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INFO: Full form for WHCSA is Welsh Health Common Services Agency (obsolete) Now part of Welsh Health Estates in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for WHCSA is Welsh Health Common Services Agency; extinct, subsumed into Welsh Health Estates in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for DBMD is Duchenne–Becker muscular dystrophy in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for TICK is Teamwork, Integrity, Courage, Knowledge in Medical category

INFO: Full form for DBMD is Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for DBML is Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in Medical category

INFO: Full form for BHCU is Basic Health Care Unit in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for BDCT is Blue Distinction Center for Transplants in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for TICD is Tailored Implementation for Chronic Disease in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for TICD is Tailoring Interventions for Chronic Diseases in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for VIRHN is Vertically Integrated Rural Health Network in Medical category

INFO: Full form for CRARN is Child Rights And Rehabilitation Network in Medical category

INFO: Full form for ANCHOR is Aberdeen and North Centre for Haematology Oncology and Radiotherapy in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for PRRT is Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for GERD is Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease in Medical category
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Betaarterivirus suid 1, formerly Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), is a virus that causes a disease of pigs, called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), also known as blue-ear pig disease (in Chinese, zhū láněr bìng 豬藍耳病). This economically important, panzootic disease causes reproductive failure in breeding stock and respiratory tract illness in young pigs. Initially referred to as "mystery swine disease" and "mystery reproductive syndrome", it was first reported in 1987 in North America (2) and Central Europe (3). The disease costs the United States swine industry around $644 million annually, and recent estimates in Europe found that it costs almost 1.5b€ every year.

INFO: Full form for TSSU is Theatre Sterile Surgical Unit in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for CDAO is Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for CDASS is Consumer Directed Attendant Support Services in Medical category

INFO: Full form for TSSU is Theatre Sterile Supplies Unit in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for AFCC is Advanced Fetal Care Center in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for GERD is Gastro-Esophogeal Reflux Disease in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for BORL is Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for BORN is Board Of Registration in Nursing in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for GERD is Gastro-Esophagial Reflux Disease in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for ENFG is European Neurofibromatosis Group in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for ANCO is Association of Northern California Oncologists in Medical category
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Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase (also called carnitine palmitoyltransferase) is a mitochondrial transferase enzyme (EC 2.3.1.21) involved in the metabolism of palmitoylcarnitine into palmitoyl-CoA. A related transferase is carnitine acyltransferase.

INFO: Full form for ECAVS is European Centre for Advanced Veterinary Studies in Medical category

INFO: Full form for CPTAC is Clinical Proteomic Technology Assessment for Cancer (National Cancer Institute) in Medical category

INFO: Full form for PRRS is Porcine Red Reproductive Syndrome in Medical category
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The U.S. Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, also known as Janet's Law, signed into law on October 21, 1998 as part of the 1999 omnibus bill (Pub.L. 105–277 (text) (pdf)), contains protections for patients who elect breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy. This law, which is administered by the Department of Labor and Health and Human Services, states that group health plans, insurance companies, and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) must provide coverage for reconstructive surgery after mastectomy for breast cancer and prohibited "drive-through" mastectomies, where breast cancer patient's hospital stays were limited by their carriers. The required coverage includes all stages of reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed, surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance, prostheses, and treatment of physical complications of the mastectomy, including lymphedema. Importantly, second opinions in or out of network for all cancer patients were also included.

The history of the law is an interesting one. Before 1998, although several states had laws requiring health insurance carriers to cover reconstructive surgery, there was no federal legislation and many states did not offer such protection. Self-funded insurance plans, such as that often offered by unions, which fall under federal ERISA guidelines, also did not have such protection. A 32-year-old Long Island woman, Janet Franquet, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in late 1997. She required a mastectomy, after chemotherapy to try to shrink her tumor, and desired reconstructive surgery to restore the breast. Upon contacting her insurance carrier, her reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Todd Wider, learned that her insurance plan, a self-funded plan, refused to cover the reconstructive surgery, and considered it cosmetic. The carrier recommended using a skin graft. Dr. Wider went ahead and performed the surgery for free, but he was outraged by the carrier's decision. Wider decided to begin a crusade to change the law. He contacted several politicians, and Senator Alphonse D'Amato became an outspoken supporter of legislation to change this. D'Amato led a nationwide bipartisan lobbying effort that culminated in legislation that he sponsored with Senator Dianne Feinstein, and 21 other senators, including Senator Ted Kennedy.

