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Fiber and diabetes
Soluble fibers (oat bran, apples, citrus, pears, peas/beans, psyllium, etc.) slow down the digestion of carbohydrates (sugars), which results in better glucose metabolism. Some patients with the adult-onset diabetes may actually be…
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Show more- Thyroid A blood protein that binds with the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).
- Coccidioidomycosis (CM) A disease due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop…
- Giant platelet syndrome Nard-Soulier syndrome): This condition is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the…
- Tumor, sweat gland A benign (harmless) skin tumor called a syringoma that derives from cells related to sweat glands. (These…
- Evert To turn outward or turn inside out. To evert the foot is to move its forepart away from the midline of the…
- Borborygmi Rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines (stomach 'growling'). Pronounced BOR-boh-RIG-mee…
- Polymorphism A variation in the DNA that is too common to be due merely to new mutation. A polymorphism must have a…
- GI 1. In medicine, commonly used abbreviation for gastrointestinal, referring collectively to the stomach and…
- Gorlin-Goltz syndrome See: Gorlin syndrome
- Myeloid Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and…
- HER1 See: EGFR
- Restriction map An array of sites in DNA susceptible to cleavage by diverse restriction enzymes