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  Anesthesia

  Anesthesia or anaesthesia (see spelling differences), has traditionally meant the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other ... > more
• Eye Care
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  Cosmetic Surgery
   
  

  Face transplant

  A face transplant is a skin graft that involves replacing part or all of a patient's face with a donor face. The world's first full-face replant operation was on a nine year-old girl, whose face was ... > more
• Addiction
  Controlled Substances
  Illegal Drugs
  Borderline Personality Disorder
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  Mental Health Research
   

  Substance abuse

  Substance abuse refers to the overindulgence in and dependence on a stimulant, depressant, chemical substance, herb (plant) or fungus leading to effects that are detrimental to the individual's ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Pain Control
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  Cold and Flu
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  Analgesic

  An analgesic (colloquially known as painkillers) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain and to achieve analgesia. This derives from Greek an-, "without", and -algia, "pain". ... > more
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  Plantar wart

  Plantar warts are warts caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). They are small lesions that appear on the sole of the foot and are typically cauliflower-like in appearance. They may have small ... > more
• Mumps, Measles, Rubella
  Vaccines
  Infectious Diseases
  Viruses
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  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  MMR vaccine

  The MMR vaccine is a mixture of live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella. It is generally administered to children around the age of one ... > more
• Fitness
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Neuropathy
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  Cycling

  Cycling is a recreation, a sport and a means of transport across land. It involves riding bicycles, unicycles, tricycles and other human powered vehicles. Bicycles are commonly used by people seeking ... > more
• Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  HIV and AIDS
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Herpes
   
  

  Ebola

  Ebola hemorrhagic fever (alternatively Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, EHF, or just Ebola) is a very rare, but severe, mostly fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and other primates, caused by the ... > more
• Vaccines
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  Healthy Aging
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  Chickenpox

  Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children. Chickenpox is caused by the ... > more
• HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  STD
  Pharmacology
  Diseases and Conditions
  Sexual Health
   

  Antiretroviral drug

  Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. Different classes of antiretroviral drugs act at different stages of the HIV life cycle. ... > more

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