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1. How Chronic Allergic Rhinitis Impacts The Quality of Life
July 29, 2013
Allergies, they make you sneeze, cough and leave your eyes itchy and watery. Allergic rhinitis is a seasonal or a perennial condition. When diagnosing the disease, doctors will examine the patient physically and check the patient’s family history. This will help determine a course of treatment. ...
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2. An Introduction to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
July 29, 2013
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is sometimes also known as Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis (CFA) or Idiopathic Fibrosing Interstitial Pneumonia. It presents itself as progressive, chronic thickening of the lung tissue with no known cause. The lungs become scarred and hard beginning at the outsi...
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3. An Introduction to Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH)
July 09, 2013
Familial hypercholesterolemia is a kind of genetic disorder that is caused by a defect of chromosome 19. The disorder can be passed genetically to a child from one or both parents. There are two distinct types of familial hypercholesterolemia, heterozygous FH and homozygous FH. Heterozygous FH occur...
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4. An Introduction to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
July 01, 2013
The muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited disorders described by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness. Of the 9 muscular dystrophies, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common. DMD is an X-linked recessive condition which presents in early childhood and inevitably ...
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5. The Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Quality of Life
June 24, 2013
Multiple Sclerosis, a disease that damages the fatty myelin sheaths around axons of the brain, produces a myriad of symptoms, and until very recently, was largely considered a mysterious disease, with no known cause or treatment. Today, there are many more treatments available and research has begun...
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6. A Look Into Multiple Sclerosis
June 24, 2013
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive and chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system. It occurs when the body's own immune system attack the protective sheath (myelin) around the nerve fibres (axons) in the brain and spinal cord, resulting in random patches called plaques or lesions....
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7. The Advantages of NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing)
April 29, 2013
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing, otherwise known as NIPT, is a new method of prenatal testing without harming the fetus and the mother. These tests can assess the presence of fetal trisomies in a pregnancy as early as 10 weeks. Since this method of testing is safe and highly accurate, many are opting ...
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8. An Introduction to NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing)
April 29, 2013
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a sophisticated screening method used to detect chromosomal abnormalities in a developing fetus. A blood sample taken from the mother is processed and analyzed for the presence of chromosome problems in the baby's DNA. Unlike invasive testing techniques, such ...
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9. The Role of Patient Associations in Rare Diseases
March 25, 2013
It is always upsetting to be informed by your physician that you have a medical illness. It is even more devastating to find out that your condition is a rare one and that no cure is available. This is why patients associations are created with the primary objective of raising public awareness aroun...
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10. Pharmaceutical Patents - What are the Different Types?
March 25, 2013
Pharmaceutical patents are often being challenged in courts or are ignored in certain countries where patent infringement is not punishable. Pharmaceuticals patents can be related to different processes from manufacturing steps to delivery devices. Not all countries abide by the same standards when ...
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