nicotine gum
Nicotine gum is an over the counter chewing gum that delivers a measured dose of nicotine to ease cravings during smoking cessation.
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340 matchesnon-Hodgkin lymphoma
Named for what it is not, this family of lymphocyte cancers spans many separate diseases with very different growth rates and outlooks.
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Lymphoma in which the lymph nodes containing cancer are not next to each other, but are on the same side of the diaphragm (the thin muscle below the lungs that helps breathing and separates the…
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Licensing sits with the state, so what one nurse practitioner may do alone differs from what another may do elsewhere.
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The same enzyme block that relieves pain also strips prostaglandin protection from the stomach lining and from blood flow through the kidney.
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Keeping DNA behind a membrane is what separates human cells from bacteria, and it lets the cell control which genes are read.
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The defining feature is a continuous nursing presence, which is what separates it from assisted living and from care delivered at home.
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The same drug at the same strength acts more strongly here than in a cream, because sealing the skin lets more of it through.
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One word covering hundreds of separate diseases, oncology holds together because the questions asked of every cancer are broadly the same.
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How soon a drug starts working, which is a separate question from how strongly it works or how long it lasts.
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The tumor makes bone, which is what gives it away on an X-ray and what separates it from cancer that merely arrived in bone.
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Medicines a person can buy and choose without a clinician, judged safe enough for self-treatment of problems people can recognize.
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A nutrient in the vitamin B complex that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy.
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Paclitaxel is a chemotherapy drug derived from yew tree bark that stabilizes microtubules to block cancer cell division.
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The partition that allows breathing and chewing to happen at once, half rigid bone and half moving muscle.
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A synthetic mustard compound with potential antineoplastic activity.
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Sold under this brand name, megestrol acetate is a synthetic progestin used to stimulate appetite and to treat certain hormone sensitive cancers.
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One organ runs two unrelated operations, so a pancreatic problem can show up as poor digestion, unstable blood sugar, or both at once.
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Position explains much of its reputation: a tumor deep behind the stomach can grow quietly until it presses on the bile duct or nearby nerves.
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A synthetic noncalcemic, nonphosphatemic vitamin D analogue.
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