Medical Science

The term “cure for cancer” is misleading, as it implies that there could be one drug against every kind of cancer in each and every individual. In case of this interpretation, it is clear that there can be no cure…
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To treat a disease it is important to treat its cause. The basic cause behind Hashimoto’s disease is faulty immune system which attacks the thyroid gland and causes its inflammation and under activity which is called hypothyroidism. Up until now…
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Tips for living with COPD COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is a disease state characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible(Smeltzer). This can include emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It is the fifth leading cause of death in the…
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AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER When Hakaru Hashimoto was 35, he gave up what was beginning to be a very bright academic career to go back home and take over the family practice. Because his family needed him. It was Hakaru Hashimoto…
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Alzheimer’s disease has been with humanity forever. It was first described in 1906 by a psychiatrist named, you guessed, Alois Alzheimer! But the disease had been around so much longer than that. I think most of us have been affected…
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Thanks to a friend for this question: “My good gal friend just found out she has stage 3 throat cancer – which hasn’t yet been confirmed, but her doctor is a specialist and was pretty certain. I would like to…
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Brittle diabetes is known as labile diabetes or unstable diabetes. Persons with this diabetes type have rapid swings in their blood sugars from the extreme highs to the extreme lows. It is very complicated for a doctor to treat, and…
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Diabetes treatments are sure much better today than they were hundreds of years or even several years ago. I would have hated to have had diabetes back even several years before, when meters where big and hard to use, and…
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The thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped gland in the throat (see a picture). The thyroid uses the mineral iodine to produce hormones that are involved in the regulation of a number of physiological processes, including metabolism and calcium balance….
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Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that results in shaking, unsteady gait, and difficulty with walking, coordination and movement.  It is caused by degeneration of the neurons in the Substantia Nigra of the brain.  Over…
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