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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2012; 02(04): 93-99
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703623
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CHAOS THEORY: IMPACT ON AND APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE

Arunachalam Kumar
1   Professor of Anatomy, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University Mangalore - 575 018, India
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Abstract

The advent of a revolutionary and exciting theory that proposes non-linear models as effective adjuncts to linear mathematics in interpreting long-held scientific tenets has provided novel and innovative designs and methodologies that help the medical world to better understand inferences from laboratory investigations, physiological processes, pharmarmaco-therapeutics and clinical diagnostics.

This overview outlines a few salient areas in medicine that have successfully applied the principles of the chaos theory. Chaotic systems have been shown to operate in quite a few physiological processes. The impact and implications of the new science on the future course of medical diagnosticsand health science systems as a whole cannot be overstressed.

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chaos theory - non-linear mathematics - fractal - randomness


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