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• Alfred Nobel [r]: (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden – December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) A Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ^[e]
• Alzheimer's disease [r]: A degenerative disease of the brain characterized by the insidious onset of dementia; manifests itself in impairment of memory, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills, followed by severe apraxias and a global loss of cognitive abilities. ^[e]
• Anatoly Marchenko [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Aspirin [r]: Common analgesic used for treating mild to moderate pain; protective against blood clots and heart disease when administered indefinitely in low doses ^[e]
• Ataxia [r]: Impairment of the ability to perform smoothly coordinated voluntary movements. ^[e]
• Atherosclerosis [r]: Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of medium and large muscular arteries with lesions in the innermost layer. ^[e]
• Atorvastatin [r]: Sold as Lipitor®, a type II statin used to treat high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia), ^[e]
• Atrial fibrillation [r]: Condition where there is disorganised electrical conduction in the atria, resulting in ineffective pumping of blood into the ventricle. ^[e]
• Bacterial endocarditis [r]: Inflammation of the heart caused by the direct invasion of bacteria and leading to deformity and destruction of the valve leaflets. ^[e]
• Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]
• Brett Favre [r]: Famed quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. ^[e]
• CHADS2 [r]: A scoring system for patients with atrial fibrillation which attempts to determine their risk of stroke. ^[e]
• Carotid endarterectomy [r]: Excision of the thickened, atheromatous tunica intima of a carotid artery. ^[e]
• Cerivastatin [r]: A type II statin formerly used to treat high cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia). ^[e]
• Charles Dickens [r]: (1812-70) English novelist and social critic; wrote the semi-autobiographical David Copperfield. ^[e]
• Chiropractic [r]: A complementary, alternative health-care profession that aims to heal using manual therapies on the spine and extremities. ^[e]
• Cholesterol [r]: Principal sterol of all higher animals. ^[e]
• Clopidogrel [r]: A platelet aggregation inhibitor used to prevent cardiac events ^[e]
• Coagulation [r]: The process of the interaction of blood coagulation factors that results in an insoluble fibrin clot. ^[e]
• Contraception (medical methods) [r]: forms of pregnancy prevention that include barrier contraceptives (condoms, cervical caps, etc.), birth control pills or patches (i.e, hormonal contraceptives), and IUD's (intrauterine devices) ^[e]
• Coronary heart disease [r]: Disease of the heart that involves narrowing of the coronary arteries. ^[e]
• Dementia [r]: Progressive decline in two or more cognitive domains that is severe enough to interfere with the performance of everyday activities. ^[e]
• Diabetes mellitus [r]: Relative or absolute lack of insulin leading to uncontrolled carbohydrate metabolism. ^[e]
• Digital object identifier [r]: Unique label for a computer readable object that can be found on the internet, usually used in academic journals. ^[e]
• Erythropoietin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fluvastatin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Geriatrics [r]: Add brief definition or description
• History of neuroimaging [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Homocysteine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Homocystinuria [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hypoalphalipoproteinemia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Infant growth and development [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jacob Pavlovich Adler [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Joe Louis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Kroger Babb [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Multiple sclerosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neurology [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Occupational therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Preoperative care [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rosuvastatin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sildenafil [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sleep [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stent [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Surgery [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tadalafil [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thelonious Monk [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Transient ischemic attack [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Transient neurological attack [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tremor [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vardenafil [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vascular disease [r]: Add brief definition or description