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Women who are pregnant and had intercourse with multiple partners may have huge questions surrounding their child's paternity. With modern technology at your disposal, you can be quite sure that you are able to find out beyond a shadow of a doubt who your child's father is -- but if you are in this

A nasty pimple on the buttocks is a more common problem than many people might think. Usually pimples on the butt cheeks are caused by staphor strep infections, while cysts under the skin are due to acne bacteria. Here's how you tell the difference and what you do. 1. Staph infections tend to form

I personally had good luck with allergy shots. As a child, teenager, and young adult, I was plagued by hay fever and asthma. Whether I lived on the US East Coast, the West Coast, or the middle of the country, there was always something to which I was allergic, all year long. Then at the age of 18

There is an amazing collection of complaints that can cause dizziness, nausea with or without vomiting, diarrhea, racing heart, and anxiety, or some combination of these symptoms. You can't get a medical diagnosis from an article on the Internet, even this one, but here are some additional

Hypothyroidism represents a low blood level of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4). This condition can be caused by disturbances in the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and thyroid gland, so there are three types of hypothyroidism: primary, secondary, and tertiary. No matter the reason, low circulating

Thyroidectomy is a surgical procedure of removing some parts or the whole thyroid gland. This type of treatment is necessary in some forms of hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer, and enlargement of the thyroid gland. Surgeons always look for ways to keep as much thyroid tissue as possible because it

Depersonalization disorder (DPD) is a psychiatric condition in which a person has a distorted perception of reality or perceives things and/or persons differently than they actually are. Unlike schizophrenic patients, these persons are aware that something in their perception is going wrong

Implanon is one of the novel implantable contraceptives which contains etonogestrel as an active substance. Etonogestrel is one of the progestins (synthetic progesterone analogues) which are gradually released from the implant, so that its optimal concentration can be achieved. It has been used

The abdomen is an important part of the human body and it contains important organs like stomach, intestines, liver, and gallbladder. It is also known to be very sensitive, because most of the inside of the abdomen is covered by a mucus membrane. The mucus membrane is a very sensitive layer of the

When you work out to build muscle, getting the right kind of protein in the right amount at the right time is essential. Muscles use protein to rebuild the fibers that give them strength. They use glucose (sugar) and water to make the glycogen that "pumps them up" so they become visibly larger. You