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| 2010/08/29 |
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| Look a the side effects for a handful of medications and more likely than not, Constipation will be in the list. However, medical conditions can also slow the flow bringing discomfort and pain from this extremely common medical symptom. |
| tags constipation digestive disorders cramps pain digestion side-effect |
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| 2010/08/23 |
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| Since the time that there have been repetitive tasks, there has been Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), but with the adoption of an ever growing number of technologies in our daily lives, the number of ways in which technology can cause pain is growing. |
| tags RSI repetitive strain injury carpal tunnel wrist pain RMI CTD overuse |
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| 2010/08/15 |
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| When floods happen, one of the most dangerous risks to the greatest number of people is the risk of Cholera. If untreated, the condition can rapidly be fatal so as the waters continue to remain high in Pakistan so do the risks of a Cholera pandemic. |
| tags flood natural disaster cholera water contamination bacteria bacterial infection |
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| 2010/08/01 |
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| From its initial identification as a genetic disorder involving one gene in 1993, the advances made in understanding Huntington's Disease continue to accumulate rapidly. This is good news because such progress is not typical of a rare disease. |
| tags huntingtons dementia genetic disorder medical science degenerative aging |
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| 2010/07/24 |
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| Cataracts have been recognized as a medical condition for at least 4000 years and medical science is getting closer to understanding what causes them. As they learn more, prevention is increasingly becoming a more viable option. |
| tags cataract vision loss blindness prevention antioxidants aging |
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| 2010/07/03 |
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| As the second most common degenerative disease of the brain, Parkinson's is a condition for which considerable research is under way. However, while there is no cure yet, research is offering many ways to reduce the our risks for getting it. |
| tags parkinsons aging prevention dementia insecticides coffee fragility |
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| 2010/06/26 |
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| Though a recent report ranking the health care systems of 7 industrialized countries received the most attention because the US was in last place, other interesting results from the study bring into question patient-centered medicine. |
| tags patient-centered health care socialized health care private health care health rankings |
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| 2010/06/15 |
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| Though there are many idealistic visions of living to a "Ripe Old Age", reality has a tendency to mess up many plans. Conditions such as cancer and Alzheimers might immediately come to mind, but broken hip, not so much. |
| tags osteoporosis broken hip fragile bones embolism aging |
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| 2010/05/26 |
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| With roughly 1 in 10 people affected by migraines on a regular basis, many people know the suffering associated with the disorder. Though often dismissed as a bad headache, migraines do in fact pose a considerable economic problem for both individuals and society as a whole. |
| tags headache migraine aura stroke chronic pain health costs |
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| 2010/05/18 |
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| With the ability to change a life in only a few moments, a stroke is a highly destructive force that is the second leading cause of disability in first world nations. For those who survive new rehabilitation techniques offer the best hope. |
| tags stroke recovery brain injury rehabilitation mobility balance |
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