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Disease, Heberden
>Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. >Osteoarthritis of the small joints with nodules (Heberden nodes) in and about the last joint of the finger. Both…
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Show more- Diverticulitis, treatment of acute Antibiotics are usually needed. Oral antibiotics are sufficient when symptoms are mild. Liquid or low fiber…
- Reflux disease, gastroesophageal (GERD) Reflux disease, gastroesophageal (GERD): The stomach contents regurgitate and back up (reflux) into the…
- Anti-platelet agents Medications that, like aspirin, reduce the tendency of platelets in the blood to clump and clot
- Cystitis Inflammation of the bladder. Cystitis can be due for example to infection from bacteria that ascend the…
- Anti-citrulline antibody See: Citrulline antibody
- Leukemia, acute Cancer of the blood cells (leukemia) that progresses rapidly, as opposed to chronic leukemia which progresses…
- Argentaffinoma A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Argentaffinoma is also called carcinoid tumor…
- Hiatal hernia Hiatal hernia: An anatomical abnormality in which part of the stomach protrudes up through the diaphragm into…
- Weighing, underwater See: Underwater weighing
- MCH Abbreviation for mean cell hemoglobin concentration, which is the average concentration of hemoglobin in a…
- Guillotine A machine used during (and after) the French Revolution for beheading people condemned to death, by means of…
- Stomach cancer Stomach cancer: Cancer of the stomach, the main organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach…