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first aid
first aid immediate and temporary treatment of a victim of sudden illness or injury while awaiting the arrival of medical aid. Proper early measures may be instrumental in saving life and ensuring a better and more rapid recovery. The avoidance of unnecessary movement and over-excitation of the... Read more |
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Antihypertensive agents
Antihypertensive Drugs Definition Antihypertensive drugs are medicines that help lower blood pressure. Purpose The overall class of antihypertensive agents lowers blood pressure, although the mechanisms of action vary greatly. In 2003, a Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection,... Read more |
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Tertiary Prevention
TERTIARY PREVENTION Tertiary prevention generally consists of the prevention of disease progression and attendant suffering after it is clinically obvious and a diagnosis established. This activity also includes the rehabilitation of disabling conditions. Examples include eliminating offending... Read more |
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rheumatic fever
rheumatic fever , systemic inflammatory disease, extremely variable in its manifestation, severity, duration, and aftereffects. It is frequently followed by serious heart disease, especially when there are repeated attacks. Rheumatic fever usually affects children. It is closely related to a... Read more |
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Allopurinol
Allopurinol Definition This medication, also known as (Zyloprim), is used for the treatment and prevention of gout attacks and certain types of kidney stones. It is also used to treat elevated uric acid levels in the blood and urine, which can occur in patients receiving ... Read more |
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Root canal therapy
Root canal treatment Definition Root canal treatment, also known as endodontic treatment, is a dental procedure in which the diseased or damaged pulp (central core) of a tooth is removed and the inside areas (the pulp chamber and root canals) are filled and... Read more |
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internal medicine
internal medicine branch of medicine concerned with nonsurgical remedies for diseases of the internal organs. While the internist is trained to diagnose and treat all pathologies of the various internal organs and systems, he may specialize in a particular subbranch of the discipline, such as... Read more |
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papaverine
papaverine , alkaloid found in opium that acts as a muscle relaxant and vasodilator. The drug relaxes the smooth muscle of the larger blood vessels and is used to increase the blood supply to the brain or to the heart, as in the treatment of angina pectoris . It is also used in the treatment of... Read more |
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Bleomycin
Bleomycin Definition Bleomycin (Blenoxane) kills cancer cells by damaging the genetic material known as DNA, thus preventing cells from repairing themselves. Purpose Bleomycin is used in the treatment of a number of different cancers, including cancer of the head and neck,... Read more |
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Phenytoin
Phenytoin Definition Phenytoin is an anticonvulsant, a drug that acts to prevent seizures. In the United States, phenytoin is sold under the brand name Dilantin. Purpose Phenytoin helps prevent some types of seizure activity. It is often used to aid in controlling nerve... Read more |
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Cancer
...until the 1920s. (Heart disease was already in first place...Health Organization (Prevention of Cancer, 1964). Rachel...lead to effective prevention. Lung cancers and other...much as deaths from heart attack, apparently because ... |
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What's the difference between aspirin and nitroglycerin for heart attack...
...aspirin and nitroglycerin for heart attack prevention and treatment? A Aspirin is a blood clot...artery, which leads to death of heart muscle tissue--a myocardial...nitroglycerin. While no specific prevention methods exist, ... |
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Improvements in heart attack prevention and treatment: new methods save lives...
...clogging atherosclerosis, heart attack is largely preventable...ongoing improvements in treatment have lowered heart...mortality of heart attack is 15-20 percent...States will have a heart ... |
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Heart attack! Prevention and treatment
...but suddenly died from a heart attack. In the past, cardiac specialists...s chance of having a heart attack is higher if there are severe...most people who develop heart attacks must have severe blockages...where patients ... |
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Study on Heart Attack Shows Prevention, Treatment Both Effective
...Organization (WHO) show that heart disease rates are related...introduction of new medical treatments. The results from the WHO...coronary risk factors and new treatments for heart disease contribute...cholesterol and body weight. Treatments ... |
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Heart Attack Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment
Heart disease is the nations leading killer of both men...you can control certain risk factors to prevent heart disease, as well as the symptoms and latest treatment options for heart attack on Wednesday, Oct. 13th at the Armour Academic... |
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TorreyPines Therapeutics Licenses Intellectual Property from Johns Hopkins...
...for the prevention and treatment of stroke, heart attack and other...provide a treatment alternative...Therapeutics for the treatment of acute migraine...NGX426 as a treatment for stroke...NGX426 as ... |
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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (AHA) UPDATES TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE...
...PPC INC. THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ESTIMATES...MILLION AMERICANS HAVE A HEART ATTACK.(1) A NATIONAL INSTITUTE...ITS GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION OF HEART ATTACK, RECOMMENDING...Guidelines for Secondary ... |
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Tiny Nasdaq Company Has Breakthrough Technology of Extreme Importance In...
...almost unbelievably intense research, American Biogenetic Sciences, Inc. is a major ray of hope for the early detection, prevention and care of several, major, common and lethal diseases. "Who knows? Maybe they'll crash and burn, but we sure don... |
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Heart-attack prevention clinic opens here
...advocate of attackmg heart disease preemptively...heart-attack prevention "clinic" at his...in the heart attack zone" - and if so, what preventive treatment would be best...suffer a heart ... |
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Nashville Physician Opens First Stroke & Heart Attack Prevention Center in...
...in stroke and heart attack prevention, announces the...Heart Attack Prevention Center in Nashville...of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive...with customized treatments proven to ... |
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