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Hair loss
Hair loss: Hair loss is the thinning of hair on the scalp. The medical term for hair loss is alopecia. Alopecia can be temporary or permanent. The most common form of hair loss occurs gradually and is referred to as 'androgenetic…
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Show more- Tunica albuginea of the testis The layer of dense whitish inelastic tissue that surrounds the testis
- Air travel with diabetes A concern for patients with diabetes is flying with medications and supplies. Letters from doctors are not…
- Parathyroidectomy Parathyroidectomy: Surgical removal of one or more of the parathyroid glands. Parathyroidectomy is usually…
- Exanthem subitum Means a sudden rash. A viral disease of infants and young children with sudden onset of high fever which…
- Saami health See: Artic health
- Gastric outlet obstruction Any disease that mechanically impedes gastric emptying, the normal emptying of the stomach. There is…
- Colonoscopy, virtual See: Virtual colonoscopy
- Snake stick A stick or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios)…
- Nurse-midwifery The practice engaged in by a nurse-midwife
- Fourth ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Pharma food A food product with a pharmacological additive meant to improve health, for example, to lower cholesterol
- Hashimoto disease See: Hashimoto thyroiditis