Medical Interventions
An action taken to prevent, diagnose or treat a health condition to improve quality of life
Medical Intervention
A hormone produced by the pancreases that regulates blood glucose by allowing cells to use or store sugar for energy
Insulin
A medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arriving from excess of the pigment bilirubin.
Jaundice
A medical procedure to remove a sample of tissue or cells from the body for examination
Biopsy
An abnormal growth of cells that can either be benign or malignant
Tumor
A type of electromagnetic radiation used to create images of the inside of the body
X-Ray
The basic unit of hereditary, a segment of DNA that carries instructions for specific treat or function.
Genes
An inherited blood disorder where red blood cells become stiff and c shaped, resembling a sickle
Sickle Cell
A surgical procedure to replace a failing kidney with a healthy kidney from a donor.
Kidney Transplant
A state, period or place of isolation in which people or animals may have been exposed to infectious disease are placed
Quarantine
A diagnostic imaging technique that uses high frequency sound waves to create real time images of internal body structures
Ultrasound
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lactose to glucose
Lactase
An elevated body temperature that typically indicates the body fighting an infection or illness.
Fever
A branch of medicine dedicated to the diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
Oncology
Proteins produced by the immune system that recognize and bind to foreign substances like viruses and bacteria.
Antibody
A type of cancer treatment that uses powerful drugs to destroy fast-growing cancer cells
Chemotherapy
A membrane-bound organelle in eukaryotic cells
Nucleus
A chronic disease where the body has high blood sugar because it doesn't produce enough insulin or can't use it effectively.
Diabetes
The medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat disease
Radiology
A fungus normally found on your skin and digestive system.
Yeast
A small, electronic device worn in or between the ear to amplify sounds for people with hearing loss
Hearing Aid
In a protein that acts as a biological catalyst to speed up chemical reactions in the body
Enzyme
A chronic, progressive brain disorder that affects movement and is caused by the loss of brain cells that produce dopamine, a chemical essential for smooth muscle control
Parkinson’s Disease
A substance used to stimulate immunity
Vaccine
The single cell that results from the fusion of an egg and sperm
Zygote