aboutthe need for open drug discovery for the Zika virus. This work grabbed the attention of scientific illustrator John Liebler, who wanted to produce a picture of the complete Zika virion. We are using the illustration he created (shown below) as a visual for ...
David founded a support group for grieving students at Georgetown called Students of AMF—an acronym for Ailing Mothers and Fathers, as well as his mother’s initials (Reader’s Digest wrote about his group in 2008). David went on to earn a ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook fight Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Legal,Acronyms,Idioms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. or flight response The general activation of the sympathetic nervous system in response to stress. ...
H/A Headache HAA Hepatitis Associated antigen HAART Highly active anti-aetroviral therapy HACE High-altitude cerebral edema HACEK acronym for a group of bacteria that are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children HAE Hereditary angioedema HAD HIV-associated dementia H/A Headache HALE Health-adjust...
Nuclear medicine study using a radionuclide that is confined to the vascular compartment. Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012 Blood Pool Imaging Synonym/acronym:Cardiac blood pool scan, ejection fraction study, gated cardiac scan, radionuclide ventriculogram, wall ...
A. HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was passed by Congress in 1996. HIPAA provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for millions of American workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs; reduces he...
The acronym Sw denoted swelling, combined with the acronyms: (Y) swelling or (N) no swelling accounted for in the identified method. R: reperfusion process is considered (Y) or (N) not. None of these studies used medical data or have been assessed using imaging or clinical outcome. Paper...
The typical treatment cycle is completed in 5-min sessions, performed 3 times a day. After prescription and training by a physician, patients can treat themselves with the device at home. There is some preliminary evidence that the Meniett device may be effective in treating Ménière's disease...
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Other simple screening tools for identification of potential problems with alcohol are CAGE (acronym from italicized words in the questionnaire: “cut-annoyed-guilty-eye”) and MAST (Michigan Alcohol Screening Test) [35,36]. AUDIT was developed by WHO as a 10-item test, also providing a ...