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Beta thalassemia minor, or trait
This form of thalassemia is caused when only one of the two beta genes is abnormal, causing mild anemia. People with this condition may have few or no symptoms.
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Beta cell, pancreatic: A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the pancreas, the beta cells are located in areas called the islets of Langerhans.
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Beta-carotene
Definition:
This is a test that measures the amount of beta-carotene in blood (see also Vitamin A test). Beta-carotene is the precursor to Vitamin A.
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Beta blockers: How do they affect target heart rate?
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I'm taking beta blockers for high blood pressure. How do they affect my target heart rate during exercise?
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BETA INTERFERON - A protein liberated by fibroblasts in response to a viral infection.
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Beta-blockers block the effects of certain hormones (catecholamines) on the heart. This helps slow the heart rate by blocking the number of electrical impulses that pass through the AV node to the lower heart chambers (ventricles).
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Beta-blockers
Beta-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs, more commonly called beta-blockers, work on the heart and circulatory system, reducing blood pressure and having other beneficial effects on the heart and circulation.
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Beta-Agonist
Common drug family. There is some evidence that excessive use may exacerbate asthma .
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Beta Blockers Overdose
Definition
Poisoning from ingestion of a beta blocker.
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Beta carotene presents a good example of the difficulty in conducting research on nutrition. Some early studies suggested that consuming beta carotene may reduce the risk of lung cancer and heart disease.
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Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency (Gaucher Disease)
Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (Testicular Feminization)
Enzymatic Disorders (Inborn Errors of Metabolism)
Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia
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Beta Carotene
Based on solid evidence, high-intensity smokers who take pharmacological doses of beta carotene have an increased lung cancer incidence and mortality that is associated with taking the supplement.
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Beta-blockers and alpha antagonists - These medications may reduce flushing through their effect on blood vessels. Propranolol (Inderal) and nadolol (Corgard) are beta-blockers, and clonidine (Catapres) is an alpha antagonist.
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Beta blockers
These are used to prevent angina and treat high blood pressure. They work by blocking the effects of stress hormones, which make your heart beat faster and more forcefully.
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Beta-blockers are commonly used to treat high blood pressure and angina. This article profiles the medication, and how it should be used.
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Beta-blockers are another type of anti-hypertensive medication that is not only extremely effective in reducing blood pressure, but have the added benefit of helping people live longer if they have had a heart attack.
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Beta blockerA drug that can be used to reduce blood pressure.
Rheumatic feverAn illness which sometimes follows a streptococcal infection of the throat.
VentricleOne of the two lower chambers of the heart.
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beta carotene
A vitamin A precursor. Beta carotene belongs to the family of fat-soluble vitamins called carotenoids.
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BETA-RECEPTOR AGONISTS
These drugs, which are bronchodilators, are the best choice for relieving sudden attacks of asthma and for preventing attacks from being triggered by exercise.
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Beta-Cath system Device designed for treatment of restenosis in patients who have previously undergone angioplasty procedures. Local beta radiation is delivered to the site to inhibit restenosis. Mfg: Novoste Corporation.
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The Wnt/beta-catenin signal transduction pathway plays a critical role in axis formation and head versus trunk induction during early vertebrate embryogenesis.
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- A lack of beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A), vitamin E, and B complex in lung tissue may be related to lung cancer.
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Nitroglycerin, beta-blockers, and calcium-channel blockers are often used for control of angina.
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The researchers analysed the patients' previous diet, alcohol consumption, and smoking habit measured their serum beta-carotene and vitamin A levels.
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Hemodialysis membranes that have been used for many years don't effectively remove the large, complex beta-2-microglobulin proteins from the bloodstream.
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CHEMOKINES: Also called beta chemokines. Studies of the relationship between HIV and these immune system chemicals have shown the complex exchanges that take place when HIV and white blood cells meet.
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Beta blockers reduce the heart rate and the heart's output of blood, which lowers blood pressure. Examples include propranolol, atenolol, and metoprolol.
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Sickle cell anemia is caused by an error in a gene that makes the beta globin chain of hemoglobin. The resultant abnormal hemoglobin (sickle hemoglobin) deforms the red blood cells when they are under low oxygen conditions.
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The bacterium responsible for strep throat—group A beta-hemolytic Streptoccus— produces a number of substances that can damage normal body tissues. This organism also contains a substance that resembles proteins found in the heart.
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Medications such as thyroid pills, asthma drugs, beta blockers for high blood pressure or heart disease, or anti-arrhythmics (medications to treat an irregular heart rhythm can sometimes cause a different irregular rhythm) ...
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Infections with high fever
Medications such as negative inotropic drugs (beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers)
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producing hard thickened skin with an orange-peel configuration suggestive of scleroderma and considered by some a variant of scleroderma; 2) Necrotizing fasciitis (FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING), a serious fulminating infection (usually by a beta hemolytic ...
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The use of alcohol, tobacco, or drugs, including mind-altering drugs, muscle relaxants, antihypertensives, tranquilizers, sleep inducers, insulin, sedatives, beta-adrenergic blockers, and corticosteroids, increases surgical risk.
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