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Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), also known as Lyell's syndrome, is a type of severe skin reaction. [ 2 ] Together with Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) it forms a spectrum of disease, with TEN being more severe. [ 2 ] Early symptoms include fever and flu-like symptoms. [ 2 ] A few days later the skin begins to blister and peel forming painful ...
1908 – Victor Horsley and R. Clarke invents the stereotactic method. 1909 – First intrauterine device described by Richard Richter. [ 102 ] 1910 – Hans Christian Jacobaeus performs the first laparoscopy on humans. 1917 – Julius Wagner-Jauregg discovers the malarial fever shock therapy for general paresis of the insane.
A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS or TNS) is a device that produces mild electric current to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes.TENS, by definition, covers the complete range of transcutaneously applied currents used for nerve excitation, but the term is often used with a more restrictive intent, namely, to describe the kind of pulses produced by portable ...
Health information technology (HIT) is "the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, health data, and knowledge for communication and decision making". [ 8 ] Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species ...
Japanese encephalitis. Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an infection of the brain caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). [ 3 ] While most infections result in little or no symptoms, occasional inflammation of the brain occurs. [ 3 ] In these cases, symptoms may include headache, vomiting, fever, confusion and seizures. [ 1 ]
Health technology. Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives". [1] This includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and organizational ...
Gene therapy is a medical technology that aims to produce a therapeutic effect through the manipulation of gene expression or through altering the biological properties of living cells. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] The first attempt at modifying human DNA was performed in 1980, by Martin Cline, but the first successful nuclear gene transfer in humans ...
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of synthetic DNA products for treating cancers and infectious diseases. In April 2020, Inovio was among some 100 companies, academic centers, or research organizations developing a vaccine candidate for treating people ...