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Fungal nail infection
>People with diabetes; >People with disease of the small blood vessels (peripheral vascular disease); and >Older women (perhaps because estrogen deficiency increases the risk of infection); and >Women of any age who wear artificial nails…
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Show more- Dementia, multi-infarct See Vascular dementia
- Vaccines Microbial preparations of killed or modified microorganisms that can stimulate an immune response in the body…
- Partial syndactyly A condition in which fingers or toes are partially joined together. Syndactyly can involve the bones or just…
- Melittin The principal toxic component in bee venom. Melittin is a relatively short peptide consisting of 26 amino…
- Traditional Chinese medicine The current name for an ancient system of health care from China. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is based…
- Candidiasis, invasive See: Invasive candidiasis
- Adult-onset diabetes Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2
- Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) A hysterosalpingogram imaging test that is used to examine the cavity of the uterus and Fallopian tubes. In a…
- Orthopnea The inability to breathe easily unless one is sitting up straight or standing erect
- Pestilence The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly…
- Sarcoma, synovial See Synovial sarcoma
- Immunization, mumps Mumps: See Immunization, MMR