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13th October 2009
There’s a deadly game that kids play without knowing the deadly consequences. Although this game has been around for years, the Internet has made it possible for kids to see instructional videos as well as see other kids playing this game. Any intereste... Read >
Author: 0416th July 2009
Some swine influenza cases in Michigan are raising questions on obesity's role in why some people with infections become seriously sick. A high proportion of people that have gotten severely indisposed from swine influenza have been chubby or extremely la... Read >
Author: Winfred Macdonald18th May 2009
Women who smoke have increased menstrual and reproductive risks. These risks are caused due to nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, cyanide, and several other chemicals, carcinogens present in the cigarette smoke. When a woman smokes, she exposes these chemica... Read >
Author: Amitabh Kumar23rd April 2009
Measles is a highly communicable viral disease marked by grains of sand like symptoms appearing in the cheeks and proceeding to trunks, palms and soles lasting for about 5 days. Measles is mainly a respiratory infection, even though outward symptoms indic... Read >
Author: shalini02nd April 2009
Ahmedabad, India-based pharma major Cadila Pharmaceuticals in collaboration with McMaster University of Hamilton, Canada, claims to have done a revolutionary research on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) targeted at asymptomatic healthy people. The company i... Read >
Author: Biospectrum Bureau25th March 2009
Did you know that November is American Diabetes Month? Now that we've gorged on Halloween candy and are getting ready for some calorie laden holiday meals, the CDC has chosen this month to share some sobering news. The rates of Type 2 Diabetes in the US (... Read >
Author: Kirsten Whittaker28th January 2009
By Michael Ozner, M.D.,
Author of The Great American Heart Hoax: Lifesaving Advice Your Doctor Should Tell You About Heart Disease Prevention (But Probably Never Will)
Cardiovascular care in America is spiraling out of control. We are now spending mo... Read >
Author: FSB Authors04th December 2008
One should carefully monitor diabetes, particularly if he is on insulin or has relatively uncontrolled diabetes. Careful attention to symptoms, home glucose monitoring and other blood tests are essential in monitoring process.
Diabetes Complications
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Author: Nick Mutt16th November 2008
Since prediabetes often does not show any symptoms, most people are not aware they have it. Based on the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a quarter of American adults have prediabetes, but only 4% report having the co... Read >
Author: morningshift13th October 2008
Ectopic pregnancy is one of the abnormal outcomes of pregnancy in 2% of pregnant woman and is defined as implantation of a fertilized egg outside the endometrial cavity. It remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality when left untreated and ... Read >
Author: Dr. Sadhana01st September 2008
Obesity is fundamentally associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Weight loss reduces the risk factors for complications associated with the excess weight, including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
There are other several treatment opti... Read >
Author: jainish21st August 2008
A laser-activated antimicrobial offers hope for new treatments of bacterial infections, even those that are resistant to current drugs.Research published today in the open access journal BMC Microbiology describes the use of a dye, indocyanine green, whic... Read >
Author: Shane21st May 2008
Parasitic diseases account for a large proportion of human morbidity and mortality, and doubtlessly contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality among all animal populations as well. In this sense, parasitic disease is an important ecological force... Read >
Author: peterhutch20th May 2008
Our nutrition starts with the soil. Man will be forever dependent on the iron laws of nature, because the soil produces all his nutrition, as our body is adapted through millions of generations to this natural food. When man disturbs the biological balanc... Read >
Author: Clara Nolt20th May 2008
Our nutrition starts with the soil. Man will be forever dependent on the iron laws of nature, because the soil produces all his nutrition, as our body is adapted through millions of generations to this natural food. When man disturbs the biological balanc... Read >
Author: Clara Nolt15th May 2008
Dengue fever is a flu-like illness spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often fatal, complication of dengue fever.
Dengue has been called the most important mosquito-transmitted viral disease in terms of morb... Read >
Author: Corwin Brown14th May 2008
Amebiasis is an intestinal illness that's typically transmitted when someone eats or drinks something that's contaminated with a microscopic parasite called Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica). The parasite is an amoeba, a single-celled organism. That'... Read >
Author: peterhutch02nd April 2008
High blood pressure if left unchecked results in increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and leads to target organ damage such as LVH, retinal changes and vascular changes. The main objective in the management of hypertension is prevention of tar... Read >
Author: Armughan Riaz27th March 2008
Inhalation injury increases the morbidity and mortality of burns significantly. Inhalation injury is a vague term used to describe a wide range of problems and lung airways in the context of thermal damage. Inhalation injury in 3 ways: (1) by the cells of... Read >
Author: Alien27th March 2008
A heart attack (also known as a myocardial infarction) is the death of heart muscle from the sudden blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot.. The term myocardial infarction is derived from myocardium (the heart muscle) and infarction (tissue death d... Read >
Author: Alien22nd January 2008
Traumatic aortic rupture also called traumatic aortic disruption and transection. Traumatic aortic rupture (TAR) is a life-threatening injury. The injury is usually caused by high speed impacts such as those that occur in vehicle collisions and serious fa... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen22nd January 2008
Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in sickle cell disease (SCD). People with sickle cell disease are susceptible to a broad array of health problems. Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder in which red blood ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen21st January 2008
My first introduction to AIDS came through the news reports of a boy named Ryan White who had contracted the disease through a blood treatment for his hemophilia. I was only 10 or 11 at the time this story was making headlines, but I distinctly remember w... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer19th January 2008
With all the news about the dangers of prescription drugs - especially opioid painkillers like OxyContin, methadone and morphine - you would think people would be using less of them. However, judging by the statistics, including the number of people going... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart11th May 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... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola12th December 2006
Diabetes Mellitus: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most costly burdensome chronic diseases of our time and is condition that is increasing in epidemic population in the whole world. The complications resulting from the diseases are a significant cause of ... Read >
Author: Dr John Anne17th August 2006
Hypertension is one of the most common worldwide disease afflicting humans. It is diagnosed when blood pressure readings are higher even after the visit at two doctors. This doesn't have any symptoms. But it is a serious condition and is a primary cause o... Read >
Author: Good Health21st May 2006
Two of the most prevalent tick-transmitted discases in dogs are Babesiosis
and Ehrlichiosis, which are and a fairly common cause of morbidity and mortality
in South Asia.
While Babesiosis is caused by either of the protozoal parasites Babesia
giubs... Read >
Author: Babu Banik11th December 2005
The biggest problem we face in America today is not terrorism – it is obesity. This is according to Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in America. And it seems much of this problem is happening in a slow and creep... Read >
Author: Karen Cole30th November 2005
Introducing the Behavior Risk Assessment Screen (BRAS) for Patients with Multiple Addictions.
By James Slobodzien, Psy.D., CSAC
With the end of the Cold War, the threat of a world nuclear war has diminished considerably. It may be hard to imagine t... Read >
Author: James Slobodzien10th August 2005
Salt Therapy and its European well-known beneficial effects in respiratory diseases Copyright 2005 Livia Tiba
The benefits of salt therapy (also called Halotherapy) or speleotherapy are well known and documented in Europe. Halotherapy uses dry aeroso... Read >
Author: Livia Tiba23rd June 2005
Introduction
Due both to the stigma and the awareness program attached with it, now AIDS has become a common household term. There are very less people who actually know that the exact word is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS in short. Because... Read >
Author: Mansi Gupta
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