Sister in Medical Dictionary

Amniotic fluid

... see the following: ... Bssing A, Lehnert A, Schink M, et al.: Effect of Viscum album L. on rapidly proliferating amniotic fluid cells. sister chromatid exchange frequency and proliferation index. Arzneimittelforschung 45 (1): 81-3, 1995. [PUBMED Abstract] ... Before birth , a kidney ...

Bone marrow transplant

... with myelofibrosis. This procedure may be performed on patients who are less than 50 years old, have a poor life expectancy, and have a brother or sister with blood -type similarities. Bone marrow transplant A procedure in which a quantity of bone marrow is extracted through a needle from a ...

Breast Cancer

... cancer this year and nearly 45,000 will die from the disease . BREAST CANCER VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE, BUT STILL EXPERIM ENT AL Question: My sister was recently diagnose d with breast cancer . She has had surgery and is now undergoing chemotherapy . Breast cancer : The association of ...

Cervical

... cervix . The cone biopsy may be repeated to remove the remaining abnormal cells. The other common disease I want to discuss is the one your sister had -- cervical cancer . The widespread use of pap smear s has created a success story of sorts. In 1940, cervical cancer was the most common ...

Congenital cataract

... Congenital cataract s: Can vision be restored later in life? Q. My 25-year-old sister was born with a cataract in one eye . She had surgery as an infant to try to correct the problem. But it wasn't successful. A congenital ...

Congenital

... - Congenital malformations of organ s or parts. Congenital cataract s: Can vision be restored later in life? Q. My 25-year-old sister was born with a cataract in one eye . She had surgery as an infant to try to correct the problem. But it wasn't successful. Congenital ...

Estrogen

... females. Estrogen plays an important role in a woman's menstrual cycle. ESTROGEN AND EXERCISE CAN REDUCE FRACTURES IN WOMEN Question: My sister has had a hip fracture . I know that taking calcium is important in reducing my risk of hip fracture , but are there other things I should do? ...

Menstruation

... at first birth or never having given birth . A personal history of breast cancer or benign (non cancer ) breast disease . A mother or sister with breast cancer . The most telling signs are development of what are known as secondary sex characteristics— breasts , pubic hair and ...

Miscarriage

... other environmental hazards before or during pregnancy (for example, at work or from hobbies) any history of drug or alcohol abuse ... My sister had a miscarriage and is scheduled to have a D and C. What can you tell me about this procedure? No name/ No state given A. There is a slight ...

Vulva

... . having had cancer of the vagina or vulva having had more than three sexual partners a history of cancer of the cervix in a woman's sister or mother not using condoms with new sexual partners smoking ... ...