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Macular Degeneration | 100 Members |
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Macular degeneration is a medical condition where the light sensing cells in the macula malfunction and over time cease to work. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, it is the leading cause of central vision loss (b...
Category: Ears, Eyes & Mouth
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Malaria | 2 Members |
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Malaria is an infectious disease which causes about 350–500 million infections with humans and approximately 1.3–3 million deaths annually, mainly in the tropics.
Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodiu...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Male Breast Cancer | 8 Members |
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Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer can also occur in males, but here the incidence is very low, less than 1 percent.
Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. Worldwide, it i...
Category: Men's Health
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Male Infertility | 62 Members |
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Infertility is the inability to naturally conceive a child, and male infertility accounts for 30-40% of all fertility issues for couples struggling to build a family. Most problems center around sperm count and motility, although ...
Category: Men's Health
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Maple Syrup Urine Disease | 7 Members |
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Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an inherited metabolic disorder due to a deficiency of decarboxylase enzyme that leads to elevated concentrations of leucine, isoleucine, and valine (branched amino acids) in the blood and urine...
Category: Genetic & Metabolic
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Marfan Syndrome | 84 Members |
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Marfan syndrome is a connective tissue disorder characterized by unusually long limbs. The disease also affects other bodily structures — including the lungs, eyes, heart and blood vessels — in less obvious ways. It is named for A...
Category: Genetic & Metabolic
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Marijuana Addiction & Recovery | 1357 Members |
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The drug cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. The major active chemical compound tetrahydrocannabinol, commonl...
Category: Addiction & Recovery
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MCTD | 158 Members |
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Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) or Sharp's syndrome is a human autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body. MCTD combines features of polymyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic scleroderma a...
Category: Allergies & Immunity
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Medicaid | 132 Members |
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This community is dedicated to the pros and cons of Medicaid, and how to best take advantage of Medicaid to improve one's health. Medicaid is the US health insurance program for individuals and families with low incomes and resour...
Category: Personal Challenges
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Medical Mysteries | 191 Members |
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This community is dedicated to people who suffer from an illness that has been difficult to define. As advanced as modern medicine is, there still exist many cases where doctors cannot pinpoint an exact cause for pain or other sym...
Category: Personal Challenges
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Medicare | 114 Members |
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This community is dedicated to discussing the pros and cons of Medicare, and how best to use Medicare to improve your health. Medicare is the name given to a health insurance program administered by the United States government, c...
Category: Seniors
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Meniere's Disease | 268 Members |
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Meniere's disease (or syndrome, since its cause is unknown) was first described by French physician Prosper Meniere in 1861. It is a balance disorder of the inner ear.
The symptoms of Meniere's are variable; not all sufferers e...
Category: Brain & Nervous System
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Meningitis | 88 Members |
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Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. Although the most common causes are infection (bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic), chemical agents and even tumor cells may cause m...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Menopause | 1887 Members |
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Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advancing age in species that experience such cycles. Menopause is sometimes referred to as change of life or climacteric.
Category: Women's Health
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Mental Challenged | 162 Members |
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Mental retardation is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills ("milestones") during childhood, and a significantly below-normal global intellectual capacity as an adult. One common cri...
Category: Developmental & Learning Disorders
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Mesothelioma | 28 Members |
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Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant (cancerous) cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's interna...
Category: Cancers
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Meth Addiction & Recovery | 645 Members |
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Methamphetamine (also referred to as methylamphetamine or desoxyephedrine) is a synthetic stimulant drug used for both medicinal and recreational purposes (see Legal issues). Methamphetamine is highly psychologically addictive. Li...
Category: Addiction & Recovery
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Migraine Headaches | 2631 Members |
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Migraine is a neurological disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head and are often accompa...
Category: Brain & Nervous System
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Military Families | 1315 Members |
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Today's military family faces a lifestyle that is comprised of frequent deployments, which results in increased family separations. This often proves to be a stressful challenge for military families. This community is dedicated t...
