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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
The sudden and unexpected death of a healthy child who is younger than one year old, usually during sleep. The cause of crib death is not known. Also called SIDS and sudden infant death syndrome.
Industry:Health care
An operation to remove all or part of the colon. When only part of the colon is removed, it is called a partial colectomy. In an open colectomy, one long incision is made in the wall of the abdomen and doctors can see the colon directly. In a laparoscopic-assisted colectomy, several small incisions are made and a thin, lighted tube attached to a video camera is inserted through one opening to guide the surgery. Surgical instruments are inserted through the other openings to perform the surgery.
Industry:Health care
An anticancer drug that is a type of angiogenesis inhibitor.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which the number of eosinophils (a type of white blood cell) in the blood is greatly increased. Eosinophilia is often a response to infection or allergens (substances that cause an allergic response).
Industry:Health care
A rare type of soft tissue tumor marked by painless nodules in the dermis (the inner layer of the two main layers of tissue that make up the skin) and subcutaneous (beneath the skin) tissue. These tumors may come back after surgery, but they do not spread to other parts of the body. They occur mostly in boys and are related to dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.
Industry:Health care
Higher than normal amount of glucose (a type of sugar) in the blood. High blood sugar can be a sign of diabetes or other conditions. Also called hyperglycemia.
Industry:Health care
In medicine, a treatment or action taken to prevent or treat disease, or improve health in other ways.
Industry:Health care
A large organ located in the upper abdomen. The liver cleanses the blood and aids in digestion by secreting bile.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with metastasis, which is the spread of cancer from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body.
Industry:Health care
