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Insomnia, chronic
Insomnia that occurs most nights and lasts a month or more. The treatment of chronic insomnia consists of: > >First, the diagnosis and treatment of underlying medical or psychological problems. >The identification of behaviors that may…
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- Synovial chondromatosis A disorder of a joint featuring a change of the normal joint lining (synovium) tissue's cellular structure to…
- Breast lump A localized swelling, knot, bump, bulge or protuberance in the breast. Breast lumps may appear in both sexes…
- Paroxysmal lacrimation See: Crocodile tears syndrome
- Breast cancer, familial A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of…
- Mixed connective tissue disease Mixed connective tissue disease: A mixture of three diseases of connective tissue (the framework of the cells…
- Protein, C-reactive See: Proteolipid protein.
- Helical CAT scan A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Prontosil The first sulfa drug to be discovered. Largely of historic interest today. The discovery was made by the…
- Amalgam In dentistry, an alloy of mercury, silver, tin, etc. used in dental restorations
- Generalized tonic-clonic seizure See: Grand mal