Frozen shoulder
Frozen shoulder - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this painful joint condition. Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, is a condition characterized by stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint. As the ... [... more]
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Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetal alcohol syndrome - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, prevention of these preventable birth defects. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a condition that results from prenatal alcohol exposure. If you drink during pregnancy, you ... [... more]
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Food allergy
Food allergy - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, testing and treatment of this adverse food reaction. Although many people have bad reactions to certain foods, a true food allergy - a reaction triggered by the immune system - isn't as ... [... more]
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Dissociative disorders
Dissociative disorders - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of these mental health conditions. Compelling books, movies and plays often are enjoyable because they allow you to escape from yourself for a short while. As ... [... more]
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Vitamin deficiency anemia
Vitamin deficiency anemia - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this type of anemia. Your body needs vitamins - nutrients found in most foods - for many reasons, including producing healthy red blood cells. If your body ... [... more]
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers
Viral hemorrhagic fevers - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment, prevention of these sometimes deadly diseases. Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are caused by viruses from four distinct families and range in severity from relatively ... [... more]
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Bird flu (avian influenza)
Bird flu - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and prevention of this infectious disease. Bird flu has led to the deaths of hundreds of millions of wild and domestic birds and to a small number of human deaths. Right now, however, bird ... [... more]
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Mitral valve prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment of this heart disorder. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common heart disorder. It occurs when the valve between your heart's left upper chamber (left atrium) ... [... more]
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Folliculitis
Folliculitis - Comprehensive overview covers causes, symptoms and treatments. Includes picture. With common names like hot tub folliculitis and barber's itch, folliculitis may sound more like a bad joke than a skin disorder. But folliculitis, an ... [... more]
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Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy - Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatment of this usually temporary facial paralysis. You wake up one morning, and your face feels stiff and odd. When you look in a mirror, half your face appears to droop. You can only manage ... [... more]
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Fecal incontinence
Fecal incontinence - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment for this sometimes-difficult-to-discuss disorder. Fecal incontinence is the inability to control your bowel movements, causing stool (feces) to leak unexpectedly from ... [... more]
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Hip fracture
Hip fracture - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, complications, treatment, prevention of a broken hip. You can break your hip at any age, but hip fractures are most common in people older than 65. As you age, your bones slowly lose minerals ... [... more]
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