GLOSSARY

Acute condition

A disease, illness or injury leads to recovery quickly and is not long term.

Alternative therapy

This therapy is an alternative to the conventional medicine. These days it is increasingly popular and includes homeopathy, western herbal treatments, traditional Chinese medicine, Neuro linguistic programming (NLP) etc.

Blood glucose levels

The levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. It is expressed as millimoles per litre (mmol/l).

Cash plan

This is partial reimbursement of insured private medical healthcare costs.

Cancer

Cancer is in which abnormal cells divide without control and are able to invade other tissues, which may spread locally or to distant parts of the body. The cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems.

Chemotherapy

The use of chemicals or drugs to treat disease; the term is typically used to refer to cancer treatment

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