contraindication
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contraindications
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"For certain patients who are higher-risk, who cannot undergo surgery, or did not tolerate the medication or had some other contraindication, there are limited options," he says.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
For Opill, a key contraindication is if someone has breast cancer or a history of breast cancer.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
The symptoms were mild and not considered a contraindication of the mRNA-based vaccine, according to the June 1 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2022
Those officers include an organ transplant recipient who cannot get the vaccine due to an anti-rejection medication, as well as a pregnant female officer who has a "contraindication" to the vaccine.
From Fox News ● Oct. 19, 2021
Unless there is advanced pulmonary disease or other contraindication to operation, the ulcer should be excised under local anæsthesia.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
There are surprisingly few contraindications to oral estradiol, and women can talk to their doctors to see if this is an option.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Besides older women and those more than 10 years postmenopause, several health conditions have contraindications to hormone therapy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
If you don’t have any contraindications, a dose of acetaminophen or ibuprofen could do the trick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
"It also presents a viable option for patients at high risk who are claustrophobic or have contraindications for MRI."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
The extremes of age are not contraindications to esophagoscopy.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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