platinum
One element with two unrelated medical jobs: the core of a chemotherapy family, and a corrosion proof metal inside implanted devices.
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Named for the shape of a cell rather than its lineage, so the abbreviation has always covered two separate diseases at once.
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Taking a whole lung leaves a space the body must fill, and that space is what separates the operation from smaller lung resections.
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The word vera, Latin for true, separates it from a rise in red cells that is merely a reaction to something else.
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Polyethylene glycol is a synthetic polymer used in medications, ointments, and laxatives for its water holding and drug stabilizing properties.
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A polypectomy removes a polyp, most often during an endoscopic procedure such as a colonoscopy, to treat or evaluate an abnormal growth.
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Pomegranate is a fruit bearing shrub whose seeds and juice are eaten as food and studied for their antioxidant content.
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A liquid extract preparation derived from pomegranate (Punica granatum) seeds with antioxidant, and potential antineoplastic and chemopreventive activities.
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Designed around the shape of a calming brain chemical, yet it works nowhere near that chemical's receptors.
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Premarin is a brand name hormone medication supplying a mixture of estrogens used to relieve menopausal symptoms and related conditions.
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Probenecid lowers uric acid levels by blocking its reabsorption in the kidney and separately raises blood levels of certain antibiotics.
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A tablet preparation formulated for vaginal administration containing a micronized synthetic form of the endogenous steroid hormone progesterone with progesterone activity.
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The hard part is not finding it but judging which ones need treating, since many would never have caused harm.
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Mind and body do not run in separate lanes, which is why an evaluation weighs the psychological account alongside the physical one.
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Loss of insight is what makes psychosis distinctive, since the experiences feel entirely real from the inside rather than obviously mistaken.
Read definitionpurple coneflower
A prairie wildflower turned cold remedy, and a case study in why trials of an herb disagree when every preparation differs.
Read definitionrabies
Rabies is a viral infection transmitted through the saliva of an infected mammal, almost always fatal once neurological symptoms appear.
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Surgery to remove all of the prostate through an incision between the scrotum and the anus.
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Deciding treatment by chance, which remains the only method that balances the factors nobody involved thought to measure.
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A study in which the participants are assigned by chance to separate groups that compare different treatments; neither the researchers nor the participants can choose which group.
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