will be capable of detecting these critical changes. This model w...

PURPOSE To report preliminary results with the tissue optimization (TO) treatment with a radio electric asymmetric conveyer (REAC) in promoting the repair of surgical wounds. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two subjects, a 54-year-old male with a tear bruise on the upper third of the leg and a 19-year-old female with a stab wound to the hand, were treated with 12 REAC-TO treatment sessions. RESULTS In...

Twenty one repeat breeding cows were screened for subclinical endometritis and they were assigned equally to one control group and two treatmentgroups. Cows in the control group were infused with 50 ml of normal saline intra-uterine. Out of the two treatment groups, cows in group I were treated with 20 ml of colostrum as intra uterine medication. Cows in treatment group II were infused with 10 ...

High survival rates for pediatric leukemia are very promising. With regard to treatment, children tend to be able to withstand a more aggressive treatment protocol than adults. The differences in both treatment modalities and outcomes between children and adults make extrapolation of adult studies to children inappropriate. The higher success is associated with a significant number of children ...

The goal of these studies was to investigate the effect of resveratrol treatment on the osteogenic potential of human and rat adipose derived stem cells both in a 2-D and 3D culture environment. Adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) have shown promise as a potential source of osteogenic progenitor cells. Resveratrol has been shown to inhibit adipogenic differentiation while simultaneously activati...