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MedPro Group, formerly known as The Medical Protective Company, is a Berkshire Hathaway company and the largest provider of healthcare liability (medical malpractice) insurance in the United States. MedPro provides customized malpractice insurance, claims, and risk cover to physicians, surgeons, dentists and other healthcare professionals, as ...
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides support, education, advocacy, and awareness association for pulmonary hypertension. It provides information to the public about the illness and acts as a support group for those with the disease, providing medical provider location services and ...
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is "an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services". [1] The task force, a volunteer panel of primary care clinicians (including those from internal ...
Public Health Advisor. The Public Health Advisor, or " PHA " is a type of public health worker which was established in 1948 by the United States Public Health Service in the Venereal Disease Control Division. Today they are hired primarily by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and serve in many public health programs.
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[ N 1 ] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. [ 3 ] Proving highly adaptable, it entered service with the Navy in 1961 [ 4 ] before it was adopted by the United ...
The United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) consists of the five distinct medical corps of the Air Force and enlisted medical technicians. The AFMS was created in 1949 after the newly independent Air Force's first Surgeon General, Maj. General Malcolm C. Grow (1887–1960), convinced the United States Army and President Harry S. Truman ...
Gabapentin, sold under the brand name Neurontin among others, is an anticonvulsant medication primarily used to treat partial seizures and neuropathic pain. [7][10] It is a commonly used medication for the treatment of neuropathic pain caused by diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, and central pain. [11]
Phytohaemagglutinin. Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA, or phytohemagglutinin) is a lectin found in plants, especially certain legumes. PHA actually consists of two closely related proteins, called leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) and PHA-E. These proteins cause blood cells to clump together.