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Uterine Fibroids - Symptoms And Treatment

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:21:54 CST

Uterine fibroids are benign tumors that are made up of the muscle and connective tissue from the wall of the uterus -- a woman's womb. Fibroids may grow as a single nodule or in clusters and may range in size from 1mm to more than 20cm (8 inches) in diameter.

Most fibroids occur in women of reproductive age, and according to some estimates, they are diagnosed in black women two to three times more frequently than in white women. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), at le
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Gestational Diabetes - Symptoms And Treatments

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:16:51 CST

Diabetes affects over 8% of the US population and statistics show that there are over 10,000 new diabetes cases being reported every single day. Currently, there is no known certified cure for diabetes although medical research has made tremendous strides in ensuring the survivability of diabetes patients. The disease can not only be prevented but it can also be treated.

This condition, which results from the body's inability to produce insulin or when insulin is produced, the body cannot pr
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Triglycerides - Causes And Treatment

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:16:14 CST

The simple term for triglycerides is the fat which is stored in our bodies. When we eat carbohydrates, they are converted into glucose to use for our daily energy. Any excess glucose is sent to the liver and converted into glycogen which is stored in muscle tissue. Once your capacity for storing a ready amount of glycogen in the muscles is reached, any further glycogen is sent back to the liver and converted into triglycerides which are stored as body fat. Some triglycerides, however, remain in
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Spinal Cord Injury - Exercise And Treatment

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:11:22 CST

Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when a traumatic event causes damage to the spinal cord, hindering the relay of nerve messages throughout your body. Different types of SCI are contusions, the bruising of spinal cord; compression, caused by pressure to the spinal cord; lacerations, tearing of the nerve fibers; central cord syndrome, a damage specific to the corticospinal tract, the cervical region in the spinal cord. Effects of SCI are paralysis, where you lose control of voluntary movements; los
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Cosmetic Surgery

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:48:25 CST

When we hear the word cosmetic, it totally indicates towards the context of our skin and body appearance. There are many ways in which a person's appearance can be transformed. One of them is cosmetic surgery which involves plastic surgery and various other facial bone related surgeries which help to reconstruct the distorted part of the body. This type of surgery is a very advanced and developed type of medical specialty which is concerned with the restoration as well as rectification of the bo
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Vitiligo - Cure And Treatment

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:40:29 CST

Vitiligo is a common skin disease. The incidence of Vitiligo is one in one hundred in developed countries. Male to female ratio is same. No specific ethnic tendency is seen.

Vitiligo is a non infectious disease. So it can not be stopped as such with any therapy. Response of disease varies a lot. There are not special clinical features. Vitiligo can cause severe psychological disturbance for patients, if there is face involvement. The disease more noticeable on dark skin. The course of disease
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Blisters - Causes And Treatment

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:32:40 CST

The logic behind handling the genital herpes blister with care is just very simple. Break it and the infection will transfer to its adjacent areas where the fluid coming from inside the blister had its way. Because of the highly contagious and infectious behavior of this virus, the part of the skin where the fluid from the blister passes will be easily infected.

Blisters tend to break out on the area of skin where there are frequent rubbing. In response to this rubbing, a fluid filled layer c
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Arrhythmias - Causes And Treatment

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:19:01 CST

An arrhythmia is an irregular change in the beating pattern of the heart. Sinus arrhythmia is what can be defined as the anxious state of the slowing down of the heart while breathing out or during expiration and increasing of the heart beat while inhaling or during inspiration. This abnormality could prove to be dangerous and if remained uncured might as well lead to the death of the patient.

It is possible for sinus arrhythmia to strike at any age. Although, the condition is more common in
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Tetanus

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:45:16 CST

If you visit a doctor or general practitioner on a regular basis, then you should have received a tetanus vaccination within the past ten years. However, you may not know what tetanus is, what causes this type of infection, and how to treat it. Since this illness can be quite deadly if no medical attention is sought, it is important for people to be aware of how tetanus is spread and what its symptoms are.

Tetanus can be a very serious sequel to an injury with broken skin or a puncture wound.
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Diabetes - Causes and Treatment

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:38:25 CST

A side effect of several forms of diabetes medications, such as Metformin and Exenatide (Byetta), has been observed to be a decrease in appetite. This side effect is not an unpleasant one, necessarily, as it seems to make losing weight a little bit easier for the diabetes sufferers who are taking these types of drugs. For one thing, weight loss is often the goal of diabetes sufferers, since diabetes symptoms worsen when there is too much weight on the body, but for another thing, it is good for
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