| Modern medicine has something to do with a long | | | | early on before a full on heart attack, stent can be |
| and healthy life. Many need to thank the countless | | | | used as a prop to open the blood vessel to allow the |
| medical minds for their discoveries, mistakes and | | | | blood to flow normally. |
| medical advances they have made over the last 100 | | | | High Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) |
| years that have helped prevent and fight the | | | | The life expectancy of an HIV patient can be |
| previously incurable human diseases. Here are five | | | | extended to decades with a "cocktail," combination |
| important medical advances that have revolutionized | | | | therapy approach. HIV is an epidemic disease that |
| and influenced our health. | | | | cannot be cured, but with the introduction of HAART |
| Cold Laser/ Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) | | | | in 1996, the death rate of HIV patients dropped 10 |
| Figuring out that cold laser therapy or LLLT can | | | | percent in the US between 2006 and 2007. HAART |
| stimulate cell growth and initiate cell functions to | | | | give HIV patients a chance of a normal life. |
| promote healing, modern medicine have discovered a | | | | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the Body |
| way to dramatically reduce musculoskeletal pain, | | | | With this noninvasive medical test, physicians and |
| inflammation, and promotes tissue repair. Cold laser | | | | surgeons are able to see what is going wrong inside |
| therapy can help with: | | | | the body. This machine with its powerful magnetic |
| - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | | | | field, radio frequency pulses, produce physicians |
| - Chronic back, shoulder, or leg pain | | | | detailed images of organs, soft tissues, bone and all |
| - Neck pain | | | | other internal body structure, so they can diagnose |
| - Tennis elbow | | | | and treat patients' medical conditions. |
| - Rotator cuff injury | | | | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) |
| - Joint pain in knees, hands, ankles | | | | Introduced in the early 1900's, fMRI allows doctors to |
| Heart Attack Prevention with Stent | | | | read and map the interworking of the brain itself as it |
| Gains in heart disease are 40 percent new treatment | | | | is happening. Using sophisticated imaging techniques to |
| interventions while 60 percent is prevention. | | | | view the traces of working neurons, brain cells, track |
| With the invention of a tiny flexible tube called | | | | changes in the oxygen levels, and blood flow to the |
| "stent," heart attack can be prevented. Patients with | | | | brain allows surgeons to read your mind. |
| narrow vessel by the buildup of plaque is discovered | | | | |