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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
An alternative approach to medicine based on the belief that natural substances, prepared in a special way and used most often in very small amounts, restore health. According to these beliefs, in order for a remedy to be effective, it must cause in a healthy person the same symptoms being treated in the patient. Also called homeopathic medicine.
Industry:Health care
The delivery of anticancer drugs directly to the blood vessels of the liver.
Industry:Health care
A technique that uses electric current passed through a thin wire loop to remove abnormal tissue. Also called LEEP and loop excision.
Industry:Health care
Bacteria and other organisms that live inside the intestines. They help digest food. Vitamins such as biotin and vitamin K are made by microflora. Also called gut flora, gut microflora, intestinal flora, and intestinal microflora.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, a substance used as a drug to treat certain heart conditions and to widen the openings in blood vessels. Nitroglycerin is being studied as a way to help chemotherapy work better by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drugs. It is a type of vasodilator.
Industry:Health care
Relief of symptoms and suffering caused by cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Palliation helps a patient feel more comfortable and improves the quality of life, but does not cure the disease.
Industry:Health care
A surgeon who specializes in reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents, birth defects, or treatment for diseases.
Industry:Health care
A procedure that uses radioactive substances to locate tumors so that they can be removed by surgery.
Industry:Health care
A depression of the bone at the base of the skull where the pituitary gland is located.
Industry:Health care
A type of antibiotic used to treat infection. Also called sulfa drug.
Industry:Health care
