dapsone
Dapsone is an antibacterial medication best established for treating leprosy and certain inflammatory skin conditions, also available in topical form for acne.
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What separates a device from a drug is mechanism: it acts physically or mechanically rather than through chemical action inside the body.
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The abbreviation is also written DXA, and the two forms name the same low-dose x-ray method for measuring bone mineral density.
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Ordered when fracture risk is in question, the test takes minutes, needs no injection, and uses a very small radiation dose.
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One word covering two unrelated illnesses, though on its own it is almost always taken to mean the sugar one.
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Breathing runs automatically because this muscle answers a signal from the phrenic nerves, which arise high in the neck.
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Duration does much of the diagnostic work, separating a short lived infection from a long standing problem inside the gut.
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A chemical meant for surfaces and equipment, strong enough to kill most germs but too harsh for living skin.
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Distraction most often names a technique that shifts attention away from pain, though the term also describes the surgical separation of bone or joint surfaces.
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DNA replication is the cellular process that copies a cell's entire DNA sequence before it divides into two daughter cells.
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Dock refers to several related plants long used in traditional herbal preparations and, in some cases, eaten as a leafy food.
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One of the few antibiotics that reaches organisms living inside human cells, which is why tick-borne and atypical infections come back to it.
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One word doing two jobs, respectable and illicit, which is why regulators and clinicians often reach for medicine or medication instead.
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One drug licensed across mood and pain, duloxetine works partly through spinal cord pathways that damp pain signals before they reach the brain.
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The leg symptoms are not the real danger; the danger is the fragment that breaks away and lodges in the lungs.
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A quick low-dose scan that turns bone strength into a single comparable number, and the measurement osteoporosis is defined by.
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Dysgeusia is a general term for any disturbance in the sense of taste, including reduced, distorted, or absent taste perception.
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Where the swelling sits, whether it pits under a finger, and whether it is one-sided are the details that separate the causes.
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Electrophoresis separates charged molecules such as proteins or DNA using an electric current, a technique behind tests like serum protein and hemoglobin analysis.
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Four elements account for most of body weight, while others matter in amounts so small that a shortfall still causes recognizable disease.
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