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Womenshealth.gov
Sektör: Government; Health care
Number of terms: 15438
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Womenshealth.gov is a service of the Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to provide leadership to promote health equity for women and girls through sex/gender-specific approaches. The strategy OWH uses to achieve its mission and vision ...
A mineral that is used in regulating the amount of water in the body. Sodium also plays important roles, along with potassium, in muscle contraction, the beating of the heart, and the sending of nerve impulses. Sodium is an ingredient of table salt.
Industry:Health care
A mineral that plays important roles in muscle contraction, the beating of the heart, and the sending of nerve impulses.
Industry:Health care
A name for a category of medications used to treat depression.
Industry:Health care
A nipple that cannot be compressed outward, does not protrude or become erect when stimulated or cold.
Industry:Health care
A nipple that retracts, rather than protrudes when the areola is compressed.
Industry:Health care
A number of abnormal conditions affecting the heart and the blood vessels in the heart. The most common type of heart disease is coronary artery disease, which is the gradual buildup of plaques in the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that bring blood to the heart. This disease develops slowly and silently, over decades. It can go virtually unnoticed until it produces a heart attack.
Industry:Health care
A nurse who has undergone special training and has received certification on birthing (labor and delivery). Nurse-midwifes can perform most of the same tasks as physicians and have emergency physician backup when they deliver a baby.
Industry:Health care
A pain syndrome described by chronic pain or discomfort of the vulva. It can cause burning, stinging, irritation, or rawness of the vulva. With localized vulvodynia, pain is felt only in the opening of the vagina. With generalized vulvodynia, the pain may be felt in the entire vulvar region or move around. The vulva often looks normal even though a woman feels pain.
Industry:Health care
A painless, harmless test that uses sound waves to produce images of the organs and structures of the body on a screen. Also called sonography.
Industry:Health care
A period during pregnancy where the baby has rapid growth, and the main external features begin to take form.
Industry:Health care