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Vertigo. Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not. [ 1] Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. [ 1][ 2] It may be associated with nausea, vomiting, perspiration, or difficulties walking. [ 2] It is typically worse when the head is ...
Dizziness is an imprecise term that can refer to a sense of disorientation in space, vertigo, or lightheadedness. [ 1] It can also refer to disequilibrium [ 2] or a non-specific feeling, such as giddiness or foolishness. [ 3] Dizziness is a common medical complaint, affecting 20–30% of persons. [ 4] Dizziness is broken down into four main ...
Dr. Bhattacharyya explains that vertigo is a subtype of dizziness. With vertigo, a patient feels like the room is spinning in a circle around them. Or they feel like they’re spinning when they ...
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. Drolet's 1990 Rhumart system, a PEMF device. Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy ( PEMFT, or PEMF therapy ), also known as low field magnetic stimulation ( LFMS) is the use of electromagnetic fields in an attempt to heal non-union fractures and depression. [ 1] By 2007 the FDA had cleared several such ...
Medical biology is a field of biology that has practical applications in medicine, health care, and laboratory diagnostics. It includes many biomedical disciplines and areas of specialty that typically contains the "bio-" prefix such as: toxicology, and many others that generally concern life sciences as applied to medicine. Medical biology is ...
Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health. [ 1] Such disciplines as medical microbiology, clinical virology, clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and biomedical engineering ...
Biorobotics. Biorobotics is an interdisciplinary science that combines the fields of biomedical engineering, cybernetics, and robotics to develop new technologies that integrate biology with mechanical systems to develop more efficient communication, alter genetic information, and create machines that imitate biological systems. [ 1]
Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. [ 1] The term biotechnology was first used by Károly Ereky in 1919 [ 2] to refer to the production of products from raw materials ...