Category: Relationships & Sexuality
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Miscarriage | 4511 Members |
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Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or accidental termination of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving, generally defined at a gestation of prior to 20 weeks. Miscarriages ar...
Category: Women's Health
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Mitochondrial Diseases | 138 Members |
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Mitochondrial diseases are a group of disorders relating to the mitochondria, the organelles that are the "powerhouses" of the eukaryotic cells that comprise higher-order lifeforms (including humans). The mitochondria convert the ...
Category: Genetic & Metabolic
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Moebius Syndrome | 14 Members |
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Mobius syndrome (also spelled Moebius) is an extremely rare neurological disorder.
Mobius syndrome is caused by abnormal development of the cranial nerves. This rare disorder has a number of causes. Most often affected are the ...
Category: Genetic & Metabolic
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Molluscum Contagiosum | 70 Members |
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Molluscum contagiosum are wart-like tumors of the skin caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV-1 to -4), a DNA poxvirus. This condition is commonly found in young children and affects the body, arms, and legs. It is spread ...
Category: Skin & Hair
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Mononucleosis | 144 Members |
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Infectious mononucleosis (also known in North America as mono, the kissing disease or Pfeiffer's disease, and more commonly known as glandular fever in other English-speaking countries) is a disease seen most commonly in adolescen...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Morgellons Disease | 63 Members |
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Morgellons or Morgellons disease is a controversial name for an alleged polysymptomatic syndrome characterized by patients finding fibers on their skin, which they believe are related to other symptoms, including intense itching, ...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Mortgages & Foreclosures | 234 Members |
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This community is for concerns, problems, and challenges relating to mortgages and foreclosures. The significant downturn in the housing market, including the widespread drop in home values, the reduction in subprime loans, and th...
Category: Current Events
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Motherless Children | 157 Members |
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This community focuses on children (of any age) who no longer have a mother in their lives, whether as a result of death or extended separation. A mother plays a crucial role in both early childhood development as well as support ...
Category: Death & Dying
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MRSA | 526 Members |
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), asometimes referred to as a super staph infection, is a specific strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium that has developed antibiotic resistance to all penicillins, includ...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Mucopolysaccharidosis | 11 Members |
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The mucopolysaccharidoses are a group of inherited metabolic diseases caused by the absence or malfunctioning of lysosomal enzymes needed to break down molecules called Glycosaminoglycans - long chains of sugar carbohydrates in ea...
Category: Genetic & Metabolic
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Multiple Myeloma | 241 Members |
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Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahler's disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells, immune system cells in bone marrow that produce antibodies. Its prognosis, despite th...
Category: Heart, Blood & Circulation
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Multiple Personalities | 603 Members |
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Dissociative identity disorder is a diagnosis described as the existence in an individual of two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. At least ...
Category: Mental Health & Addiction
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | 5003 Members |
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease which affects the brain and spinal cord. MS can cause a variety of symptoms, including changes in sensation, visual problems, muscle weakness, depression, and difficulties with coordina...
Category: Brain & Nervous System
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Mumps | 1 Member |
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Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of humans. Prior to the development of vaccination and the introduction of a vaccine, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a significant threat to health in the t...
Category: Infectious Diseases
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Muscular Dystrophies | 101 Members |
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The muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic and hereditary muscle diseases; characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue. In some forms of muscular...
Category: Genetic & Metabolic
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Myasthenia Gravis | 447 Members |
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. At about 14 cases per 100,000 (in the U.S.), it is one of the lesser known autoimmune disorders. The antigens and basic di...
Category: Muscles & Bones
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Myelodysplasia | 79 Members |
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The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS, formerly known as "preleukemia") are a diverse collection of haematological conditions united by ineffective production of blood cells and varying risks of transformation to acute myelogenous le...
Category: Cancers
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Myofascial Pain Syndrome | 192 Members |
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Myofascial Pain Syndrome (or MPS) is a term used to describe one of the conditions characterized by chronic pain. It is associated with and caused by "trigger points" (TrPs), sensitive and painful areas between the muscle and fasc...
Category: Brain & Nervous System
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