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…. Presently gene therapy such as making new blood vessels is cheaper than surgery or medicine. Prevention has always been cheaper than treatment. Plus only single-cell gene diseases are currently treatable such as heart disease. This treatment is relatively low…

…some speech and hearing impairments. Drugs, including muscle relaxants for spastic muscles. Surgery, all different types of surgeries for all different types of things. Orthopedic devices, such as wheelchairs, walkers, page turners, specially equipped…

…loose, then spasticity is used to describe the type of Cerebral Palsy (Borowitz). Tracy had two surgeries performed on her to try and correct and straighten her back(she was scheduled to have many more surgeries as well). They were trying to correct…

…to help the ill. From penicillin to advanced surgery techniques and Antibiotics, the world has given its best shots to end disease but are still falling up a little short. Since the beginning of the infectious influenza, which has been taking the lives…

…thought to be the perfect sedative for the terminally nervous, insomniacs, epileptics, mental patients and also used for anesthesia before surgery is now found to be very addictive. Downers as a whole have many risks and side effects to their users. Being…

…surgery is laser surgery. This is done on the drain hole to open the trabecular meshwork so that the fluid can drain off and the IOP can be lowered. Narrow angle glaucoma can sometimes be cured with laser treatment. If it is chronic, then it is treated…

…. The circulatory system may be repaired with surgery but if a person's circulatory system is so far gone, it is only a matter of time before they die. Heart disease may be accompanied by chest spasms, which is a symptom of a heart attack, which may lead to death. [3…

…authorized the creation of a trained ambulance corps for the Army of the Potomac, and other armies, both Union and Confederate, soon did the same. Risks from surgery were great. Doctors in the field hospitals had no notion of antiseptic surgery, resulting…

…. Another treatment is open reduction and internal fixation. In this type of treatment, an orthopedist must perform surgery on the bone. During this operation, the bone fragments are first repositioned (reduced) into their normal alignment, and then held…

…and Not See,” by Oliver Sacks, the reader is introduced to the subject of the essay, a fifty-year-old man named Virgil, who has been blind from early childhood. Virgil, at the urging of his fiancée, submits himself to a surgery that will help him regain his sight…