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Dr. Ledian Fezollari
Parents now immediately know if their newborn has a clubfoot. Some know even before the child is born, if an ultrasound is done during pregnancy after week 16. A clubfoot occurs in approximately one in every 1,000 births, slightly more often in boys than in girls...
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Dr. Ilda Ndreko
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) belongs to the herpesvirus family. It is a DNA virus and a common virus that can infect anyone. Many people may not be aware that they have the virus, and it rarely causes problems in healthy individuals. In pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems, it can pose a risk...
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Dr. Shk. Artan Haruni
The Electroencephalogram EEG, or as it is commonly referred to in everyday language (Ezheja), is an examination used to detect the brain's electrical activity through a system of electrodes, which transmit signals they receive from the scalp and send them to a computerized system. This signal is analyzed and converted...
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Dr. Ilda Ndreko
Nuchal translucency is an ultrasonographic manifestation of the physiological accumulation of fluid in the skin behind the fetal neck during the first trimester of pregnancy. NT increases in fetuses with chromosomal anomalies, cardiac defects, and other genetic syndromes. Screening with NT detects 80% of fetuses with trisomy 21 and aneuploidy...
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Dr. Ilir Agastra
Ozone is a molecule with three Oxygen atoms. Its name comes from Greek where the word "ozein" means "to smell, has aroma". Ozone was discovered by a German chemist (Ch.F. Schonbein) in 1848. At room temperature, it is a colorless gas with a characteristic smell (similar to the one felt afte...
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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako
Since I have anemia and use Aspirin, does Aspirin worsen my anemia since it thins the blood? Of course, there is Dilutional Anemia, which occurs when the plasma volume increases without a proportional increase in the blood's cellular elements. There are a number of pathological conditions when the plasma volume increases (third trimeste...
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Dr. Shk. Sotiraq Lako
I often write about the absence of Iron (absolute) identified with Hypoferritinemia, which is actually the biggest medical deficit and the most worsened, undervalued, and mistreated medical problem (everyone tries, but with nearly 100% failure). But today, I will write about the opposite, Hyperferritinemia, the increase in the level of ferritin in the blood...
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Dr. Marsel Haxhia
Fertilization of mammalian eggs in vitro has a history that goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Analyses of rodent embryos in short-term cultures opened a new research perspective in human embryos in vitro. This phase of research made in 1930 Pincus and his colleagues, Enzmann and Saunder...
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Dr. Ledian Fezollari
The plantar fascia is the most common cause of pain in the lower part of the heel. About 2 million patients are treated for this condition every year.
Plantar fasciitis occurs when the strong band of tissue that supports the arch of your foot becomes irritated and inflamed...
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Dr. Viktor QERESHNIKU
Before talking about sterility, I think it's important to clarify what is meant by the term sterility. Sterility can pertain to the male sex, as well as the female sex. Often, the terms sterility and infertility are used interchangeably, which in fact are not synonymous. Anglo-Saxon authors do not make distinctions between them...
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