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Posted on 10 October 2009.

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<div>AROMAtheraTEA™ (product line)

</tt> </tt> Traditional Medicinals:  </li> </tt> American Ginzing® Breathe Easy® </tt> </tt> Cold Care P.M.® </tt> </tt> </tt> Easy Now® </tt> </li></tt> ater's Digest® </li> Echinacea Plus® </li> </tt> Female Sage® </li> Female Toner® Ginger Aid® </tt> </tt> </tt> Golden Green® </li> Gypsy Cold Care® <li> Herba Tussin® Iron Women® </tt> </tt> </tt> Lemon Balm® </tt> Morning Brew® </tt> </li> <li> Mother's Milk® Nighty Night® </tt> </tt> PMS® </tt> <tt> </li> </tt> Pregnancy Tea® </li></tt> <li> Saw Palmetto Male® Smooth Move® </tt> </tt> St. John's Good Mood® Think O2® </tt> <tt> Throat Coat® Weightless Cranberry® Women's Liberty® + <div style="margin-left: 40px;">AROMAtheraTEA™ (product line) American Ginzing® Breathe Easy® Cold Care P.M.® Easy Now® ater's Digest® Echinacea Plus® Female Sage® Female Toner® Ginger Aid® Golden Green® Gypsy Cold Care® Herba Tussin® Iron Women® Lemon Balm® Morning Brew® Mother's Milk® Nighty Night® PMS® Pregnancy Tea® Saw Palmetto Male® Smooth Move® St. John's Good Mood® Think O2® Throat Coat® Weightless Cranberry® Women's Liberty®</div> Go to Source

