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Diabetes (Type 2)
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A1c test
Provides a picture of average blood sugar control for the past 2 to 3 months. Also known as glycated hemoglobin or HbA1c
Adult-onset diabetes
One of the former terms for Type 2 diabetes.
Anti-diabetic agent
A kind of medication that helps a person with diabetes control the level of glucose Click for full entry >> |
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Heart Disease & Depression
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Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia is a general term for an irregular heartbeat, caused by problems in the heart's electrical system, which regulates heart rhythm. A heartbeat can be too slow (bradycardia), too fast (tachycardia), or simply irregular.
Blood pressure
The force exerted by blood on the walls of the arteries. This pressure is greatest during the contraction of the ventricles of the Click for full entry >> |
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Lung Cancer
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Asymptomatic
No symptoms; no clear sign of disease present.
Advanced cancer
A stage of cancer where the disease has spread from the primary site to other parts of the body. When the cancer has spread only to the surrounding areas, it is called locally advanced. If it has spread further by traveling through the bloodstream, it is called metastatic. Click for full entry >> |
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Erectile Dysfunction
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Alzheimer's disease
Named for Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who first described the disease in 1907, Alzheimer's disease causes gradually increasing dementia, including memory loss, confusion, problems with judgment, planning and concentration, and personality changes; in its later stages it also affects physical abilities. The disease's causes, cures and preventions are unknown. Click for full entry >> |
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Sleep Disorders
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Antihistamine
A type of chemical present in many cold and allergy medicines, and some nonprescription sleep medicines. When taken at night as sleep aids, antihistamine-containing medicines may result in daytime drowsiness.
Apnea
A temporary pause in one's breathing pattern. Sleep apnea consists of repeated episodes of temporary pauses in breathing during sleep.
Circadian rhythm
From the Click for full entry >> |
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Bariatric Surgery
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Adipose tissue
Fat tissue.
Bariatrics
A branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of obesity.
Body image
A person's mental concept of his or her physical appearance, constructed from many different influences
Body mass index (BMI)
A measure of body fat that is the ratio of the weight of the body in kilograms to the square of its height in meters. BMI is a Click for full entry >> |
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Flu
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Annual flu
Another name for seasonal flu.
Antibiotics
Antibiotics are medicines designed to kill bacteria and to treat and prevent bacterial diseases and infections. Antibiotics are not used to prevent or treat influenza (which is a virus, not a bacteria) but may be used to treat bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, that may occur as complications of influenza infection.
Antibody
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Fertility
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Artificial insemination
A procedure that places sperm in a woman's reproductive tract without intercourse.
ART (assisted reproductive technology)
Fertility procedures and treatments involving the handling of human eggs and sperm for the purpose of helping women become pregnant.
Assisted hatching
An in vitro procedure in which the zona pellucida of an embryo is perforated by chemical, mechanical, or Click for full entry >> |
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Life After Breast Cancer
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Breast conservation (or breast sparing) surgery
An operation that completely removes the breast cancer along with a rim of normal breast tissue around it. Most of the normal breast is saved. Surgery types are lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, and segmental mastectomy.
Cancer
A term for many diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control.
Chemoprevention
The use of drugs, vitamins or other Click for full entry >> |
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Kidney Stones
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Analgesics
A medication that reduces or eliminates pain.
Bladder
The bladder, a part of the urinary tract, is a hollow, muscular, balloon-shaped organ located in the pelvis that normally holds urine until it is voluntarily released.
Calcium
A mineral found mainly in the hard part of bones, where it is stored.
Calcium oxalate
A chemical compound that forms needle-shaped Click for full entry >> |
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Longevity
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Aging
The process of a system's deterioration with time.
Andropause
A gradual decline in sex hormone levels over a period of years resulting in physiological and psychological changes.
Anti-oxidant
A nutrient or chemical that reacts with and neutralizes oxidants, free radicals or chemicals that release free radicals. Antioxidants are also called free radical scavengers. Vitamins A, C, E and some of Click for full entry >> |
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Chronic Pain
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Acetaminophen
Non-prescription pain reliever and fever reducer, such as Tylenol and Anacin-3. Helps reduce mild to moderate pain.
Acupuncture
An alternative pain-relief therapy involving the insertion of needles into specific exterior body locations.
Acute
Having a sudden onset, sharp rise, and short course.
Addiction
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End of Life
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Acute illness
Afflicted by a disease or condition that comes on rapidly and severely, but that can–with proper treatment–be eventually cured, such as pneumonia or a broken bone.
Advance Medical Directives
Advance directives are used to give other people, including health care providers, information about your wishes for medical care. Advance directives are important in case there is ever a time when you are not physically or Click for full entry >> |
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