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Potassium balance
The balance between too much potassium and, far more often today, too little potassium. Adults should consume at least 4.7 grams of potassium per day to lower blood pressure, blunt the effects of salt, and reduce the risk of kidney stones…
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Show more- Juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic-onset See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Ambien Brand name for the sedative hypnotic drug zolpidem used for sleep. For more information, see: zolpidem
- Blood clots, estrogen-associated >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- Herpes zoster Also called shingles, zona, and zoster. The culprit is the varicella-zoster virus. Primary infection with…
- Rep 1) Roentgen equivalent physical, a unit of absorbed radiation approximately equivalent to one roentgen. 2) An…
- Disease, lipid storage A series of disorders due to inborn errors in lipid metabolism resulting in the abnormal accumulation of…
- System, parasympathetic nervous A part of nervous system that slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes…
- Ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer: Cancer of the ovary, the egg sac of females. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER> Most…
- Snake bite Snake bites: A bite of a venomous snake, such as a rattlesnake, copperhead, cottonmouth water moccasin, or…
- Pelvic Having to do with the pelvis, the lower part of the abdomen, located between the hip bones
- Angle-closure glaucoma, acute Increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior chamber) of the eye due to sudden (acute) blockage of the…
- Dextro- Prefix taken straight from the Greek meaning "through, throughout, completely" as in diachronic, diagnosis…