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Insulin resistance
Insulin resistance: The diminished ability of cells to respond to the action of insulin in transporting glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream into muscle and other tissues. Insulin resistance typically develops with obesity and heralds the…
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- Peritonitis Inflammation of the peritoneum (The peritoneum is the tissue layer of cells lining the inner wall of the…
- ATL The disease variously called adult T-cell leukemia, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and adult T-cell lymphoma…
- Psoralen Any of a number of drugs and other substances containing chemicals that react with ultraviolet (UV) light to…
- Causes of cancer Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases. Benign tumors are not cancer; malignant tumors are…
- Vestibule In medicine and dentistry, a vestibule is a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal, channel, tube…
- Retinal electrophysiologic testing See: Electrophysiologic retinal testing
- Apoplexy A venerable term for a stroke, a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), often associated with loss of consciousness…
- Silk Road disease Behcet's disease. Called Silk Road disease because it is most common and more severe in people originating…
- Perimenopause The menopause transition. Perimenopause begins about 6 years before the natural menopause. This is a time…
- Test, NSE Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely…
- Smallpox vaccine A vaccine containing a live virus called vaccinia used to prevent smallpox. The vaccine does not contain the…