Health care

Health care

Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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diabetes

Health care; Organ transplantation

A disease in which the pancreas does not manufacture an adequate amount of insulin. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood is too high. A leading factor in heart and kidney ...

cirrhosis

Health care; Organ transplantation

A disease of the liver in which normal, healthy tissue is replaced with nonfunctioning fibrous scar tissue and healthy, functioning liver cells are lost; usually occurs when there ...

glomerulonephritis

Health care; Organ transplantation

A disease or condition resulting in inflammation of the filtering cells of the kidney.

morbidity

Health care; Organ transplantation

A disease state or the incidence or frequency of a disease among a population.

end-stage organ disease

Health care; Organ transplantation

A disease that leads to the permanent failure of an organ.

Chronic Disease Research Group (CDRG)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A division of Minnesota Medical Research Foundation (MMRF). MMRF is the nonprofit research subsidiary of Hennepin Faculty Associates, the academic medical group that staffs ...