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Sexual orientation and medicine

... Student Association membership votes to create an action committee on LGBT health issues. The US Food and Drug Administration re-affirms its policy prohibiting men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood despite recommendations from the American Red Cross , and the American Association of Blo...

Ramón Carrillo

...Perón's wife, " Evita ", coordinated her political action with Carrillo's, so contributing to his technical achievements. Ramón Carrillo's action was prolific, hitherto unsurpassed. He increased the number of hospital beds in the country, from 66...

Medical procedure

A medical procedure is a course of action intended to achieve a result in the care of patients, used by medical or paramedical personnel. A medical procedure with the intention of determining, measuring or diagnosing a patient condition or parameter is also called a medical test . Other ...

Gastric lavage

...ter or saline are administered and via a siphoning action removed again. In children, normal saline is used as children are more at risk of developing hyponatremia if lavaged with water. Because of the possibility of vomiting, a suction device is always on hand in case of aspiration of stomach contents....

Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition

...the target cell, making it less likely to fire an action potential . Accordingly, any ionic current that hy...d cerebellum, both groups noticed that a train of action potentials in these cells resulted in a temporary reduction in inhibitory currents caused by GABA-e...

Central tolerance

...of antigen are made available in the thymus by the action of the transcription factor AIRE . After exposure to self antigens, T cells and B cells become immunologically tolerant (non-reactive) in a number of ways : Negative selection ( apoptosis ) Anergy (non-responsiveness) Receptor editing (chan...

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

...ng to revoke its product licenses unless immediate action was taken to correct deficiencies on March 11, 1997. [4] In June 2001, the DOD halted vaccination due to non-FDA approved changes in BioPort's manufacturing process [5] . On June 28, 2002 , in the wake of the 2001 anthrax attacks and leading up ...