9051. Pneumonia and its causes, risk factors and diagnosis
April 27, 2007
There are are mechanisms to protect your lungs from infection at each stage of the respiratory stage, but because you are very much exposed to viruses and bacteria sometimes these mechanisms fail in protect your respiratory system and you develop pneumonia. The infectious agents are attacked by wh...
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9052. Non Hodgkin' s lymphoma top factors of risk
April 27, 2007
Lymphoma is a very difficult disease, especially because the main cause of this medical condition is not known. Things get even more complicated when it comes to non- Hodgkin' s lymphoma. Besides the fact that the real cause of the disease is not known, the risk factors that exist are responsible on...
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9053. Methods of treatment in acid reflux cases
April 27, 2007
The condition where the content of your stomach, the liquid content, comes back into your esophagus is called acid reflux. Treating acid reflux can be done in a few different ways. A change in your lifestyle may be the first choice that you have when suffering form acid reflux, medication is the sec...
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9054. General discussion about bird flu
April 27, 2007
It is well known that Asian countries are affected by avian (bird) flu. The highly contagious virus spreads rapidly among the poultry leading to a quick death. More than that, it was noticed that the virus might affect humans too.
Specialists are concerned about the spreading of the virus a...
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9055. What you have to do if you got a strep throat
April 25, 2007
Strep throat is a disease caused by Group A streptococci bacteria. It is very important to treat this disease, because, there are cases when it causes arthritis or heart problems. When the doctor founds out that the patient has strep throat, he will prescribe antibiotics. This medicines help the im...
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9056. What is to know about ringworm
April 25, 2007
Many answers are searched when it comes to ringworm. We know that it is a fungal infection that is very contagious and spreads in different ways. It is caused by microorganisms called dermatophytes that live in the dead tissues of the skin or any other structures related to the skin such as hair or ...
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9057. What is multiple sclerosis?
April 25, 2007
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease that occurs in your nervous system. Multiple sclerosis is actually the inflammation of the central part of this system. This disease, multiple sclerosis, is more common in younger people. Furthermore, multiple sclerosis tends to affect more women than me...
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9058. What happens after the laparoscopic gall bladder surgery?
April 25, 2007
Medicine has evolved in time and nowadays there is no need for your doctor to make a very big incision in order to remove your gall bladder. Laparoscopic surgery is the next step in gall bladder removal.
With the help of a tube, which inserted through that small incision, your doctor can se...
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9059. What are plant sterol and stanol and how useful are they to our health?
April 25, 2007
Many people worry about their health and try to protect its integrity as much as possible. People have heard about walnuts, salmon, and oatmeal and know that these foods are good in lowering the level of cholesterol in blood. But not many people have heard about sterols and stanols and their usefuln...
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9060. Tuberculin test overview
April 25, 2007
Tuberculin infection represents the infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This problem may not affect only the possessors of the infection but the people with who they get in contact too. There are known two types of tuberculosis: active and inactive infections. Both of them have to be noticed ...
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