- Industry: Library & information science
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
The gradual decrease in T-cell function that can occur with chronic infections and cancers. T-cell exhaustion weakens the immune system, making it difficult for the body to fight off infections or kill cancer-causing cells.
Industry:Health care
The largest federally funded program providing HIV-related services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured people with HIV/AIDS. The program's services are available in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Industry:Health care
The largest federally funded program providing HIV-related services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured people with HIV/AIDS. The program's services are available in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Industry:Health care
The largest organ in the body, located in the upper abdomen on the right side. The liver has many important functions, which include converting food into energy, producing bile (a liquid that helps with digestion), processing drugs and alcohol, removing toxins from the body, filtering blood, and producing blood cells and blood-clotting components.
Industry:Health care
The lead federal agency for cancer-related research, training, and health information for the public. Programs at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) focus on the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer; rehabilitation from cancer; and continuing care of people with cancer and their families.
Industry:Health care
The lead federal agency for reducing the impact of substance abuse and mental illness in the United States. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a Web site that focuses specifically on behavioral health and HIV/AIDS.
Industry:Health care
The legal, prescribed use of a drug in a manner different from that described on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug label. Off-label use can include using a drug for a different disease or medical condition or giving a drug at a different dose or via a different route of administration than approved by FDA.
Industry:Health care
The light-sensitive membrane that lines the inside of the eye and sends visual messages through the optic nerve to the brain.
Industry:Health care
The lower, narrow end of the uterus (womb), which forms a canal between the uterus and vagina.
Industry:Health care
The lowest point. For example, a person's nadir CD4 count is the person's lowest CD4 count.
Industry:Health care
