pineal gland
Its hormone announces that night has arrived rather than causing sleep, which is why light at the wrong hour shifts the whole clock.
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203 matchespineal organ
Three names for one structure: the shift from gland to organ signals a different field talking, not a different piece of anatomy.
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An orally active synthetic antifibrotic agent structurally similar to pyridine 2,4-dicarboxylate.
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A plasmid DNA cancer vaccine encoding the intracellular domain (ICD) of the HER-2/neu proto-oncogene.
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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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An old antihistamine kept in use less for allergy than for the two side effects it produces reliably: sleepiness and the settling of nausea.
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Wakefulness is treated and the cause is not, which is why the drug sits alongside airway treatment rather than replacing it.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of head and neck cancer.
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A drug class named for what it does to alertness, familiar from coffee at one end and controlled prescriptions at the other.
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An anxiety disorder that develops in reaction to physical injury or severe mental or emotional distress, such as military combat, violent assault, natural disaster, or other life-threatening events.
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Roughly a fifth of adult sleep, returning in longer and longer bouts so that it dominates the last hours before waking.
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A condition labeled refractory has not responded as expected to treatment, prompting reconsideration of the diagnosis or a change in approach.
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Tolerance is not the absence of an immune response but an actively maintained one, and this is the cell that maintains it.
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Drowsiness and a bigger appetite come from strong histamine blockade, side effects that are sometimes the reason it is chosen.
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An attempt to buy time rather than a treatment in itself, keeping blood moving while somebody works out why it stopped.
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Retin-A is a brand name for topical tretinoin, a vitamin A derivative applied to skin to treat acne and reduce signs of photoaging.
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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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Retrospective describes research or review that looks backward at events, records, or outcomes that have already occurred.
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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.
Read definitionsarcoma
Sarcoma is a relatively uncommon cancer arising from connective tissues such as bone, cartilage, fat, or muscle rather than from organ linings.
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