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Jul 24, 2008
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by Jane23
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Salmonella food poisoning is a food poisoning caused by the Salmonella bacterium. The infection causes swelling of the lining of the stomach and intestines (gastroenteritis) leading to symptoms such as fever, which is almost always present, headache, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and nausea.
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Salmonella bacterium causes one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States and Europe – Salmonellosis ...
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Jul 24, 2008
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by Jane23
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Feeling tired is a normal occurrence considering our busy and stressful life-styles. We all feel tired occasionally. Taking some time to rest, relax as well as a good night sleep should resolve the problem in most people and get them back on track with the every day activities. However, for some, tiredness can be a more serious problem. At any given time, 1 in every 5 people feel unusually tired, and 1 in 10 have prolonged fatigue. The problems c ...
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Jun 30, 2008
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by heidi
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Constipation is a common and very frustrating problem in children. It is defined as passing dry or hard stool or having painful bowel movements each couple of days. Babies usually squawk and strain during bowel movements, which occur each two or three days. If the child’s stool is soft but not regular, it is not called constipation, it is infrequent bowel movements. Only if the stool becomes hard and painful can we talk about constipation. ...
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Jun 30, 2008
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by heidi
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Esophagitis, inflammation of the lining of the esophagus, that tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach, can get pretty uncomfortable if left untreated. Untreated esophagitis can cause problems swallowing, ulcers and even scarring of the esophagus. If complications occur, esophagitis could lead to development of so-called "Barrett's esophagus", which predisposes a patient to the cancer of the esophagus.Most people will not ...
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Jun 20, 2008
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by lkrieger
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Plastic surgery has undergone a change lately. When I first started training 15 years ago, I met only a few men who wanted to go under the knife. Plastic surgery was the domain of young women working on their bodies, and women over 35 refreshing their faces. Men picked up their wives and girlfriends after the procedures. They stayed away from the operating room themselves. Not anymore. Last year more than 1,000,000 men had plastic su ...
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Jun 14, 2008
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by Jane23
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Elavil (Amitriptyline, Endep) is a part of a drug group called tricyclic antidepressants. Tricyclic antidepressants increase the availability of three different neurotransmitters thought of being responsible for mood. There are different indications for this drug. It can be prescribed for treating depression, bulimia, chronic pain caused by fibromyalgia, neuropathic nerve pain and other conditions, severe IBS, reducing the incidence of chronic he ...
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Jun 07, 2008
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by simone
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The sciatic is the longest nerve in the body, beginning from nerve roots in the lumbar part of the spinal cord (lower part of the back) and extending through the buttock area to send nerve endings down to the legs. It connects the spinal cord and the leg/feet muscles.Pain resulting from irritation of the sciatic nerve is called sciatica. It is a symptom rather than a disorder itself. It is important to understand this because it is the underlying ...
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Jun 06, 2008
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by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
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When children are severely physically or sexually abused, they often cope with the abuse through some form of dissociation. Dissociation is on a continuum, from temporarily leaving the body to fragmentation into different parts, as in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Dissociation allows the child to separate out from the experience in order to tolerate it. Dissociation causes the abusive event becomes repressed, which means that it becomes u ...
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Jun 01, 2008
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by simone
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The word “ganglion” means “knot” and is in this case used to indicate the knot-like mass that forms below the surface of the skin. A cyst is a sac of fluid. Ganglion cysts are filled with a thick, sticky, clear, colorless, jellylike material. Their size may vary and it influences if the cysts will feel firm or spongy.A ganglion cyst may occur as one large cyst or many smaller ones. Multiple smaller cysts can often gi ...
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May 23, 2008
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by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
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Did one or both of your parents make you responsible for their feelings? Did they come to you with their problems about the other parent? Did they lead you to believe that you could say or do something that would make them feel okay or make them feel badly? Did they say things like, "You make me so happy," or "You make me so angry," or "You are hurting me"?This is emotional incest. It has deep repercussions later in ...
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