Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a ubiquitous material used in implants and medical devices general due to its high biocompatibility inertness; blood vessels, heart, jawbone, nose, eyes, or abdominal wall can benefit from properties the case of disease injury. Its expanded version, ePTFE, an improved version PTFE with better mechanical properties, which extend applications. However, ePTFE ofte...

1 Exercise Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, 2 Gender Studies and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, 3 Division of Physical Activity, Prevention and Cancer, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), H...

This article reviews selected studies of medical applications of Chinese qigong. The review centers on clinical and experimental studies to show that qigong exercise can beneficially affect many functions of the body and improve health. The studies, some conducted in depth, were selected to illustrate that medical applications of qigong are diverse and that many applications could improve Weste...

About 50% of the ten thousands particle accelerators at present running in the world are devoted to medical applications. The main areas of use are: (i) radioisotope production, (ii) conventional radiotherapy with electron and photon beams, (iii) oncological hadrontherapy. In this review paper it is shown that in all these areas there are new developments which are scientifically interesting an...