Dec 23, 2013
Headaches are very common in society and it is not unusual for people to complain of headaches from time to time, however these headaches occur more often than not and can really interfere with someone’s way of life. A chronic condition is one that lasts for a long time and this is the case with these headaches. A tension headache is not in...
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Most people have heard about the thyroid gland; a very important gland that lies inside the front of your neck. In many people this gland can be underactive and this can result in a whole host of problems for that individual. An underactive gland simply means that the thyroid is not making enough hormones and as a result you will get a variety of...
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Most people have heard of melanoma and most people are quite scared of it. Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that often will begin with a simple dark spot or mole on the skin. How well you will do is very dependent upon how early you are able to detect it and in most cases if you can get in there early a simple surgery is all that is required. This...
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Gout is a common condition that causes many patients a great deal of pain. However one fortunate thing is that most attacks are short lived and will usually go away within ten days, even without treatment. Now gout causes a very bad pain and an intense swelling in one or more of the joints of your body. Attacks of gout occur when you have a high...
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Epilepsy is condition that is regarded by doctors as being very serious and is said to affect the normal electrical circuitry of the brain. Many people have heard about the electrical system of the heart and they know that the electricity starts from a certain part of the heart known as the sinoatrial node and then spreads to the rest of the heart...
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COPD is short for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and basically means that your lungs do not work as well as they used to as a result of permanent damage. Unfortunately COPD is a condition that does not go away, however there are treatments that can stop you from getting worse and help you to live as normal a life as possible.What is it?As...
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In a normal digestive process, the partially digested food is being forwarded by muscular movements from the stomach to the intestines. However, for some people, the stomach contents travel back to the esophagus from the stomach. This condition is known as acid reflux.Common symptoms of this disease include heartburn, difficulty in swallowing,...
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Now menopause is something that most people have heard of although many wish that they had not. The term menopause refers to your periods stopping forever. It is important to note that this is not an illness and is a normal part of life. In fact many say that knowledge and wisdom in the female is greatest in those who have been through menopause....
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Uterine fibroids are benign tumors which more often grow in women of childbearing years. While these fibroids rarely, if ever, cause cancer they can cause significant disruption in a woman’s life because of the symptoms. Physicians estimate that between 20 and 50% of women have uterine fibroids by only a small number of those are plagued by...
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