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Acupuncture meridians Posted on 10 October 2009. Wiki + Meridians are pathways of energy from acupressure or acupuncture points to internal organs. + According to acupuncture, these are the invisible channels through which qi circulates throughout the body. There are 12 main meridians, six of which are yin and six are yang and numerous minor ones, which form a network of energy channels throughout the body. + In acupuncture, each meridian is related to, and named after, an organ or function. + + lung + kidney + gallbladder + stomach + spleen + heart + small intestine + large intestine + gall bladder + urinary bladder + san jiao (sometimes referred to as three heater or triple warmer) + pericardium (heart protector/ or circulation sex meridian) + Go to Source Posted in Style GuideComments Off Alternative medicine Posted on 10 October 2009. Wiki + + Complementary and alternative medicine is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine. It has a unique terminology that many medical transcriptionists may find challenging. Go to Source Posted in Style GuideComments Off Stumper terms Posted on 09 October 2009. Wiki - bougie à boule (bulb-tipped bougie) + bougie á boule (bulb-tipped bougie) also á-boule bougie - caliceal stone + caliceal stone sounds like cali-seal - celiac sprue cerclage/cerclage wire + celiac sprue cerclage/cerclage wire sounds like circ-lahj - Colles‘ fracture + Colles fracture - Dix-Hallpike? <a class=”wiki” href=”or Hallpike-Dix” rel=”">or Hallpike-Dix</a> maneuver (for paroxysmal postional nystagmus) + Dix-Hallpike? or Hallpike-Dix maneuver (for paroxysmal postional nystagmus) - foramen ovale <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “foramen o’valley” or “foramenal valley”" rel=”">s/l “foramen o’valley” or “foramenal valley”</a> + foramen ovale sounds like “foramen o’valley” or “foramenal valley” - Guillain-Barr&eacute; syndrome (GBS) – pronounced ghee-lan bar-ray or ghee-yan bah-ray + Guillain-Barré<a href=”tiki-editpage.php?page=Guillain-Barr%C3%A9″ title=”Create page: Guillain-Barr%C3%A9″ class=”wiki wikinew”>? syndrome (GBS) – pronounced ghee-lan bar-ray or ghee-yan bah-ray - Hallpike-Dix? <a class=”wiki” href=”or Dix-Hallpike” rel=”“>or Dix-Hallpike maneuver (for paroxysmal postional nystagmus) + Hallpike-Dix? or Dix-Hallpike<a href=”tiki-editpage.php?page=Dix-Hallpike” title=”Create page: Dix-Hallpike” class=”wiki wikinew”>? maneuver (for paroxysmal positional nystagmus) - Helicobacter pylori <a class=”wiki” href=”H. pylori” rel=”">H. pylori</a> + Helicobacter pylori abb. H. pylori - home O2 (oxygen) <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “homo 2,” “homo-2″” rel=”">s/l “homo 2,” “homo-2″</a> + home O2 (oxygen) sounds like “homo 2,” “homo-2″ - hyphae + hyphae sounds like high fee - intention tremor international unit (IU) | micro-international unit (µIU, mcIU) | milli-international unit (mIU) + intention tremor - K-wire (Kirschner wire) – 0.035, 0.045, 0.062 inches, outside diameter – (See <a href=”http://www.uam-intenn.com/equip.htm#wire” target=”new”>United American Medical</a>, for example) + K-wire (((Surgical wires, pins and screws|Kirschner wire))) - Kerley(‘s) <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “curly”" rel=”">s/l “curly”</a> A, B, or C lines. For P.J. Kerley, British radiologist; see Dorland’s, Stedman’s, Tabers, and/or CMT for additional information. + Kerley (sounds like “curly”) A, B, or C lines. - LAT (lidocaine, adrenaline epinephrine, tetracaine) – topical anesthesia + LAT (lidocaine, adrenaline *epinephrine*, tetracaine) – topical anesthesia - L-dopa (clinical name for levodopa USP) + L-dopa (clinical name for levodopa) - meralgia paresthetica (syn. Roth or Rot disease; Bernhardt disease; Roth-Bernhardt? <a class="wiki" href="or Rot-Bernhardt“ rel=”“>or Rot-Bernhardt disease/syndrome). See Stedman’s, Dorland’s, Taber‘s, and/or Pyle’s Current Medical Terminology for additional information micro-international unit (µIU, mcIU) + meralgia paresthetica (syn. Roth or Rot disease; Bernhardt disease; Roth-Bernhardt? or Rot-Bernhardt<a href=”tiki-editpage.php?page=Rot-Bernhardt“ title=”Create page: Rot-Bernhardt“ class=”wiki wikinew”>?</a> disease/syndrome). - milli-international unit (mIU) - neutrophils – mature white blood cells (see polymorphonuclear neutrophils <a class=”wiki” href=”"polys,” PMNs” rel=”">”polys,” PMNs) + <a title=”Blood groups and types” href=”tiki-index.php?page=Blood+groups+and+types“ class=”wiki”>neutrophils - mature white blood cells - Nylen-Barany? Nylen-Bárány maneuver/test + Nylen-Barany? maneuver/test - ostial (pertains to ostium opening</a>) + ostial pertains to ostium (opening) - ostiomeatal complex (not osteomeatal; see ostial); <a href=”http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/sinusitis/sinusterminology.stm” target=”new”>definition</a> + ostiomeatal complex (not to be confused with osteomeatal; see ostial) - Pancof® (s/l “pancough”) – <a href=”http://www.panamericanlabs.com/products/pancofhc.html” target=”new”>Pancof® HC</a> and <a href=”http://www.panamericanlabs.com/products/pancofxp.html” target=”new”>Pancof® XR</a> search help: pan cough - perle <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “pearl”" rel=”">s/l “pearl”</a> – a liquid-filled soft gelatin capsule; for example, <a href=”http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/TES1437.HTM” target=”new”>Tessalon®</a> perles (each perle contains 100 mg benzonatate) vitamin E perles + perle sounds like “pearl” – a liquid-filled soft gelatin capsule; for example, vitamin E perles - pheochromocytoma (s/l fetal or feto chromocytoma) + pheochromocytoma (sounds like fetal or feto chromocytoma) - PMNs (polymorphonuclear neutrophils <a class="wiki" href=”"polys”" rel=”">“polys”) + PMNs (polymorphonuclear neutrophils or “polys”) - pterygoid wing-shaped; related to region of the sphenoid bone + pterygoid (wing-shaped); related to region of the sphenoid bone - Roth-Bernhardt? or Rot-Bernhardt disease/syndrome (syn. meralgia paresthetica) + Roth-Bernhardt? (or Rot-Bernhardt) disease/syndrome (syn. meralgia paresthetica) - Rule of Nines (formula for determining percentage of body surface which has been burned) + Rule of Nines (formula for determining percentage of body surface which has been burned) - sling and swathe – for shoulder immobilization (<a href=”http://www.alphamedical.com/sling_and_swathe.htm” target=”new”>photo</a>) + sling and swathe – for shoulder immobilization - TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline <a class=”wiki” href=”epinephrine” rel=”">epinephrine</a>, cocaine) – topical anesthesia; prepared by pharmacist + TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline epinephrine, cocaine) – topical anesthesia; prepared by pharmacist - Veress needle (not Verres) - See: <a class=”wiki” href=”http://www.ahdionline.com” target=’_blank’>AAMT BOS, p. 362. Named for its inventor <a class=”wiki” href=”1938″ rel=”">1938</a>, Dr. Janos Veress of Hungary + Veress needle (not Verres) sounds like varies Go to Source Posted in Style GuideComments Off Page 2 of 2«12

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