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  2. Cancer-related fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Cancer-related fatigue is a symptom of fatigue that is experienced by nearly all cancer patients. [1] Among patients receiving cancer treatment other than surgery, it is essentially universal. Fatigue is a normal and expected side effect of most forms of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and biotherapy. [2]

  3. Therac-25 - Wikipedia

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    The feeling was described by patient Ray Cox as "an intense electric shock", causing him to scream and run out of the treatment room. [7] Several days later, radiation burns appeared, and the patients showed the symptoms of radiation poisoning; in three cases, the injured patients later died as a result of the overdose. [8]

  4. Symptomatic treatment - Wikipedia

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    Symptomatic treatment, supportive care, supportive therapy, or palliative treatment is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not the underlying cause. It is usually aimed at reducing the signs and symptoms for the comfort and well-being of the patient, but it also may be useful in reducing organic consequences and ...

  5. Fan clutch - Wikipedia

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    A fan clutch is a thermostatic engine cooling fan that can freewheel at low temperatures when cooling is not needed, allowing the engine to warm up faster, relieving unnecessary load on the engine. As temperatures increase, the clutch engages so that the fan is driven by engine power and moves air to cool the engine.

  6. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Nutritional problems are also frequently seen in cancer patients at diagnosis and through chemotherapy treatment. Research suggests that in children and young people undergoing cancer treatment, parenteral nutrition may help with this leading to weight gain and increased calorie and protein intake, when compared to enteral nutrition. [138]

  7. Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg announces his cancer has ...

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    Nearly four months after he announced he was cancer-free, Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg announced that the cancer has spread to other organs in his body and he is set for more treatment.

  8. Argument over anime ends with dead crocodile and jail for ...

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    Tyler, 33, threw Rickey’s pet alligator and Rickey, 30, launched Tyler’s crocodile from their Wasilla apartment, Alaska News Source reports. It is not clear what anime kicked off the dispute.

  9. Acute radiation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Early symptoms of ARS typically include nausea, vomiting, headaches, fatigue, fever, and a short period of skin reddening. [3] These symptoms may occur at radiation doses as low as 0.35 grays (35 rad). These symptoms are common to many illnesses, and may not, by themselves, indicate acute radiation sickness. [3]