Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs. The air sacs may fill with fluid or pus (purulent material) causing cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing.
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Adolescent medicine, also known as adolescent and young adult medicine, is a medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development.
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Postpartum thyroiditis happens when a person's thyroid gland becomes inflamed within 1 year of delivering a baby or having a miscarriage or abortion. This condition affects a small percentage of pregnant people.
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Huntington's Disease Awareness Month!
Huntington’s disease is a genetic disorder that has no cure. It causes a progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain leading to the deterioration of a person’s physical, mental, and emotional abilities.
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World Diabetes Day (WDD) is the primary global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus.
WDD is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and each World Diabetes Day focuses on a theme related to diabetes.
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Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that the body needs for good health but in the right amounts. Lipoproteins are small round particles made of lipids (fats) and proteins.
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Hepatitis B is a viral infection that affects liver. It causes inflammation in the liver tissues, which is what “hepatitis” means. It begins as an acute infection that’s usually short-lived.
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Clinical cardiac electrophysiology, is a branch of the medical specialty of cardiology concerned with the study and treatment of rhythm disorders of the heart. Cardiologists with expertise in this area are usually referred to as electrophysiologists.
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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that’s triggered when eat gluten a protein found in wheat, barley, and other grains. The condition is also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
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Shigella infection is an intestinal infection caused by a family of bacteria known as shigella. The main sign of shigella infection is diarrhea which often is bloody. It is very contagious.
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Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. It happens when the body's immune system attacks the blood vessel by mistake. It can happen because of an infection, a medicine, or another disease.
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Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ.
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Uterine fibroids growths made of muscle and tissue that form in or on the wall in uterus. These growths are usually not cancerous and are the most common noncancerous tumor in women and people assigned female at birth.
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West Nile virus is a viral infection carried by mosquitoes. It belongs to a group of viruses called flaviviruses. A person infected with the virus may have no symptoms.
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Acanthosis nigricans is a skin condition characterised by a velvety papillomatous overgrowth of the epidermis. Darkening and thickening of the skin occurs mainly in the flexural areas, inframammary regions, and the neck.
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