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161. Hemochromatosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     It stores it in body tissues, especially the liver, heart, and pancreas.

162. Brain Tumors | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     September 14, 2009 - Brain Tumors Description A brain tumor is a growth of abnormal cells in the tissues

163. Vitamin K | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 23, 2013 - Vitamin K helps your body by making proteins for healthy bones and tissues.

164. Local Therapies for the Treatment of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Endobronchial Obstruction Due to Advanced Lung Tumors | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - the tumor volume, while attempting to minimize adverse effects of radiation on adjacent normal lung tissue … It encompasses the tumor and a significant margin of normal tissue to avoid missing any part of the tumor … dose fractionation, and can lead to adverse effects related to the effect of radiation on normal lung tissue … , including radiation pneumonitis and permanent loss of noncancerous lung tissue. … energy within the tumor; thus, this type of treatment may cause less damage to surrounding healthy tissue

165. Health Topics | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Bone Marrow Diseases Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and

166. Physiologic Predictors of the Need for Trauma Center Care: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - led to proposals to consider new potential indicators such as complexity/variability of heart rate, tissue … Recently released devices are commercially available, including heart rate and tissue perfusion monitors … ("tissue oxygen saturation" or "end-tidal" or "lactate").mp. … ("tissue oxygen saturation" or "end-tidal" or "lactate").mp. … [mp=title, abstract, full text, keywords, caption text] (2033) ("tissue oxygen saturation" or "end-tidal

167. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2008 - provides the precise adjusted dose of radiation to target organs, with less irradiation of healthy tissues … permits improved dose distribution (delivering higher dose to the tumor with lower dose to normal tissue … Tissue ablation of the prostate is achieved by intense heat focused on the identified cancerous area … IMRT provides at least as good a radiation dose to the prostate with less radiation to the surrounding tissues … IMRT provides at least as good a radiation dose to the tumor with less radiation to the surrounding tissues

168. Wounds and Injuries | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 14, 2023 - Wounds are injuries that break the skin or other body tissues.

169. Primary Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2024 - The higher alpha/beta ratio of surrounding tissues, such as the rectum, compared to prostate cancer, … can improve therapeutic outcomes by increasing treatment efficacy while reducing damage to healthy tissue … Alpha/beta ratio : A radiobiological parameter used to describe the sensitivity of tissue to radiation … higher burden of cancer, often used to enhance treatment efficacy while sparing surrounding healthy tissue … Organs at risk (OARs) : Critical normal tissues near the target area of radiation that must be protected

170. Osteoporosis-Vibration-Therapy Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Osteoporosis is a disease of the skeletal system characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue … understood.31,32 One hypothesis is that vibration signals are transmitted and amplified into bone tissue … Animal studies demonstrated that vibration increases the anabolic (bone building) activity of bone tissue … The anabolic activity of bone tissue, suppressed by disuse, is normalized by brief exposure to extremely

171. Neurothrombectomy Devices for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - long-term disability and stroke-related mortality. 14 Some thrombolytic agents, including recombinant tissue … Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1581-7. … Expansion of the time window for treatment of acute ischemic stroke with intravenous tissue plasminogen … National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke OR Odds Ratio rtPA Recombinant tissue

172. Radiation Therapy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 05, 2008 - cancer The size of the cancer The cancer's location in the body How close the cancer is to normal tissues

173. Pelvic Support Problems | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Pelvic Support Problems Description The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and other tissues

174. Juvenile Arthritis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     means that your immune system, which normally helps your body fight infection, attacks your body's own tissues

175. Stem Cells | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     February 01, 2012 - Stem cells may one day be used to make cells and tissues for therapy of many diseases.

176. Shock | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 15, 2009 - Shock Description Shock happens when not enough blood and oxygen can get to your organs and tissues

177. Uterine Fibroids | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 14, 2017 - Fibroids are made of muscle cells and other tissues that grow in and around the wall of the uterus, or

178. Diagnosis of Celiac Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - New meta-analyses found high-strength evidence to support excellent accuracy of anti-tissue transglutaminase

179. Respiratory Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 12, 2020 - that control breathing, such as spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy and stroke Damage to the tissues

180. Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 12, 2013 - For example, a surgeon may do a biopsy , which involves removing a piece of tissue to examine under