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Cider vinegar diet
The cedar vinegar diet is a weight loss plan based upon the consumption of one, two, or three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar before each meal. The purported 'fat burning effects' of consumption of apple cider vinegar have not been…
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Show more- Chinese medicine See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Biochemistry The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems…
- MPO Myeloperoxidase
- Pimple A small papule or pustule. Pimples are sebaceous glands (oil glands) that are infected with bacteria, become…
- ANXA1 Annexin A1
- Indicate In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular condition or circumstance…
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen…
- Audiometry The measurement of hearing.
- Hepatic artery See: Liver biopsy.
- Menstrually associated migraine See: Menstrual migraine
- MUTYH See: MYH
- Pulmonary medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting…