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Gay suicide risk
Suicide risk: High rates of suicide have consistently been reported among homosexuals, particularly among adolescents and young adults. A 1989 report concluded that 'gay youth are 2 to 3 times more likely to attempt suicide than other…
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Show more- Bumps The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from these injured blood vessels into the…
- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy One of a number of progressive neurodegenerative disorders in animals and humans caused by similar…
- Oligohydramnios Scant amniotic fluid: less than usual.
- Subclavian Under the clavicle (the collar bone), as the subclavian artery or the subclavian vein
- Skin erosion Skin erosion is a loss of some or all of the epidermis (the outer layer) leaving a denuded surface. Erosion…
- Sporadic >An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency. An endemic is continuous, as in the…
- Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an unconventional (not a bacteria or virus)…
- Thyroiditis, Hashimoto See: Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Registry, tumor See: Tumor registry. And, for more information, see: Cancer registry
- Vitamin therapy The use of vitamins to prevent or cure disease. Many physicians are now recognizing the beneficial uses of…
- Microscope, fluorescent See: Fluorescent microscope
- Menorrhagia Excessive uterine bleeding occurring at the expected intervals of the menstrual periods. The bleeding from…