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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A publication that contains original articles that have been written by scientists and evaluated for technical and scientific quality and correctness by other experts in the same field.
Industry:Health care
A phase of mycosis fungoides in which a patient has areas of red, scaly, itchy skin on areas of the body that are usually not exposed to sun. This is early-phase mycosis fungoides, but it is hard to diagnose the rash as mycosis fungoides during this phase. The premycotic phase may last from months to decades.
Industry:Health care
A test in which blood or urine samples are checked for the amounts of certain substances released by the kidneys. A higher- or lower-than-normal amount of a substance can be a sign that the kidneys are not working the way they should. Also called kidney function test.
Industry:Health care
A network of family, friends, neighbors, and community members that is available in times of need to give psychological, physical, and financial help.
Industry:Health care
An antibiotic drug used to treat infection and prevent pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Industry:Health care
Approaches that use substances or methods of treating cancer that have not been shown to be effective by accepted scientific methods, such as carefully designed clinical trials.
Industry:Health care
A type of cancer that arises from a particular type of cell within the brain or spinal cord. Also called CNS PNET.
Industry:Health care
Immediate, short-term counseling (talking with a professional counselor) to stop a critical emotional incident (e.g., attempted suicide or drug overdose) from getting worse. Crisis intervention is not meant to solve the problem that led up to the crisis.
Industry:Health care
A type of tumor that begins in the type of cells that give rise to egg cells and is most often found in the ovaries. Dysgerminomas may also occur in other places in the body, including the central nervous system. They are the most common type of ovarian germ cell tumor and can spread to other parts of the body. They are most common in females who are younger than 20 years old.
Industry:Health care
