The human immunodeficiency virus more commonly refered to as HIV is a sexually transmitted disease though it can aksi be transmitted through the use of contaminated needles, contact with infected bloodor an infected mother can pass it to her child during pregnacy, childbirth or breast feeding…
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One of the most frequently asked questions peole have when diagnosed with cancer is how? What caused it? Unfortunately as yet no one has been able to determine the exact cause of any of the leukemias. However, researchers have determined that there are certain risk factors that can increase your chance of getting some form of leukemia…
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As medical science and care as well as living conditions improved the incidence of TB decreased significantly and by the 1960’s the mortality rate in children had significantly declined and it was nearly erradicated in the US. However, in recent years TB has been making a come back everywhere including the US. ..
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Addison’s disease is a disorder of the endocrine system. The endocrine system iss the system of glands that produce the different hormones in our body’s, like the thyroid gland. In addisons disease the adrenal glands are affected. They do not produce enough of the steroid hormones, specifically cortisol and aldosterone…
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A friend once told me that for her the only thing that was scarier than having a child with down syndrome was knowing she was going to have a child with down syndrome and waiting fir her to arrive. Then she explained that the reason she wasn’t as afraid when her baby was born was because she had used the ‘waiting time’ to educate herself and her family on down syndrome…
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Down syndrome is a genetic disorder also called trisomy 21. It occurs in approximately 1 out of every 800 births and is the most common cause of cognitive impairment. Down Syndrome occurs in both males and females as well as all ethnic groups.
We all receive 23 chromosomes from each parent at conception…
Chrons disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that is a chronic lifelong illness. Crohns disease affects our digestive system and though it is most commonly found in the small intestine it can affect any part of the digestive system from the mouth through to the anus. Crohns disease affects approximately 2 million people in the US and the number is rising…
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Where osteoarthritis affects the cartilage in the joints, osteoporosis affects the bone, more specifically the density of the bone(s).
Osteoporosis literally means “porous bone”. Osteoporosis affectsover 55% of the people in the US 50years and older. It affects women more than men, approximately 80% of all diagnosed cases are women…