Explore topic-wise fullforms in Current Affairs

The British HIV Association (BHIVA) is an organisation of healthcare professionals interested in the treatment and care of people with HIV.

The current BHIVA Chair is Dr Laura Waters.

The aims of BHIVA are, to advance:

INFO: Full form for BHIP is Broward Health Imperial Point in Medical category
BHIP also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for FDFE is Foundation for a Drug Free Europe in Medical category
FDFE also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for ADSAP is Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Programs in Medical category
ADSAP also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for FDFE is Foundation Drug Free Europe in Medical category
FDFE also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for TBNA is transbronchial needle aspiration in Medical category
TBNA also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for TBNAA is Total Body Neutron Activation Analysis in Medical category

INFO: Full form for ETCO2 is End Tidal Carbon Dioxide in Medical category

Royal District Nursing Service may refer to:

INFO: Full form for PFMA is Pardee Family Medicine Associates in Medical category
PFMA also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for PFHS is Population and Family Health Sciences in Medical category
PFHS also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for CPAH is Center for Physical Activity and Health in Medical category
CPAH also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for PFHT is Peterborough Family Health Team in Medical category
PFHT also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for PFMA is Pet Food Manufacturers Association in Medical category
PFMA also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for CCAO is Colorado Center for Arthritis and Osteoporosis in Medical category
CCAO also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for FDMI is Four Domains of Mental Illness in Medical category
FDMI also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for EILO is Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction in Medical category

INFO: Full form for GARDS is Gippsland Asbestos Related Disease Support in Medical category
GARDS also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for WROA is Western Radiation Oncology Associates in Medical category
WROA also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for DRDP is Diploma in Restorative Dental Practice in Medical category
DRDP also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for WMPR is White Mutant Phenotype R in Medical category

INFO: Full form for WMPS is Wartime Medical Planning System in Medical category
WMPS also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for ACTN3 is alpha-actinin 3 in Medical category

INFO: Full form for TFMR is Termination For Medical Reasons in Medical category

INFO: Full form for WoRLD is Work-Related Lung Disease in Medical category
WoRLD also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for EADV is European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology in Medical category

INFO: Full form for EADO is European Association of Dermato Oncology in Medical category

The South Mississippi State Hospital (SMSH) is an acute care regional psychiatric facility of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health located in unincorporated Lamar County, Mississippi, near Purvis. The institution's Crisis Intervention Center is in Laurel.

In its 1995 session, the Mississippi State Legislature passed House Bill 960, authorizing the construction of the facility. The hospital, a regional center, serves Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, and Wayne counties.

INFO: Full form for SMSH is South MS State Hospital in Medical category
SMSH also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for PHEM is Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine in Medical category
PHEM also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for PHEN SAL is Phenyl Salicylate in Medical category

A vitamin is an organic molecule (or a set of molecules closely related chemically, i.e. vitamers) that is an essential micronutrient which an organism needs in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism. Essential nutrients cannot be synthesized in the organism, either at all or not in sufficient quantities, and therefore must be obtained through the diet. Vitamin C can be synthesized by some species but not by others; it is not a vitamin in the first instance but is in the second. The term vitamin does not include the three other groups of essential nutrients: minerals, essential fatty acids, and essential amino acids. Most vitamins are not single molecules, but groups of related molecules called vitamers. For example, there are eight vitamers of vitamin E: four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Some sources list fourteen vitamins, by including choline, but major health organizations list thirteen: vitamin A (as all-trans-retinol, all-trans-retinyl-esters, as well as all-trans-beta-carotene and other provitamin A carotenoids), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B3 (niacin), vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin B7 (biotin), vitamin B9 (folic acid or folate), vitamin B12 (cobalamins), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin D (calciferols), vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols), and vitamin K (phylloquinone and menaquinones).

Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions. Vitamin A acts as a regulator of cell and tissue growth and differentiation. Vitamin D provides a hormone-like function, regulating mineral metabolism for bones and other organs. The B complex vitamins function as enzyme cofactors (coenzymes) or the precursors for them. Vitamins C and E function as antioxidants. Both deficient and excess intake of a vitamin can potentially cause clinically significant illness, although excess intake of water-soluble vitamins is less likely to do so.

Before 1935, the only source of vitamins was from food. If intake of vitamins was lacking, the result was vitamin deficiency and consequent deficiency diseases. Then, commercially produced tablets of yeast-extract vitamin B complex and semi-synthetic vitamin C became available. This was followed in the 1950s by the mass production and marketing of vitamin supplements, including multivitamins, to prevent vitamin deficiencies in the general population. Governments have mandated the addition of some vitamins to staple foods such as flour or milk, referred to as food fortification, to prevent deficiencies. Recommendations for folic acid supplementation during pregnancy reduced risk of infant neural tube defects.

The term vitamin is derived from the word vitamine, which was coined in 1912 by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk, who isolated a complex of micronutrients essential to life, all of which he presumed to be amines. When this presumption was later determined not to be true, the "e" was dropped from the name. All vitamins were discovered (identified) between 1913 and 1948.

INFO: Full form for PHENYLEPH TAN is Phenylephrine Tannate in Medical category

INFO: Full form for PHER is Public Health and Emergency Response in Medical category

INFO: Full form for PHENIR is Pheniramine Maleate in Medical category

Phenylephrine is a medication primarily used as a decongestant, to dilate the pupil, to increase blood pressure, and to relieve hemorrhoids. When taken orally as a decongestant, it relieves nasal congestion due to colds and hay fever. It can be taken by mouth, as a nasal spray, given by injection into a vein or muscle, or applied to the skin.

Common side effects when taken by mouth or injected include nausea, headache, and anxiety. Use on hemorrhoids is generally well tolerated. Severe side effects may include a slow heart rate, intestinal ischemia, chest pain, kidney failure, and tissue death at the site of injection. It is unclear if use during pregnancy or breastfeeding is safe. Phenylephrine is a selective α1-adrenergic receptor activator which results in the constriction of both arteries and veins.

Phenylephrine was patented in 1927 and came into medical use in 1938. It is available as a generic medication. Unlike pseudoephedrine, abuse of phenylephrine is very uncommon.

INFO: Full form for PHENYLEPH BIT is Phenylephrine Bitartrate in Medical category

Phenyltoloxamine is an antihistamine with sedative and analgesic effects. It is available in combination with other drugs such as paracetamol (acetominophen).

INFO: Full form for PMRL is Particulate Media Research Laboratory in Medical category
PMRL also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for SMSH is Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital in Medical category
SMSH also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for SMSH is Swiss Medical Society for Hypnosis in Medical category
SMSH also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for ACTN is Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology in Medical category
ACTN also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

The Prime Minister's Challenge Fund was established in October 2013 with £50 million for NHS England to help improve access to general practice and stimulate innovative ways of providing primary care services.

INFO: Full form for PMCF is Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation in Medical category
PMCF also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for TBEV is Tick Borne Encephalitis Virus in Medical category

University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in London, England. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is closely associated with University College London (UCL). The hospital is on the south side of Euston Road in the Bloomsbury area of the London Borough of Camden, adjacent to the main campus of UCL.

Its tower faces Euston Square tube station. Half of a city block west is Warren Street tube station and Euston station is beyond Euston Square Gardens, which is one block east.

INFO: Full form for NHLP is National Health Law and Policy in Medical category
NHLP also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is a South African national government institution established in 2001. It was created by merging the South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR), the National Centre for Occupational Health and the National Institute for Virology. It also absorbed various provincial health department and university-run pathology laboratories.

The NHLS is the diagnostic pathology service for the public sector in South Africa. A network of 265 laboratories service all public hospitals and clinics in the country.

INFO: Full form for NHLP is National Health Law Program in Medical category
NHLP also has other full forms in other categories mentioned below.

INFO: Full form for UCLV is Chloride Excretion rate in Medical category