Calcium is a constituent of plaque that could gradually accrue in the interiors of the coronary arteries which deliver oxygen-inundated blood to the heart muscle. By gauging it, the extent of plaque accumulation can be determined that leads to constriction of the heart arteries, a characteristic of CAD or coronary arterial disease.
During the course of the test, one is required to lie down flat facing up in a hollow CT scan. The X-ray shafts produce a myriad of images of the heart. Concurrently, a computer computes the quantity and density of the calcium deposits that line the insides of the artery walls and produces calcium score as output. The range of the score could lie between zero to more than four hundred. A score greater than hundred is related to an elevated risk of heart disease.
Research has continually revealed that [...]

Mohs Micrography Surgery is the top-notch, superior and effectual treatment method for skin cancer presently available for removal of non-melanoma forms of skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma or tumors where particular warnings apply. The procedure is conducted by a group of surgeons with high levels of specialised training coupled with dexterity and proficiency.
Originally founded by Dr. Frederic E. Mohs, the Mohs procedure is the top-of-the-line treatment that has seen perennial improvement and fine-tuning since the past seven decades. Using the Mohs technique, surgeons are able to view past the discernible disease, to accurately detect and extract the complete tumor one layer at a time, while causing no damage or marring to the adjacent healthy tissue. This sophisticated and specific means of tumor eradication lowers the likelihood of relapse and diminishes the probability of scar formations [...]

Acute Respiratory distress syndrome or ARDS is a progressive, life threatening disease that occurs when the lungs face damage to an extent that it cannot function normally leading to abrupt problems in breathing and quick lung failure.
Those that are diagnosed with ARDS have patchy specks on their chest X-Rays. ARDS also known as non-cardiac pulmonary edema, acute lung injury and increased permeability pulmonary edema is also known to affect children as young as one year and onwards.
ARDS Causes:
ARDS could arise due a serious damage or intense inflammation that causes significant extent of damage to the blood vessels present in either one or both of the lungs resulting in the lungs being incapacitated. Due to this, the lungs are incapable of being filled with air and cannot move adequate oxygen supply into the blood stream. This form of damage to the [...]

A latest blood test stoutly foresees the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes. The blood test takes a closer look at SHBG or sex hormone-binding globulin. Previously solely regarded as a means for the body to store up surplus sex hormone, the SHBG presently is appearing to play a crucial role in a host of body functions.
Safeguard against or being susceptible to type 2 diabetes also seems to be widely influenced by the levels of SHBG in the blood.
Individuals with the least levels of SHBG had a tenfold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes as compared to those with elevated SHBG levels.
Eric L. Ding, ScD, from the Harvard School of Public Health along with his associates concluded on the fact that sex hormone-binding globulin or SHBG might play a contributory role in the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Ding and [...]

The characteristic complications of diabetes are effectively averted by long term monitoring of individuals using the A1c testing technique. The test is quite basic and swiftly done, with all credit to the NGSP that are responsible for greater than 90% of standardisation of all A1c tests. This equates to the fact that outcomes from diverse laboratories should be analogous. The American Diabetes Association has on the basis of existing evidence advocated getting A1c testing done two to four times annually.
Experts concur that the A1c level for those not diabetic would be in the range of four to six percent. If the A1c reading is above this range then it is an indicator of diabetes. The approval for target A1c levels fluctuate with the American Diabetes Association lately altering its proposed A1c levels from under eight percent to seven percent or [...]

The A1c or HbA1c or glycated haemoglobin, is the innovatory means of managing both type1 and type2 diabetes. Vouched by renowned experts inclusive of Fran Kaufman, MD, president of the American Diabetes Association, this effectual testing technique can help in managing a disease that has extreme and detrimental repercussions like heart disease and stroke.
The positive aspects of the A1 testing are still not perceptible to many people. Not many diabetic individuals get their A1c tested on a regular basis, and in those who do, many fail to comprehend the outcome of the test.
Every diabetic individual would be aware of the standardised, fasting blood-glucose testing that is an indicator of the existent blood glucose levels. The fasting test is the stalwart of diabetes management, and assists both the patient and doctor to perceive is which direction the treatment is heading.
In spite [...]

Researchers of a latest study have revealed a three-forked strategy for treating spinal cord damage that helped rats with paralysis to be able to walk without the need of brain signalling.
Due to damage caused to the nerve fibers that transmit and receive data from the brain, there is a major impediment in conducting information. The major spotlight on the research being undertaken for spinal cord injuries has been to delve into means of recuperating those marred nerve fibers and connections that have till date met with partial triumph in humans.
During the course of the latest research, rats were administered a treatment that was a fusion of drugs, electrical stimulus to the spinal cord and remedial locomotor guidance technique. The amalgamated treatment assisted the rats in walking with an almost normal bearing on a treadmill in a situation where the muscles [...]

Metabolic Syndrome is a general pattern in the body’s overall metabolism wherein the individual affected would have malevolent ailments like excessive fat around waistline, soaring levels of blood pressure, blood glucose and lipids (triglycerides) and sapped HDL cholesterol levels. Those with metabolic syndrome that do not have these conditions have a high likelihood of developing diabetes.
Collectively, these set of health issues raise the possibility of heart attack, stroke and diabetes.

Metabolic Syndrome Causes:
Metabolic syndrome is the consequence of detrimental lifestyle that comprises of excess calorie intake, being immobile and weight gain especially on the waistline, that leads to the body becoming insulin resistant, elevated blood glucose levels and eventually leading to type 2 diabetes.
Metabolic Syndrome Symptoms:

Hypertension.
Type 2 diabetes.
Impeded glucose tolerance – a mild version of pre-Type 2 diabetes condition.
High cholesterol levels known as hypercholesterolemia, high triglyceride [...]

Robotic-aided laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
The surgery is conducted through small incisions made in the abdomen that act as access points for the robotic arms that decipher the surgeon’s every hand movement into fine and highly accurate action. This surgery requires an extremely agile and specifically trained doctor to carry out the procedure.
The key objective of open or laparoscopic surgery is the overall removal of all the cancer present that at times would translate to removal of the prostate along with the tissues that surround it. This course of action includes the removal of the cluster of nerves that are interconnected to the penis that has an adverse bearing on the man’s ability in achieving erection. Certain tumors could be eliminated by a nerve-sparing procedure that involves cautiously incising in the area surrounding the nerves without causing any damage to them. The [...]

Radical prostatectomy is a surgical procedure employed for removal of the prostate gland and the adjacent tissue surrounding it. The operation performed to eliminate prostate cancer could be done by either open surgery or by the procedure of laparoscopic surgery that is done through tiny incisions that are made during the course of the operation.
Radical prostatectomy is mostly conducted when test outcomes depict that the spread of cancer has not proliferated beyond the perimeters of the prostate, i.e., it is still in stages I and II.
Mostly, laparoscopic surgery is manually conducted, though there are certain doctors that perform the surgery by employing the usage of guiding robotic arms that clutch the tools needed during surgery. This is known as robot-aided prostatectomy.
Open Surgery
During open surgery, a fine slit is made by the surgeon in order to facilitate easy access to the [...]