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Handicap
Handicap The social consequences of disability and/or impairment (eg. inability to find employment).
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Social
worker An individual, usually with a university degree in social work, who provides counsel and aid to individuals with emotional and family problems.
Disability
A defect in performing a normal activity or action (eg. inability to dress or walk).
Impairment
A defect in organ function or whole body system, which may be temporary or permanent (eg. hemiplegia).
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Hand Center Inc
The Hand Center Inc is a hospital in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, United States.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
A viral infection characterized by a blister-like rash of the hands, feet and mouth.
Handa doctors
All doctors near Handa, Japan. Doctors who can assist a patient in Handa.
Handan doctors
All doctors near Handan, China. Doctors who can assist a patient in Handan.
Handedness
The preference for using one hand over the other. Most people are right-handed, about 10 percent are left-handed, and others, who don't favor a hand, are ambidextrous.
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Hyperesthesia
Abnormal acuteness of sensitivity to touch, pain, or other sensory stimuli.
Hypotension
Subnormal arterial blood pressure.
Hypovolemia
A decreased amount of blood in the body.
Hypoxemia
Subnormal oxygenation of arterial blood, short of anoxia.
Haemorrhagic stroke
A stroke caused by intracerebral haemorrhage, or bleeding from a blood vessel within the brain. See also aneurysm.
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Healthy volunteer
A healthy person who agrees to participate in a health research project for reasons other than medical and receives no direct health benefit from participating. See also human subject.
Homocysteine
A product which is found naturally when a particular amino acid is broken down. It is associated with ageing, folate levels, vitamin B deficiencies and possibly renal dysfunction. Higher concentration of homocysteine in plasma is regarded as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Human subject
An individual who is or becomes a participant in research, either as a recipient of the test drug therapy or as a control. A subject may be either a healthy human or a patient. Synonym: subject/trial subject.
Histology
The study of the structure and behavior of cells and body tissues, usually involving microscopic examination of tissue slices.
Hair analysis (hair element analysis, hair mineral analysis, hair-shaft analysis)
An ostensibly diagnostic technique that involves laboratory analysis of a sample of hair. It allegedly can be a "useful guide" to bodily well-being.
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