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Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML
Acute Myeloid Leukemia AML samer kareem 8,951 Views • 2 years ago

This medical animation illustrates how acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common type of cancer in adults, develops in the blood and bone marrow. The narrator also discusses the symptoms of AML and AML treatment options.

Cancer: formation
Cancer: formation samer kareem 13,469 Views • 2 years ago

In 5 minutes find out how and why a normal cell becomes a cancer cell: risk factors and treatment.

Uterine Fibroid Embolization Treatment
Uterine Fibroid Embolization Treatment samer kareem 16,981 Views • 2 years ago

Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), also known as uterine artery embolization, is a minimally invasive procedure that is performed by an Interventional Radiologist (IR), a doctor who uses advanced imaging technology to see inside the body without surgery. UFE is often performed as an outpatient service and offers a much shorter recovery time than surgery. For more information on uterine fibroids and all your treatment options, including UFE,

Removal of Epidermal Cyst
Removal of Epidermal Cyst samer kareem 20,922 Views • 2 years ago

This cyst had been slowly growing for decades and created some redundant skin on the surface. A decision was made to make a slightly bigger incision in order to remove this tissue as well. As a result of this deeper process, 2 deep dermal sutures were added before the superficial interrupted sutures were put in place.

Tiny camera can capture images inside the brain
Tiny camera can capture images inside the brain samer kareem 12,849 Views • 2 years ago

This tiny camera can capture images inside the brain.

Surgery To Remove Entire Breast
Surgery To Remove Entire Breast samer kareem 12,760 Views • 2 years ago

Simple or Total Mastectomy. The entire breast is removed, but no lymph nodes are taken in this procedure. Simple mastectomy is most frequently used for further cancer prevention or when the cancer has not spread to the lymph nodes.Oct 29, 2014

Pectus Excavatum Surgical Repair
Pectus Excavatum Surgical Repair samer kareem 19,635 Views • 2 years ago

The cause of pectus excavatum is not known however it can run in families, with up to 25 percent of affected patients reporting chest wall abnormalities in other family members. Pectus excavatum occurs in approximately 1 out of 400–1000 children and is three to five times more common in males than females.

Life looks really different through an MRI machine
Life looks really different through an MRI machine samer kareem 7,466 Views • 2 years ago

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) "sees" inside the body by mapping the position of water molecules, which exist at different densities in different types of tissue. Watch the video above for a sample of some impressive MRI images of the human body in action.

Sporotrichosis
Sporotrichosis samer kareem 4,581 Views • 2 years ago

Sporotrichosis (also known as "rose gardener's disease") is a disease caused by the infection of the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. This fungal disease usually affects the skin, although other rare forms can affect the lungs, joints, bones, and even the brain.

Wernicke's Aphasia
Wernicke's Aphasia samer kareem 3,278 Views • 2 years ago

People with serious comprehension difficulties have what is called Wernicke’s aphasia and: Often say many words that don’t make sense. May fail to realize they are saying the wrong words; for instance, they might call a fork a “gleeble.” May string together a series of meaningless words that sound like a sentence but don’t make sense. Have challenges because our dictionary of words is shelved in a similar region of the left hemisphere, near the area used for understanding words.

Anosognosia
Anosognosia samer kareem 1,310 Views • 2 years ago

Impaired awareness of illness (anosognosia) is a major problem because it is the single largest reason why individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder do not take their medications. It is caused by damage to specific parts of the brain, especially the right hemisphere.

Goals of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management
Goals of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management samer kareem 2,796 Views • 2 years ago

This animation describes the goals of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management and how patients can take an active role in managing their disease.

Congestive Heart Failure Treatments
Congestive Heart Failure Treatments samer kareem 8,924 Views • 2 years ago

Congestive Heart Failure

How to memorize more Drugs names
How to memorize more Drugs names samer kareem 4,571 Views • 2 years ago

How to memorize more in pharma: Drug names, dental implications, numbers

Vein Viewer Technology
Vein Viewer Technology samer kareem 11,610 Views • 2 years ago

Venipuncture can be a challenging process for medical professionals especially when a patients veins are difficult to see. VeinViewer uses near infrared light to create a digital image of patient vasculature in real time.

Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission
Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission samer kareem 1,713 Views • 2 years ago

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is the spread of HIV from an HIV-infected woman to her child during pregnancy, childbirth (also called labor and delivery), or breastfeeding (through breast milk). Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is also called perinatal transmission of HIV.

Pulmonary edema, lungs
Pulmonary edema, lungs samer kareem 7,627 Views • 2 years ago

Expand Section. Pulmonary edema is often caused by congestive heart failure. When the heart is not able to pump efficiently, blood can back up into the veins that take blood through the lungs. As the pressure in these blood vessels increases, fluid is pushed into the air spaces (alveoli) in the lungs.

What Is Dumping Syndrome?
What Is Dumping Syndrome? samer kareem 4,667 Views • 2 years ago

Dumping syndrome is a condition that can develop after surgery to remove all or part of your stomach or after surgery to bypass your stomach to help you lose weight. Also called rapid gastric emptying, dumping syndrome occurs when food, especially sugar, moves from your stomach into your small bowel too quickly. Most people with dumping syndrome develop signs and symptoms, such as abdominal cramps and diarrhea, 10 to 30 minutes after eating. Other people have symptoms one to three hours after eating, and still others have both early and late symptoms. Generally, you can help prevent dumping syndrome by changing your diet after surgery. Changes might include eating smaller meals and limiting high-sugar foods. In more-serious cases o

Tertiary Syphilis
Tertiary Syphilis samer kareem 1,557 Views • 2 years ago

Syphilis develops in stages, and symptoms vary with each stage. But the stages may overlap, and symptoms don't always occur in the same order. You may be infected with syphilis and not notice any symptoms for years.

Kidney Transplant & Dialysis
Kidney Transplant & Dialysis samer kareem 6,937 Views • 2 years ago

Dialysis and kidney transplantation are treatments for severe kidney failure, also called kidney (or renal) failure, stage 5 chronic kidney disease, and end-stage kidney (or renal) disease. There are two types of dialysis: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. When the kidneys are no longer working effectively, waste products, electrolytes, and fluid build up in the blood. Dialysis takes over a portion of the function of the failing kidneys to remove the fluid and waste products. Kidney transplantation can more completely take over the function of the failing kidneys.

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