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by Piter
Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What Is Aicardi Syndrome?
Replies: 1
Views: 531

Re: What Is Aicardi Syndrome?

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Further patient study demonstrated other less consistent characteristics outside the classic triad of findings. These additional characteristics include abnormal facies, cleft lip and palate, vertebral body abnormalities, and abnormalities of neuronal migration.Although cases occur throughout ...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What are Universal Spectacles?
Replies: 1
Views: 639

Re: What are Universal Spectacles?

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Universal spectacles, also referred to as U-specs, are glasses containing self-adjustable corrective lenses set inside a one-size-fits-all frame. The concept of Universal spectacles is to provide affordable vision correction to children with impaired vision in developing countries.The goal of ...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:56 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is Diabetic Gastroparesis?
Replies: 1
Views: 555

Re: What is Diabetic Gastroparesis?

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Gastroparesis can cause additional health problems for people who have diabetes. When food finally does leave the stomach and enter the small intestine, there is a rise in blood sugar levels. Gastroparesis can make it difficult for the person with diabetes to control his or her blood sugar ...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:55 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What Is Brain Training?
Replies: 1
Views: 592

Re: What Is Brain Training?

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Exercise is the key to good health, both for body and mind - and now there's finally a way to make mental exercise simple, fun, even competitive.The first time you play Brain Age, you'll take a series of tests and get a score that determines your DS brain age. Brain Age tracks your ...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What Is a Soy Allergy?
Replies: 1
Views: 565

Re: What Is a Soy Allergy?

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Soy allergy is an immune system response to soy protein that the body mistakenly believes is harmful. Once the immune system decides that soy protein is harmful, it creates specific antibodies to it. The next time the individual eats soy, the immune system releases massive amounts of ...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is Colitis?
Replies: 1
Views: 601

Re: What is Colitis?

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Ulcerative colitis is a disease that causes inflammation and sores, called ulcers, in the lining of the rectum and colon. Ulcers form where inflammation has killed the cells that usually line the colon, then bleed and produce pus. Inflammation in the colon also causes the colon to empty ...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is an HMO?
Replies: 1
Views: 573

Re: What is an HMO?

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Emergency visits are exempt from this referral limitation, of course, and in many cases women are able to choose an OB/GYN as well. An HMO member must receive the primary care physician's referral before seeing a specialist within the HMO network of providers. The HMO's network of ...
by Piter
Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:30 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is Cellulitis?
Replies: 1
Views: 579

Re: What is Cellulitis?

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While cuts and punctures of the skin are the most frequent means of contracting cellulitis, other conditions may also cause this infection.Since cellulitis spreads quickly and can lead to more serious infections, it is important to see a doctor if you suspect you have contracted it. Along ...
by Piter
Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:26 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What Is a Metabolic Cart?
Replies: 0
Views: 596

What Is a Metabolic Cart?

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The metabolic cart has many different uses within the medical community. This tool may be used in an Intensive care unit or emergency room in order to deduce more about the immediate condition of a patient .The medical community also looks at the overall success of the test in maintaining ...
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How Do I Prevent Tuberculosis?
Replies: 0
Views: 685

How Do I Prevent Tuberculosis?

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Tuberculosis is an infection that primarily affects the lungs, resulting in symptoms of coughing and sneezing, among others. The infection is therefore spread most often throughout the air, via droplets that are dispersed when a person coughs and sneezes.Another way to prevent tuberculosis is ...