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diabetes insipidus


  • n  a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys); characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst
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  • Iowa board approves lawsuit settlements
    STATE SETTLEMENTS: The State Appeal Board approved three settlements on Monday, including a $1.5 million award in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. State officials agreed to pay $750,000 from the general fund to settle a lawsuit claiming the hospital failed to diagnose and treat Terri Holliday’s diabetes insipidus at the time of her July ...
    Dec. 2, 2013 - Quad-City Times

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