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Flu vaccine: The flu vaccination (influenza) is recommended for persons at high risk for serious complications from influenza virus infection. This includes: > >Everyone age 65 or more; >People with chronic diseases of the heart; >People…
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- Myocardial infarction A heart attack. Abbreviated MI. The term 'myocardial infarction' focuses on the myocardium (the heart muscle)…
- CNP Copy number polymorphism
- Acidosis Too much acid in the body, a distinctly abnormal condition resulting from the accumulation of acid or from…
- Wimmin The term used to describe the rate of heat loss on the body resulting from the combined effect of low…
- Disorder, articulation See: Articulation disorder
- ASAT Anemia, sideroblastic, and spinocerebellar ataxia. See:href='/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=34082'>Pagon…
- Digit A finger or toe
- Second wave A phenomenon of infections that can develop during a pandemic. The disease infects one group of people first…
- Y (in genetics) The Y chromosome, the sex chromosome found in normal males, together with an X chromosome
- Herbal remedy A medication prepared from plants, including most of the world's traditional remedies for disease. Most…
- Anosmia No sense of smell, due to loss of the sense of smell or failure for it to develop. Loss of the sense of smell…