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The Indian Health Service, a part of the US Public Health Service within the US Department of Health and Human Services, that is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The IHS is the…
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Show more- Acuity test, visual This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- Chronic This important term in medicine comes from the Greek chronos, time and means lasting a long time. A chronic…
- Smallpox bioterrorism The misuse of smallpox as an agent of bioterrorism. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. Routine vaccinations…
- Cerebral vascular disease See: Cerebrovascular disease
- Perinatal transmission Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…
- Sleep disorders Sleep disorders: Any disorder that affects, disrupts, or involves sleep. The most common sleep disorder is…
- E2F3 E2F transcription factor 3. E2F3 is a gene on chromosome 6p22 that is a member of the E2F family of…
- Urge incontinence A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate…
- Cauda equina A bundle of spinal nerve roots that arise from the bottom end of the spinal cord. The cauda equina comprises…
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type.
- Viral encephalitis Inflammation of the brain as a result of virus infection. There are many viruses that cause viral encephalitis
- Fetoprotein, alpha- (AFP) AFP is a plasma protein that is normally produced by the fetus. It serves as the basis for some valuable…