Health care regulatory agencies are agencies that ensure the safety and efficacy of health care in hospitals and other health care facilities. They set up many different codes and laws that doctors, surgeons, nurses, and technicians must follow so that they can deliver the highest form of care to their patients.
Physicians in the rehabilitation medicine field focus on restoring their patients to optimum health after an injury, trauma, or degeneration. Rehabilitative therapists use training, exercise, and therapy along with braces and other assistive devices to help patients with bone, muscle, and joint problems.
Reproductive endocrinology is a subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology; reproductive endocrinologists study the link between hormone activity and fertility. Therefore, if a patient is unable to develop or sustain a pregnancy, a physician in this field would evaluate her hormone levels to try and find the cause.
Reproductive endocrinology is a subspecialty of obstetrics and gynecology; reproductive endocrinologists study the link between hormone activity and fertility. Therefore, if a patient is unable to develop or sustain a pregnancy, a physician in this field would evaluate her hormone levels to try and find the cause.
Restorative dentistry is a kind of dentistry in which dentists focus on improving the function and appearance of the teeth. Rather than performing preventative care like general dentists, they aim to improve missing or deformed teeth to restore the patient’s mouth after trauma or injury.
The retina is a thin tissue that lines the inner surface of the human eye. The rest of the eye works to create a visual representation of the world on the retina. Doctors who study, diagnose, and treat conditions of the human retina can be ophthalmologists or opticians; they may treat retinal problems with surgery or medications.
Retinal detachment is an eye condition in which the patient’s retina peels away from its surrounding tissue. If the entire retina completely detaches, it is a medical emergency that can result in complete blindness. Therefore ophthalmologists and opticians must monitor the patient for signs and symptoms of this condition.
A respiratory infection is a kind of infection that attacks the patient’s respiratory system. Its signs and symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing/wheezing, fatigue, and dizziness/fainting. Depending on the severity of the infection, it can be treated with inhalers, drugs, or even surgery.
Respiratory therapy is a field of medicine in which physicians and surgeons treat a variety of respiratory conditions. If a patient suffers from impaired breathing, excessive coughing, and chest pains, then he or she should seek respiratory therapy. Some diseases treated in this branch of medicine are asthma, COPD, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.
The retina is a thin tissue in the human eye onto which a visual representation of the world is projected. Some diseases that can affect the retina are retinitis pigmentosa (causes night blindness), retinoblastoma (retina cancer), and retinal detachment.
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