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For example, smallpox eradication, with the last wild case in 1977, and certification of the eradication of indigenous transmission of 2 of the 3 types of wild poliovirus (type 2 in 2015, after the last reported case in 1999, and type 3 in 2019, after the last reported case in 2012).
The goal of predictive medicine is to predict the probability of future disease so that health care professionals and the patient themselves can be proactive in instituting lifestyle modifications and increased physician surveillance, such as bi-annual full body skin exams by a dermatologist or internist if their patient is found to have an increased risk of melanoma, an EKG and cardiology ...
2024 was packed with health care innovations, from a new blood test detecting Alzheimer’s disease to deep brain stimulation reversing paralysis.. Heading into the New Year, medical experts are ...
Multiple recordings of people with and without Parkinson's Disease. Voice features extracted, disease scored by physician using unified Parkinson's disease rating scale. 1,040 Text Classification, regression 2013 [122] [123] B. E. Sakar et al. Spoken Arabic Digits Spoken Arabic digits from 44 male and 44 female.
Dermatoepidemiology is the study of skin disease at the population level. [43] One of its aspects is the determination of the global burden of skin diseases. [44] [45] From 1990 to 2013, skin disease constituted about 2% of total global disease disability [46] as measured in disability-adjusted life-years. [47]
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a skin condition characterised by warty skin lesions. [1] It results from an abnormal susceptibility to HPV infection (HPV) and is associated with a high lifetime risk of squamous cell carcinomas in skin . [ 1 ]
Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica or dystrophic EB (DEB) is an inherited disease affecting the skin and other organs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] "Butterfly child" is the colloquial name for children born with the disease, as their skin is seen to be as delicate and fragile as the wings of a butterfly.
SSSS is a clinical diagnosis. This is sometimes confirmed by isolation of S. aureus from blood, mucous membranes, or skin biopsy; however, these are often negative. Skin biopsy may show separation of the superficial layer of the epidermis (intraepidermal separation), differentiating SSSS from TEN, wherein the separation occurs at the dermo-epidermal junction (subepidermal separation).