Ect & Other Brain Stimulation
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): Treating severe depression and mental illness ... [... more]
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Herpes Zoster
Although painful, typically shingles isn't a serious condition. Sometimes, however, the rash can lead to a debilitating complication called postherpetic neuralgia. This condition causes the skin to remain painful and ... [... more]
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Cancer, Vulvar
More than 90 percent of vulvar cancers are squamous cell carcinomas -- a type of skin cancer -- that develop slowly over years and are preceded by precancerous changes in the surface of your skin. A small percentage ... [... more]
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Epidural Hematoma
Your brain floats within your skull and is surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid, which cushions it from the bounces of everyday movement. But the fluid may not be able to absorb the force of a sudden blow or a quick ... [... more]
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Slide Show: How To Check Your Blood Sugar
To test your blood sugar, you'll need a lancing device with a lancing tip for finger or alternate-site sticks, a test strip and your glucose meter. Lancing device cap for alternate-site sticks Slide show: How to check your blood sugar [... more]
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Cutting/Self-Injury
For people who can't fathom deliberately hurting themselves, self-injury may seem shocking and frightening. But for people who do injure themselves by cutting or other means, self-injury offers a momentary sense of ... [... more]
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Lyme Disease
Since then, Lyme disease has spread across the United States. Although cases have been reported in almost every state, the disease remains heavily concentrated in three main areas: the Northeast, upper Midwest and ... [... more]
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Craniosynostosis
Craniosynostosis is a birth defect in which one or more of the fibrous joints between the bones of an infant's skull close prematurely, before the infant's brain is fully formed. As a result of craniosynostosis, your baby's brain can't grow in ... [... more]
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Types Of Diabetes And Diabetes Risk Factors
Diabetes prevention: Can Avandia or other drugs prevent diabetes? ... [... more]
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Hypercalcemia
The main cause of hypercalcemia is overactivity in one or more of the four glands that regulate calcium in your body (parathyroid glands). Women older than 50 are most likely to develop hypercalcemia caused by overactive parathyroid glands. Other ... [... more]
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Bell's Palsy
The problem can occur at any age. Bell's palsy occurs more often in pregnant women, in people with diabetes or upper respiratory ailments, such as the flu or a cold, and in people with conditions that compromise ... [... more]
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Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of rare inherited muscle diseases in which muscle fibers are unusually susceptible to damage. Muscles, primarily voluntary muscles, become progressively weaker. In the late stages ... [... more]
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