Orthoses are devices put inside your footwear to provide your foot with the most efficient and correct way for your foot to function. In the past orthoses have been known as arch supports, insole or inserts. Although these all may share some of the characteristics with orthoses, things have progressed a great deal. There are generally two types of orthoses, over the counter devices such as those sold in shoe shops or at a chemist.

Orthotics can help with the recovery of many different injuries and can work to prevent them from happening in the first place. Orthotics have been shown to be useful in minimizing the effects of many lower extremity conditions including, foot and ankle pain, shin splints, Achilles tendonitis, knee pain, muscle strains, and hip or groin pain. Many patients also report a significant decrease in low back pain.

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A foot orthosis (or orthotic) is an apparatus that, when inserted into proper footwear, helps to alleviate foot problems caused by disease, congenital defect, overuse or injury.

Angina means pain or discomfort, coming from the heart, generally due to blocked arteries, and usually occurring with exertion. Not all chest pain is angina, and not all people with blocked arteries have pain. Not necessarily. Only in people with certain "high-risk" characteristics (e.g. unstable symptoms, triple vessel disease, poor heart muscle function) has it been proven that we can prolong life by these methods.

TransEar is a bone conduction hearing instrument designed specifically for unilateral hearing loss, often called single-sided-deafness (SSD). It consists of three parts: a "transfer unit" ? a small custom acrylic half-shell which contains a miniature oscillator. These components are fit on and in the ear that has no hearing. Using bone conduction, the oscillator conducts vibrations across the skull to the good cochlea on the other side.

Electrology is the art and science of permanent hair removal utilizing probe devices. A fine sterile probe is inserted into the hair follicle and a small amount of electrical energy is discharged which destroys the hair growth tissue. When this is competently and skillfully accomplished, the regenerative ability of the hair follicle is permanently eliminated. The hair is lifted out after treatment and you leave with bare skin!

Alcohol is a chemical, a substance, a drug, because it is legal and socially accepted in our society and has a long history it is viewed differently than other drugs or chemicals. Ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, is an intoxicating ingredient found in beer, wine, and liquor.1 All alcoholic drinks contain ethanol, it is produced by the fermentation of yeast, sugars, and starches.

A cataract is a cloudiness of the eye's natural lens, which lies between the front and back areas of the eye. [top]

Plagiarism is representing another's work or ideas as your own. DO NOT DO IT -- EVER! In your written work, do not copy anything word-for-word from any source (including another student!) without putting it in quotes and referencing it. Do not copy any idea without referencing it. In the case of 1 or 2, it is NECESSARY to reference the source from which the quote or idea came. If it is a quote, it must appear in quotation marks.

The key to olive leaf is a phytochemical compound called Oleuropein from the leaves of Mission and Manzanillo olive trees. Oleuropein is the major phenolic constituent of the olive leaf (Olea europaea) and it is also present in olive oil and fruit. It has a powerful anti-bacterial and anti-viral effects. It has proven to be useful in cases of yeast and fungal infections, herpes, chronic fatigue, allergies, psoriasis and many other pathogens.

Massage, bodywork and somatic therapies are defined as the application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the human body. Specifically: Massage: The application of soft-tissue manipulation techniques to the body, generally intended to reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation. The many variations of massage account for several different techniques.

It’s a surgical technique in which the abdominal cavity (belly) is inflated with carbon dioxide gas (CO2) and distended. A small (3-11mm thick) telescope (resembling a long and thin tube) is then inserted through the belly button, inside the abdominal cavity. This telescope called laparoscope has a light source at its end and a camera that allows the surgical team to watch on TV monitors, what is inside the belly under magnification and in great detail.

The Mono Project is an open development initiative sponsored by Novell to develop an open source, UNIX version of the Microsoft .NET development platform. Its objective is to enable UNIX developers to build and deploy cross-platform .NET Applications. The project implements various technologies developed by Microsoft that have now been submitted to the ECMA for standardization. The Mono Project has also sparked a lot of interest in developing C#-based components, libraries and frameworks.