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Evening primrose oil
A natural source of essential fatty acids (EFOs). Evening primrose oil contains a higher level of arachnoidic acid than some other EFO sources, so people with seizure disorders may wish to avoid its use
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Show more- Blindness Loss of useful sight. Blindness can be temporary or permanent. Damage to any portion of the eye, the optic…
- Insomnia, chronic Insomnia that occurs most nights and lasts a month or more. The treatment of chronic insomnia consists of: >…
- XTC A street name for 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine. See: Ecstasy
- Intolerance, food Difficulty in digesting a food. Common offenders include milk products, wheat and other grains that contain…
- CLIP 1. Abbreviation for Corticotropin-Like Intermediate-lobe Peptide, a molecule identical to part of…
- Enteritis, Crohn Crohn disease involving only the small intestine. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily…
- Coxsackie virus Coxsackie virus: See: Coxsackievirus.
- Prominent vertebra The 7th cervical (neck) vertebra (C7) is sometimes called the prominent vertebra because of the length of its…
- Salient Standing out. Projecting. When the true nature of a disease is poorly understood, it is often classified by…
- Shoulder pain Pain in the shoulder due to an injury or disease. The design of the shoulder joint is such that it sacrifices…
- Aortal Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Aortal is not often encountered (except in The New…
- New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…