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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
An indication that a person has a condition or disease. Some examples of symptoms are headache, fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and pain.
Industry:Health care
Treatment that alters a gene. In studies of gene therapy for cancer, researchers are trying to improve the body's natural ability to fight the disease or to make the cancer cells more sensitive to other kinds of therapy.
Industry:Health care
Having to do with symptoms, which are signs of a condition or disease.
Industry:Health care
A type of hormone made by the body that helps develop and maintain female sex characteristics and the growth of long bones. Estrogens can also be made in the laboratory. They may be used as a type of birth control and to treat symptoms of menopause, menstrual disorders, osteoporosis, and other conditions.
Industry:Health care
A person's behaviors, desires, and attitudes related to sex and physical intimacy with others.
Industry:Health care
A set of symptoms or conditions that occur together and suggest the presence of a certain disease or an increased chance of developing the disease.
Industry:Health care