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Magnesium excess
Persons with impaired kidney function should be especially careful about their magnesium intake because they can accumulate magnesium, a dangerous situation. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances…
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Show more- Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Syndrome, stiff baby A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Equinophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of equinophobia experience undue anxiety even when a…
- Syndrome X See: Metabolic syndrome
- Marker A piece of DNA that lies on a chromosome so close to a gene that the marker and the gene are inherited…
- Stress testing, exercise cardiac The exercise cardiac stress testing (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The…
- APLS (antiphospholipid antibody syndrome) Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome): An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal antibodies…
- Hippocrates Rally credited with turning away from divine notions of medicine and using observation of the body as a basis…
- Ear cleaning (yourself) Never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear! Wax is not formed in the deep part of the ear canal…
- Monkeypox Monkeypox: A rare zoonotic (animal-borne) viral disease similar to smallpox. The virus responsible for…
- Anomaly, congenital Anomaly, congenital: A birth defect. A malformation that occurs before birth and is present at birth
- Diesel exhaust particle A respirable particle produced during the compression ignition of diesel fuel. Diesel particles are composed…