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Symptoms of colorectal cancer
Doctors recommend going for check-ups from time to time after the age of 50, in order to detect early any possible presence of cancer. Colorectal presence gives symptoms after a few years since installation occurred, that is why screenings should be...
Some drugs, like Bextra are suspectable of provoking heart attacks and strokes
Studies revealed that Vioxx, a cox-2 inhibitor increases the risks of heart attacks and strokes. As a result of this situation, this drug had to be recalled from the US market. Bextra, another cox-2 inhibitor, which belongs to the same drug category...
Signs and symptoms of autism and autistic disorders
Autism is the most classical condition from the group of autism spectrum diseases, including the Asperger syndrome, the Rett syndrome, the Childhood disintegrative disorder and the pervasive developmental disorder. The most important and frequent ch...
Questions and Answers about bird flu(avian Influenza)
Bird Flu is an infectious disease of birds that can also affect people. It can present mild or severe forms of illness. The only subtype that can cause severe illness to people is Influenza A /H5N1 virus, initially it affects chickens, ducks and oth...
Pregnancy and hepatitis B
There is a big question raised when thinking about hepatitis B: can infants risk to loose their immunoprophylaxis if breast feed by mothers that carry the hepatitis B virus? This is one of the most often asked question when new mothers with hepatiti...
Keep your kids healthy by taking care of what they eat
Due to the tempting foods which are produced nowadays our kids get to be overweight and even obese as time goes by. After that in the blood the level of cholesterol will increase and will cause a lot of problems to the children now or during adultho...
Hospital care for Anorexia Nervosa
Family and caretakers of patients with Nervous Anorexia must always consider hospitalization as the most benefic way to save them from starving themselves. Although the patients will try to avoid hospitalization and look for other treatment options,...
Diagnosing appendicitis in children
Appendicitis is an inflammatory disease of the intestinal annexes called appendix and occurs due to obstruction causing infection and an increased bacterial growth. About 20-30% of the appendicitis cases in children evolve with abdominal perforation...
What triggers eczema?
There are many people that suffer from eczema and do not really know the reason why their eczema flares- up from time to time. However, there is reason to believe that in some cases of eczema, irritants are the cause of the eczema flare- ups. There...