red cedar
Not a cedar at all but a juniper, and the name is shared with an unrelated timber tree whose dust causes asthma.
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Reduction most often describes restoring a broken bone or dislocated joint to its normal position, though the word also carries a distinct chemistry meaning.
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A topical preparation of tretinoin that is used to treat acne.
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Retinol is the storage and transport form of vitamin A, essential for vision, immune defense, and the normal growth of skin and other lining tissues.
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Stiffness that is worst on waking and eases with movement is the pattern separating it from ordinary wear on a joint.
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The brand name is one of several for a single molecule, and what separates them is how fast and how long each releases it.
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Five vertebrae that stop being separate bones, forming the wedge through which the entire upper body transfers its weight to the legs.
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Repair rather than regeneration: the body trades the original structure for a fast patch that holds, and the trade is permanent.
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One word covering a timetable and a legal classification, with nothing in common between them except the spelling.
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A type of glial cell of the peripheral nervous system that helps separate and insulate nerve cells.
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Removal of one anatomical unit of an organ along its own blood supply, so the cut runs where nature already divided it.
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The brain and gut supplies are separate, because the molecule cannot cross from blood into brain tissue, and each pool works on its own.
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An imaging test used to find overactive parathyroid glands (four pea-sized glands found on the thyroid) and breast cancer cells, and to diagnose heart disease.
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Illness, surgery, medication and aging all reach this part of life, which is why care teams raise it alongside other quality of life concerns.
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A shunt is a surgically created pathway that redirects blood or other body fluid from its normal route to another location.
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A sinus is any hollow cavity or channel within the body, a term applied to structures in the skull, heart, and blood vessels.
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Nearly every case starts as an ordinary cold, and the newer name rhinosinusitis records that the nose is inflamed too.
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Size is what separates this from a bulla, and depth is what decides whether it heals with a scar or without one.
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Bark that turns slick and gelatinous in water, used traditionally to coat an irritated throat or gut.
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Sorafenib works through two separate mechanisms, directly slowing cancer cell growth while also limiting the blood supply a tumor depends on.
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