Disease and Condition:
Research and publications on disease and conditions.
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Coffee consumption is found by researchers to protect the liver from scarring in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
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Three-year-old Isabella Maria Santorum, the daughter of presidential candidate Rick Santorum, has trisomy 18, an often-fatal condition that appears in about 1 out of every 3,000 live births.
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Researchers have discovered lab tests that allow them to detect MS in its early stages.
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Gallbladder removal for gallstones may be unnecessary in the near future, because a new device has been developed that sucks out the gallstones.
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While adequate vitamin D levels have an impact on reducing inflammatory activity and fighting infections, supplementation with high doses does not appear to reduce the number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, despite these two conditions being problems with these patients.
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A new report reveals another horror associated with bath salts--a case of flesh-eating infection in a 34-year-old woman who injected the illicit drug.
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Only about 10% of Huntington's disease cases affect children, and 9-year-old Kathleen Edward was one of those children.
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A hormone manufactured in the gut may help with weight loss, finds a new study. The hormone, GLP-1 helps control blood sugars. GLP-1 agonists, also suppresses appetite. In a BMJ study, University of Copenhagen researchers found targeting the gut hormone helped people lose weight. They also found giving GLP-1 agonists helped lower cholesterol and blood pressure.
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India has reached a milestone in their efforts to eradicate polio. Through intensive immunization and surveillance, it has been one year since India has seen a case of polio.
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Stephen Hawking, the world-famous physicist and cosmologist, has defied ALS, a devastating disease that typically takes its victims within 3 to 5 years of diagnosis. What is ALS?
