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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
A noninvasive tool used to observe functioning in the brain or other organs by detecting changes in chemical composition, blood flow, or both.
Industry:Health care
A benign tumor that develops from the cells and tissues that cover nerves.
Industry:Health care
A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells. It can also boost immune responses. Monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils are phagocytes. A phagocyte is a type of white blood cell.
Industry:Health care
A doctor who specializes in physical medicine (the prevention and treatment of disease or injury with physical methods, such as exercise and machines). Also called physical medicine specialist.
Industry:Health care
A set of beliefs and practices that center on questions about the meaning of life and may involve the worship of a supreme being.
Industry:Health care
An inflammatory disease marked by the formation of granulomas (small nodules of immune cells) in the lungs, lymph nodes, and other organs. Sarcoid may be acute and go away by itself, or it may be chronic and progressive. Also called sarcoidosis.
Industry:Health care
Refers to the ability of a virus or a bacterium to cause damage to its host.
Industry:Health care
