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Eating Disorders | 7706 Members |
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An eating disorder is a compulsion in which the main problem is a person eats in a way which disturbs their physical health. The eating may be too excessive (compulsive over-eating), too limited (restricting), may include normal e...
Category: Mental Health & Addiction
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Ebola | 6 Members |
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Ebola is a virus of the Filoviridae family which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever, a fatal disease in humans. The virus comes from the Filoviridae family, of which Marburg virus is also a member. The natural host of the virus, proba...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Ectodermal Dysplasia | 12 Members |
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Ectodermal dysplasia is not a single disorder, but a group of closely related conditions. More than 150 different syndromes have been identified.
Ectodermal Dysplasias are described as "heritable conditions in which there are a...
Category: Genetic & Metabolic
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Eczema | 840 Members |
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Eczema is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the upper layers of the skin. The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent or recurring skin rashes characterized by redness, skin edema, itching and dryness, with ...
Category: Skin & Hair
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome | 124 Members |
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of rare genetic disorders caused by a defect in collagen synthesis. Depending on the individual mutation, the severity of the disease can vary from mild to life-threatening. There is no known cure...
Category: Skin & Hair
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Empty Nests | 349 Members |
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Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of depression and loneliness that parents/other guardian relatives feel when one or more of their children leave home. While more common in women, it can happen to both sexes. The marriage ...
Category: Personal Challenges
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Encephalitis | 34 Members |
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Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused by a viral infection. Sometimes, encephalitis can result from a bacterial infection, such as bacterial meningitis, or it may be a complication of other infectious...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Endometriosis | 2228 Members |
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Endometriosis is a common medical condition where the tissue lining the uterus (the endometrium, from endo, "inside", and metra, "womb") is found outside of the uterus, typically affecting other organs in the pelvis. The condition...
Category: Women's Health
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Enlarged Prostate | 61 Members |
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) also known as Benign prostatic hypertrophy or Benign enlargement of the prostate (BEP) refers to the increase in size of the prostate in middle-aged and elderly men. To be accurate, the process i...
Category: Men's Health
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Environmental Allergies | 682 Members |
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An allergy can refer to several kinds of immune reactions including Type I hypersensitivity in which a person's body is hypersensitised and develops IgE type antibodies to typical proteins. When a person is hypersensitised, these ...
Category: Allergies & Immunity
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Epilepsy & Seizures | 1919 Members |
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Epilepsy (often referred to as a seizure disorder) is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. The condition is named from the Greek epilepsis ("to take a firm grip on"). It is commonly cont...
Category: Brain & Nervous System
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Esophageal Cancer | 84 Members |
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Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes. Esophageal tumors usually lead to dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain and other symptoms, and is diagnosed with biopsy. Small and localized tumors a...
Category: Cancers
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Essential Tremor | 150 Members |
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Essential Tremor (ET) is a neurological disorder characterized by shaking of hands (and sometimes other parts of the body including the head), evoked by intentional movements. The incidence is unknown, but is estimated to be as co...
Category: Brain & Nervous System
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Euthanasia | 39 Members |
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Euthanasia (from Greek: "good death") refers to assisted dying. The assistance ends the life of a person or an animal in a painless or minimally painful way. Euthanasia is most often performed in a merciful way, in order to end su...
Category: Death & Dying
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Eye Cancers (Retinoblastomas) | 4 Members |
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Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the retina. Development of this tumor is initiated by mutations that inactivate both copies of the RB1 gene, which codes for the retinoblastoma protein.
Until recently the only treatment was to rem...
Category: Ears, Eyes & Mouth
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