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Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited. [2] The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. [2] It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. [2] This leads to a rigid, sickle -like shape under ...
8.7% global prevalence in 2020 [2] Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. [1] Early on there are often no symptoms. [1] Over time, however, some people experience a gradual worsening of vision that may ...
to thicken (as the nucleus does in early stages of cell death) Greek πύκνωσις (púknōsis), thickening pyknosis: pylor-gate Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós), gate keeper; lower orifice of the stomach pyloric sphincter: pyr-fever: Greek πῦρ, πυρετός (pûr, puretós), fire, heat, fever antipyretic
The eleven researchers who authored the WHO review said it’s unlikely cellphone use increases the risk of glioma, a tumor in the brain or spinal cord. The researchers also found that cellphones ...
Myopia. Myopia, also known as near-sightedness and short-sightedness, [5] is an eye disease [6][7][8] where light from distant objects focuses in front of, instead of on, the retina. [1][2][7] As a result, distant objects appear blurry while close objects appear normal. [1]
Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), [note 1] short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment [3]: 198 and the Ishii Unit, [5] was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War ...
Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen’s wife and a member of the E Street Band, recently shared that she was diagnosed in 2018 with a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma.
Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Vitamin E functions as a fat-soluble antioxidant which may help protect cell membranes from reactive oxygen species. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Symptomatic vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and is usually caused by an underlying problem with ...