However, determining a cure for cancer isn’t easy. Cancer is actually the name given to a broad spectrum of related diseases. One thing all cancers have in common is that they result when cells began dividing at an unregulated rate and become invasive to surrounding tissues. Otherwise, cancers are rather diverse and can develop due to varying genetic or environmental factors and can develop in ...

The majority of male infertility is idiopathic. However, there are multiple known causes of male infertility, and some of these causes can be treated medically with high success rates. In cases of idiopathic or genetic causes of male infertility, medical management is typically empirical; in most instances medical therapy represents off-label use that is not specifically approved by the FDA. Un...

Eighty percent of all cases of acute pancreatitis are linked etiologically to gallstone disease or caused by immoderate alcohol consumption. No specific causal treatment for acute pancreatitis exists. Early prognostic factors that indicate severe disease are three or more signs on organ failure scores according to Ranson, Imrie, or Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) 11, ext...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common neoplasm and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Cirrhosis, most often due to viral hepatitis, is the predominant risk factors for HCC and geographical differences in both risk factors and incidence are largely due to epidemiological variations in hepatitis B and C infection. Hepatic function is a relevant parameter...

The diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis is often delayed due to ambiguous clinical manifestations and strict diagnostic criteria. However, imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging have been found effective for the early diagnosis of non-radiographic sacroiliitis. New tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors have good efficacy for patients with persistently high disease activi...

Essential tremor (ET) is the most common pathological tremor characterized by upper limb action-postural tremor (PT)/kinetic tremor (KT). There are no specific neuropathological or biochemical abnormalities in ET. The disability is consequent to amplitude of KT, which may remain mild without handicap or may become disabling. The most effective drugs for sustained tremor control are propranolol ...

Medical treatment of ulcerative colitis in the period 1934-1949 sorely tested the patience and optimism of both patient and doctor. Some principles remain as important today as they were then, a diet generous in protein and calories, mineral and iron replacement, and blood transfusion. Other aspects sound unfamiliar such as prolonged bed rest and a strict low-residue diet. Two advances around 1...