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A condition is marked by extra fat around the abdomen, high levels of blood glucose (sugar) when not eating, high levels of triglycerides (a type of fat) in the … [Read more...]

Treatment to correct changes in metabolism that can be caused by disease. … [Read more...]

In alternative medicine, a theory that people fall into one of three groups (protein, carbohydrate, or mixed type) based on the main type of food that their … [Read more...]

The chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism. These changes make energy and the materials cells and organisms need to grow, reproduce, and stay … [Read more...]

A substance made or used when the body breaks down food, drugs or chemicals, or its own tissue (for example, fat or muscle tissue). This process, called … [Read more...]

Having to do with metal. Some cancer treatments may change the sense of taste and cause foods to have a metallic taste. … [Read more...]

A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found. … [Read more...]

A general term used to describe cancer that begins in cells that have changed into another cell type (for example, a squamous cell of the esophagus changing to … [Read more...]

Surgery to remove one or more metastases (tumors formed from cells that have spread from the primary tumor). When all metastases are removed, it is called a … [Read more...]

The spread of cancer from one part of the body to another. A tumor formed by cells that have spread is called a … [Read more...]