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Acid Loading Test
Updated: Dec 15, 2009 - 13:00An acid loading test is a blood and urine test that looks to see if your kidneys are doing their job well. One of the jobs that your kidneys do is to make sure your blood has a normal pH - this means that your blood is not too acidic or too alkaline (alkaline is opposite of acidic). The first ...
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Adenoidectomy
Updated: Dec 14, 2009 - 15:13An adenoidectomy is when a doctor removes your adenoids. Adenoids are small lumps of tissue in the back of your throat on each side that help fight infection. As you get older your adenoids start to shrink and eventually disappear altogether, because they are not an essential part of your immun...
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Adrenalectomy
Updated: Oct 12, 2009 - 15:32Adrenalectomy is what it’s called when a doctor takes out one or both of your adrenal glands in an operation.
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Allergy test
Updated: Oct 26, 2009 - 13:28Your doctor may do an allergy test to find out if you are allergic to a type of food, or to other things like pets, dust mites and pollen. There are a few different allergy tests that you could have. Skin tests, like the skin prick test, are the ones that are most often done. You could also h...
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Angiography
Updated: Oct 30, 2009 - 09:51Angiography is when a doctor injecs some dye into your blood vessels so that he or she can see them in an x-ray photo. There are different types of angiography for different parts of your body, for example, renal angiography looks at your kidneys and coronary angiography looks at your heart.
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Barium follow-through
Updated: Oct 20, 2009 - 12:27A barium follow-through is a test that uses radiation to see inside you. It examines your small intestine, which links your stomach to your Large intestine (your colon).
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Biopsy
Updated: Sep 10, 2009 - 19:46A biopsy is a sample of some cells, or a small piece of tissue (often a bit of a lump), that doctors take to look at more closely using a microscope. A biopsy can be taken from almost anywhere in your body, like your skin for example, or your liver or lungs. The word biopsy means both the ...
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Blood glucose test
Updated: Feb 03, 2010 - 11:16A blood glucose test checks how much sugar (glucose) is in your blood. Glucose is important because it gives your body the energy it needs.
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Blood test
Updated: Sep 10, 2009 - 19:48A blood test is when a sample of your blood is taken to be looked at more closely in a lab. The sample will probably be taken by a doctor or a nurse, or maybe a phlebotomist (someone who is specially trained to take blood). Blood tests are one of the most common medical tests you can have, and l...
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Blood transfusion
Updated: Sep 10, 2009 - 19:55Blood transfusion is just the way doctors put more blood cells into your bloodstream if you need them. The blood is often separated into its three main ingredients for transfusions – red blood cells, platelets and plasma.
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