Every year more than 34,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer. It causes approximately 8000 deaths and, of those diagnosed this year, only half will be alive in five years. These numbers have not significantly improved in decades. Worldwide the problem is much greater than that found in the United States with over 400,000 new […]
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Myasthenia gravis is a chronic and debilitating disease and is characterized by weakness and fatigue of any muscle under voluntary control. This means that muscles which are involuntary, such as the heart muscle or those which control the intestinal tract, are not affected. Muscles which individuals have control over such as the eyes, legs, arms
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Diverticulitis and inflammatory bowel disease are two distinct and separate conditions that affect the intestines of individuals. In the case of diverticulitis many physicians believe it can be result of a low fiber diet over a long period of time. Diverticula are small abnormal pouches that line the intestines and later become inflamed or infected,
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, is a diagnosis based on six or more very specific symptoms that occur on a regular basis for more than six months in more than two different settings. Unfortunately there is not one single test for ADHD in adults or children but rather an evaluation of behavior and cognitive abilities
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Women who cry at silly television ads, are happy one minute but angry the next, complain of being bloated, headachy and tired may be suffering from premenstrual syndrome. Symptoms of premenstrual syndrome include both physical and emotional factors that happen around the time of your period. Some of those other symptoms include anxiety, depression, fatigue,
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The kidneys are bean shaped organ that are located midway down your back, just below the rib cage on either side of the spine. Each kidney is about the size of your fist. Essentially, kidneys are trash collectors and process approximately 200 quarts of blood each day. The waste and extra water in your body
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Prognosis is the medical word that refers to the likely outcome of a disease or illness. In the case of skin cancer, prognosis refers to the likelihood that the individual who suffers from the disease will survive for greater than five years and usually indicates any long-term effects that the individual may suffer from. The
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Weight gain during perimenopause is a universal complaint among women. It is not uncommon for a woman to gain between 10 and 15 pounds, especially around her abdomen and hips. In some instances women see this as a rite of passage to becoming and older wiser you. But most often, this almost instantaneous weight gain
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Lung cancer, like all cancers, results in the abnormality of growth in the basic unit of life, the cell. Under normal circumstances the growth of a cell divides to produce new cells only when it is needed. When this system of checks and balances of the growth of a cell results in an uncontrolled division
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A bladder infection, also known as cystitis, is caused by bacteria in the bladder. Cystitis is more prevalent in women then in men. This is more notable during the years of a women’s reproductive cycle. Women are more apt to have a bladder infection due to their shortened urethral length and also because of the
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