Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Normally, your bone marrow produces immature cells (stem cells) in a controlled way, and they mature and specialize into the various types of blood cells, as needed. In people with acute lymphocytic leukemia, this ... [... more]
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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Normally, your bone marrow produces immature cells (stem cells) in a controlled way, and they mature and specialize into the various types of blood cells as needed. In people with acute myelogenous leukemia, the bone ... [... more]
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Allergy, Latex
Latex allergy is a reaction to certain proteins found in natural rubber latex, a product manufactured from a milky fluid derived from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) found in Africa and Southeast Asia. If you ... [... more]
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles. It may begin with muscle twitching or weakness in an arm or leg, or with slurring of ... [... more]
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Amblyopia
The brain and eyes work together to produce vision. If the brain favors one eye -- usually due to poor vision in the other eye -- the weaker eye tends to wander inward or outward. Eventually, the brain may ignore the ... [... more]
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Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever
The origin of Ebola and Marburg viruses isn't known, but the viruses that cause other hemorrhagic fevers are transmitted to humans by animals or insects. In some but not all cases, viral hemorrhagic fevers can then ... [... more]
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Blood Pressure, Low
Many people who have low blood pressure (hypotension) are healthy and have no signs or symptoms related to lower than normal readings. But for others, low blood pressure can cause dizziness and fainting or indicate ... [... more]
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Breast Infection
Sometimes mastitis leads a mother mistakenly to wean her baby before she intends to. But you can continue breast-feeding while you have mastitis. Gain a better understanding of this condition, including how it's ... [... more]
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Each year, about 10,000 people in the United States receive a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A decade ago, doctors thought chronic lymphocytic leukemia always affected older adults and rarely posed enough ... [... more]
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Any type of cancer can be frightening, of course. And unfortunately, CML is not a solid tumor that can be surgically removed. But the good news is that the prognosis for people with chronic myelogenous leukemia may ... [... more]
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Cancer, Hairy Cell Leukemia
Hairy cell leukemia is a rare, slow-growing cancer of the blood in which your bone marrow makes too many B cells (lymphocytes), a type of white blood cell that fights infection. These abnormal cells look "hairy" ... [... more]
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Cancer, Hodgkin's Disease
Hodgkin's disease most commonly affects people between the ages of 15 and 40 and people older than age 55. It's one of two common types of cancers of the lymphatic system. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the other type, is ... [... more]
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