Altitude sickness is also known as acute mountain sickness and is caused due to low levels of oxygen at very high altitudes owing to acute exposure to low partial oxygen pressure. Such a kind of sickness is known to occur above 2,500 meters. Specific factors such as sex, age, or physical fitness ... Read more

Vitamins are organic compounds which are important for the survival of an individual. The term is derived from vital amines, since vitamins are essential for life and were thought to be derived from amines. Vitamins can be fat soluble or water soluble. Vitamin D is fat soluble that helps in the ... Read more

Global Onchocerciasis Treatment Market: Snapshot

Commonly known as river blindness, onchocerciasis is caused by infection due to a parasitic worm that can lead to serious complications. The parasitic worm, Onchocerca volvulus, is generally imparted within the human skin though bites ... Read more

Ranging from mild to life threatening, short term to life long, Vasculitis is a term for a group of rare diseases that have in common, a condition that destroys blood vessels by inflammation. Affecting both sexes and all ages, vasculitis is caused by leukocyte migration and can affect arteries ... Read more

Malignant tumor in liver spread as a result of infection of cancerous cells to some other organ of the body is referred as liver metastasis. Colorectal cancer that spreads in liver is termed as hepatic colorectal metastasis. Liver is the most common site for metastasis owing to the presence of ... Read more

Global Mental Disorders Drugs Market: Overview

A mental disorder can be explained as a psychological anomaly that is reflected in patient’s behavior through disability, distress, or any conduct that is not considered as normal mental development. The causes of mental disorders are very ... Read more

Tetracycline drugs are a class of antibacterial drugs that are responsible for the inhibition of bacterial protein synthesis. These are derived from various strains of Streptomyces bacteria. The molecules of the drug irreversibly bind to the 30S ribosomal subunit, and thus inhibit the elongation ... Read more

Pneumoperitoneum needle, also known as Veress insufflation needle, is used in laparoscopic surgery to introduce gaseous fluids into peritoneal cavity to inflate the peritoneal cavity and create pneumoperitoneum. Laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery ae widely used in surgical procedures to treat ... Read more

Gamma knife is an advanced radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer in adults and children. Gamma knife is not really a knife; it is a beam of highly focused gamma rays, to precisely cut or destroy the tumor or damaged cells, generally in the brain, causing little or no damage to the ... Read more