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One of the most often cited benefits of socialized health care is that the program is available for all persons, regardless of social or economic standing. This type of universal health care appears to lessen the chance that a person with no health insurance will choose to not seek health care in ...

The study of a communicable disease may intersect with issues of sewage systems, weather patterns, vaccinations, available medical care, public education, travel restrictions, water purity, and social interactions. Health officials work to inform the public on high-risk epidemics, such as one strain ...

Monocytes are a type of leukocyte or white blood cell which play a role in immune system function. Depending on a patient's level of health, monocytes make up between one and three percent of the total white blood cells in the body. They can be counted as part of a blood test, and changes in their ...

An actual iodine allergy is extraordinarily rare. Some show signs of sensitivity to iodine with nausea, flushing, fever, or some labored breathing. In most cases, this sensitivity, particularly to injected iodine is labeled iodine allergy. This however, is something of a misnomer. Very few are ...

Styes are not detrimental to the eyes or to eyesight. Pain will occur, followed by a swelling or redness. The eye area will also be tender to the touch. Some stye sufferers find that the whole eye area becomes swollen, while for others, only the infected area swells. The eye may also tend to water ...

A person who wants to become a chiropodist or podiatrist must go to medical school and obtain a medical degree specializing in chiropody or podiatry. Medical school is usually followed by residency, which is a hands-on form of schooling that is a sort of on-the-job training. After residency, the ...

Cystic Fibrosis is a chronic, progressive, and often fatal genetic disease of the body's mucus glands. Symptoms sometimes include abnormal heart rhythms, malnutrition, poor growth, frequent respiratory infections, and breathing difficulties. Cystic Fibrosis can also cause other medical problems ...

There are a number of symptoms associated with liver cancer. Some of the most common symptoms include bloating and a feeling of abdominal fullness for no apparent reason. Weakness, fatigue, and unexplained fever are also signs of liver cancer, as is a dull pain in the upper portion of the abdomen ...

Pulmonary Fibrosis involves the overgrowth, hardening, and/or scarring of lung tissue due to excess collagen. The most common variation of this disease is Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, which is lung fibrosis from unknown causes. Common symptoms include shortness of breath, a chronic dry cough ...

A cyst may be caused by a defect during fetal development, an infection or some unknown reason. Many people may notice small, hard lumps under their forearms or wrists, for example. These lumps are actually a form of cyst called a sebaceous cyst. A lump in the wrist may be a ganglion cyst. Some ...