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DASH diet
An eating plan designed to lower the blood pressure. DASH is an acronym for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH 'combination diet' has been shown to decrease the blood pressure and so helps prevent and control high blood…
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- Asthmatic 1. Pertaining to asthma as, for example, asthmatic bronchitis.2. A person with asthma
- Ferrocalcinosis, cerebrovascular A condition that was first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and is therefore sometimes called Fahr syndrome, this…
- Anemia Anemia: The condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the normal…
- Nonblinded study A clinical trial or other experiment in which the researchers know what treatments are being given to each…
- Color hearing A form of chromesthesia in which hearing a musical tone elicits the perception of a color. In one case, an…
- Subcutaneous hematoma A bruise
- Carbon monoxide poisoning Poisoning with carbon monoxide, a tasteless odorless gas that is a byproduct of combustion. Carbon monoxide…
- National Institute for Occupational Safety Health: Known for short as NIOSH, a US Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making…
- Radius In anatomy, the radius is the smaller of the two bones on the thumb side of the forearm. (The bigger one is…
- Double pneumonia Inflammation of both lungs. Medically called bilateral pneumonia
- Sclerosis Localized hardening of skin