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Varco, Richard L.
Innovative American surgeon (1912-2004) who helped perform the first successful open heart operation. On Sept. 2, 1952 at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Varco's team, led by Dr. C. Walton Lillehei and Dr. F. John Lewis, cut off the flow…
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Show more- Iodine excess Just as too little iodine can cause thyroid disease, so may prolonged intake of too much iodine also lead to…
- Traditional Chinese medicine The current name for an ancient system of health care from China. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based…
- Triptan A class of drugs introduced in the 1990s for the treatment of migraine that act as agonists for…
- Disease, His Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart), this is a…
- Oophorectomy The removal of one or both ovaries by surgery. Also known as ovariectomy.
- Bursitis, elbow Inflammation of the olecranon bursa, the bursa at the tip of the elbow is called the olecranon bursitis. A…
- Nose, runny Rhinorrhea is the medical term for this common problem. From the Greek words 'rhinos' meaning 'of the nose'…
- Homologous The relationship between two chromosomes that are paired and so are homologs of each other.
- BPH A balance disorder that results in the sudden onset of dizziness, spinning, or vertigo when moving the head.
- RNA inactivation A technique for inactivating genes in a cell through the introduction of double-stranded RNA into the cell…
- Necrosis The death of living cells or tissues. Necrosis can be due, for example, to ischemia (lack of blood flow)…
- Alpha synuclein See: Alpha-synuclein