8961. General information about scabies
May 11, 2007
Scabies can be quite a severe skin disease that can and in fact does spread from person to person. The actual disease is triggered by a very small insect called a mite. The scientific name for the mite is Sarcoptes scabies. This insect is actually very small, microscopic in size. It can not live wit...
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8962. General discussion about appendicitis
May 11, 2007
Appendicitis is one of the most common digestive diseases. It represents the inflammation of the appendix, which is a 3 ½ inch-long tube of tissue that extends from the last intestine. It is a strange thing that no one knows what the function of appendix is, but it was proved that we can live withou...
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8963. Cholesterol problems
May 11, 2007
Cholesterol is a severe problem for a high number of persons from all over the globe. Statistics say that in the United States more than 20 percent of the population has abnormally high cholesterol. This is a serious problem because high levels of cholesterol might cause heart disease. That is why i...
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8964. Bronchitis- causes, symptoms, and treatment
May 11, 2007
It is known that in many cases bronchitis has viral causes, so antibiotics are not indicated, but even so, they are prescribed in 60 to 80 percent of cases of acute bronchitis. Studying inappropriate antibiotic use in older patients is an important thing, because previous antibiotic use is a risk f...
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8965. Acid reflux treatments
May 11, 2007
Acid reflux is a condition that causes discomfort and sometimes may lead to serious complications if it is not treated.
Medication for acid reflux is a condition where gastric juices containing acid travel back from the stomach to the esophagus.
As any other medical condition, acid...
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8966. About the risks that infertility can bring
May 11, 2007
There were made some researches, and it was reached to the result that couples with fertility problems are three times more predisposed to have a child with conditions like autism and cerebral palsy. It is possible that fertility treatments, such as IVF to contribute to the risk as well. Researcher...
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8967. Sinus infection or just the flu?
May 09, 2007
The proper medical term for a sinus infection is sinusitis. Because a sinus infection has many symptoms that are similar to those of a cold or the flu, to proper diagnose sinus infection by yourself is quite difficult. A sinus infection can also be in many cases, the result of a infection in your up...
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8968. Possible causes that can lead to schizophrenia, and symptoms that appear
May 09, 2007
History tells us that for very long periods that took centuries, people have argued about the causes of mental illnesses like schizophrenia. Those who had mental illnesses were categorized as being insane or mad, but there were cases when it was thought even that they were possessed by evil spirits....
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8969. New vaccine trial in Tuberculosis
May 09, 2007
The trials will take place in the US. And will be conducted by biotechnology company Corixa and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, along with the National Institutes of Health. The new vaccine is made with several proteins from the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), it is the first recombinant tube...
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8970. General information on hepatitis and its symptoms
May 09, 2007
Hepatitis may have evident symptoms or not, depending on the stadium of the disease and how much of the liver is affected. First symptoms are nausea, diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, unexplained tiredness. In an advanced stadium when the liver can’t perform its functions jaundice occurs one of th...
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