Speaking on the floor of the Congress, Senator D'Amato said when he had heard that the insurance carrier had denied Ms. Franquet coverage for her surgery: "Mr. President, I decided that I would give Mrs. Franquet's insurance company a call. When I spoke with the Medical Director, he told me that 'replacement of a breast is not medically necessary. This is not a bodily function and therefore cannot and should not be replaced'...Luckily for her, Dr. Todd Wider agreed to forgo payment of this surgery... I ask you, Mr. President, how many other Janet Franquets are out there? Will they be lucky enough to have a Dr. Wider to take care of them?... Too many women have been denied reconstructive surgery because insurers have deemed the procedure cosmetic and not medically necessary. It is wrong".

Numerous breast cancer patients and groups were supportive, including Long Island breast cancer advocacy groups and ACOG, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Mary Armao McCarthy, executive director of ACOG NYS and a breast cancer survivor whose coverage had been denied, was particularly active, as was Geri Barish, president of the Long Island breast cancer advocacy group, "1 in 9."

On October 21, 1998, the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA) was signed into federal law. Since the passage of this law, many thousands of women have had reconstructive surgery after mastectomy.

While the 1998 Act was hugely significant, there is a proposed amendment to this act circulating in the State of California, calling for greater control over treatment implementation by women, coverage by board-certified surgeons who are breast specialists rather than medical generalists, and surgery at hospitals with an appropriate length of stay rather than at a surgery center.

INFO: Full form for PGMEE is Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination in Medical category

INFO: Full form for POCTTNI is Point Of Care Treatment TropoNin I in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for POCTTNI is Point Of Crae Testing Troponin in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for POCU is Peri Operative Care Unit in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for POCTABG is Point Of Care Testing of Arterial Blood Gases in Medical category

INFO: Full form for VOMR is Vocationally Oriented Medical Rehabilitation in Medical category

1,2-Dichlorotetrafluoroethane, or R-114, also known as cryofluorane (INN), is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) with the molecular formula ClF2CCF2Cl. Its primary use has been as a refrigerant. It is a non-flammable gas with a sweetish, chloroform-like odor with the critical point occurring at 145.6 °C and 3.26 MPa. When pressurized or cooled, it is a colorless liquid. It is listed on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's list of ozone depleting chemicals, and is classified as a Montreal Protocol Class I, group 1 ozone depleting substance.

When used as a refrigerant, R-114 is classified as a medium pressure refrigerant.

The U.S. Navy uses R-114 in its centrifugal chillers in preference to R-11 to avoid air and moisture leakage into the system. While the evaporator of an R-11 charged chiller runs at a vacuum during operation, R-114 yields approximately 0 psig operating pressure in the evaporator.

Dichloralphenazone is a 1:2 mixture of antipyrine with chloral hydrate. In combination with paracetamol and isometheptene, it is the active ingredient of medications for migraine and tension headaches, including Epidrin and Midrin. Performance impairments are common with this drug and caution is advised, for example when driving motor vehicles. Additional uses of dichloralphenazone include sedation for the treatment of short-term insomnia, although there are probably better drug choices for the treatment of insomnia.

INFO: Full form for PVMA is Philippine Veterinary Medical Association in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for PVMA is Pre-Veterinary Medical Association in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for PVMA is Portland Veterinary Medical Association in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for VSQ is Vaccine Supply and Quality in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for PVMMC is Philippine Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Medical category

INFO: Full form for VSQ is Vaccine Safety Quarterly in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for CPAAC is Central Pennsylvania Asthma and Allergy Care in Medical category
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INFO: Full form for EOHS is Environment Occupational Health and Safety in Medical category
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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is the largest independent nonprofit in the U.S. dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure, eliminating asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, and protecting asbestos victims' civil rights through education, advocacy and community initiatives. ADAO was founded by Linda Reinstein and Doug Larkin in 2004 and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California. It is led by three boards (Board of Directors, Science Advisory Board, and Prevention Advisory Board), as well as a nationwide State Leadership Team made up of asbestos victims and advocates.

INFO: Full form for DLO-NL is Netherlands Organization for Agricultural Research in Medical category