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V vesicoureteral reflux A condition in which URINE backflows from the BLADDER into the ureters toward the KIDNEYS. Vesicouretera ...

(NEPHRITIS) by introducing into the kidneys BACTE- RIA that may be present in the urine. Vesi- coureteral reflux also can cause ...

W Wilms’s tumor A malignant (cancerous) growth in the kidney. Wilms’s tumor, also called nephrob- lastoma, nearly always affects ...

decreased APPETITEand weight loss NAUSEAand VOMITING abdominal discomfort or PAIN generalized irritability and crankiness The ...

This section, “The Reproductive System,” presents a discussion of the organs and structures of the male and female reproductive ...

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tion of the embryo is male, the gonadal ridge begins to produce TESTOSTERONEand a hormone unique to embryonic development, mülle ...

strual cycles. The ovaries contain a finite number of ova, present at birth. From the onset of MEN- STRUATIONto midlife, each mo ...

disparate conditions—puerperal fever and pathol- ogist’s pyemia—together. Semmelweis practiced and taught at Vienna General Hosp ...

cantly raised a woman’s risk for certain cancers. As well, there was no evidence that HRT reduced a woman’s risk for CARDIOVASCU ...

A abortion The end of a PREGNANCY before the FETUSis viable (capable of independent life). Abor- tion may occur spontaneously (c ...

See also BIRTH DEFECTS; CHILDBIRTH; CHROMOSOMAL DISORDERS; CONTRACEPTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FAM- ILY PLANNING; GENETIC DISORDER ...

As a matter of course many adoptive families have the child undergo a comprehensive medical exam- ination. Children adopted from ...

Age-related hormonal changes are most promi- nent in women, who experience significant trans- formation in their bodies with men ...

ings) and other genetic information about the fetus. The amniotic fluid may also provide infor- mation about the woman’s health, ...

fat, and sometimes diminished energy and LIBIDO (sex drive). Some men experience clinical DEPRES- SION, loss of BONEmass,ERECTIL ...

becomes an option to treat INFERTILITYwhen less invasive approaches fail to result in pregnancy or when health factors compromis ...

women is probably negligible but remains unknown. Risks for chromosomal and genetic damage also remain unknown. However, since t ...

B balanitis INFLAMMATION of the glans, the tip of the PENIS, usually the consequence of a bacterial or fungal (yeast) INFECTION. ...