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Tea towels 'can cause food poisoning'

Tea towels 'can cause food poisoning'

12 Jun 2018

Multi-use of tea towels is putting households at risk of food poisoning, research suggests. Scientists from the University of Mauritius examined 100 towels that had been used for a month. They found...

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How much should seniors exercise to improve brain function?

How much should seniors exercise to improve brain function?

6 Jun 2018 • 2 comments

To boost their reasoning skills and the brain's processing speed, seniors may need to exercise for 52 hours over a period of 6 months, concludes a new study. The good news is that low-intensity...

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How are liver function and cholesterol production linked?

Autoimmune hepatitis
Benign liver tumours
Cirrhosis
Hepatic failure
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis and liver diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis H
Hepatitis of the child
Hepatorenal syndrome
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and NASH
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

How are liver function and cholesterol production linked?

6 Jun 2018 • 5 comments

Most cholesterol in the body is made in the liver and is necessary for good health. But some forms of cholesterol can cause several health issues, including damage to the liver. Cholesterol is a...

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A new approach to the treatment of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer

A new approach to the treatment of prostate cancer

31 May 2018

By understanding the production of specific human sex hormones, it can help develop new treatments for prostate cancer and polycystic ovary syndrome, a new study suggests. The study, led by...

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Cancer: 'If exercise was a pill it would be prescribed to every patient'

Cancer

Cancer: 'If exercise was a pill it would be prescribed to every patient'

21 May 2018 • 1 comment

Exercise should be prescribed to all cancer patients, and not to do so would be harmful, some of Australia’s leading experts on cancer have warned. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia has...

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Body clock linked to mood disorders

Body clock linked to mood disorders

21 May 2018 • 4 comments

Disruption to the body's internal clock may put people at increased risk of mood disorders, scientists say. A clock ticks in nearly every cell of the body. And they change how the tissues work in a...

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Exercising regularly 'can keep heart and arteries young'

Exercising regularly 'can keep heart and arteries young'

21 May 2018 • 3 comments

Exercising four to five times a week is necessary to stop the main arteries to the heart from stiffening up, research suggests. Two or three exercise sessions a week kept only some arteries healthy,...

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After a heart attack, it is necessary to resume doing sport or to start doing it

Adams-Stokes syndrome
Aneurysm
Angina pectoris
Angio-osteohypertrophic syndrome
Angioedema
Aortic arch interruption
Aortic dissection
Arrhythmias
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Arterial hypertension
Arteriovenous malformation
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity
Atypical coarctation of aorta
Brugada syndrome
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Buerger disease
CADASIL syndrome
Cardiac syndrome X
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular syncope
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Cerebral arteriovenous malformation
Cerebral vasculitis
Cerebrovascular accident
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
Complete atrioventricular canal
Congenital heart disease
Congenital pulmonary valve stenosis
Congestive heart failure
Coronary heart disease
Criss-cross heart
Dependent personality disorder
Disorders of the heart valves
Ebstein malformation
Endocarditis
Familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy
Familial isolated restrictive cardiomyopathy
Familial long QT syndrome
Giant cell arteritis
Heart attack / Infarction
Heart murmur
Hemorrhoid
Hereditary angioedema
Hereditary spherocytosis
Holt-Oram syndrome
Hypercholesterolemia
Idiopathic orthostatic hypotension
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Low blood pressure
Mitral valve prolapse
Moyamoya disease
Myocardial infarction
Myocarditis
Non-familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Obliterative arteriopathy
Orthostatic hypertension
Other diseases
Partial atrioventricular canal
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pericarditis
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral artery occlusive disease
Phlebitis
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary Hypertension
Raynaud Syndrome
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Romano-Ward syndrome
Scimitar syndrome
Silent ischemia
Supra ventricular tachycardia
Supravalvular aortic stenosis
Takayasu arteritis
Temporal arteritis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transient ischemic attack
Transposition of the great arteries
Tricuspid atresia
Tumours of the heart
Valvular heart disease
Varicose veins
Vasculitis
Venous thrombosis
Ventricular tachycardia
Wegener granulomatosis
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After a heart attack, it is necessary to resume doing sport or to start doing it

15 May 2018 • 4 comments

Paris, 19 April 2018 (AFP) – According to a new study presented before the European Cardiology Society, a person who survived a heart attack should get back to doing sport or take up a physical...

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Fibromyalgia: nagging pain and tips for everyday life

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia: nagging pain and tips for everyday life

11 May 2018 • 2 Likes • 9 comments

Fibromyalgia is subject to numerous debates. Even the medical world struggles to give an exact definition for this debilitating health condition. For the World Fibromyalgia day, we asked our patients...

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Lupus: between fatigue and joint pain

Lupus

Lupus: between fatigue and joint pain

9 May 2018 • 2 comments

Daily life of patients affected by rare diseases is still a mystery for a lot of people. Carenity has carried out a survey among its French and British members and the results are discussed in this...

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Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take 'drug holidays' suffer bone fractures

Acromegaly
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Adhesive Arachnoiditis
Adult-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy
autosomal dominant
Adult-onset Still disease
Albright hereditary osteodystrophy
Arachnoiditis
Arthralgia
Arthritis
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
Autosomal dominant childhood-onset proximal spinal muscular atrophy
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E
Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F
Autosomal recessive malignant osteopetrosis
Bone infarcts
Bone spurs
Brachial Plexus Injury
Bursitis
Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome
Campomelic dysplasia
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Cataplexy
Cauda Equina
Cholesteatoma
Chronic hiccup
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Club foot
Congenital muscular dystrophy
Congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A
Congenital muscular dystrophy type Fukuyama
Congenital muscular dystrophy with integrin deficiency
Cramp-fasciculation syndrome
Craniofacial dyssynostosis
Degenerative disc disease
Degenerative Spine Disorder
Dental hypomineralization
Desbuquois syndrome
Diffuse Idiopathic Systemic Hyperostosis
Dopa-responsive dystonia
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Dupuytren's disease
Dysferlinopathy
Early-onset generalized limb-onset dystonia
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Enchondromatosis
Enthesitis-related arthritis
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma
Facet joint disorder
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Femoroacetabular Impingement
Femur-fibula-ulna complex
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Fibrous dysplasia of bone
Fibular hemimelia
Geroderma osteodysplastica
Hallux valgus
Heel spur
Hemimelia
Hydroxyapatite rheumatism
Hypermobility syndrome
Hypochondroplasia
Isaacs' syndrome
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Kyphosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Lupus
Macrophagic myofasciitis
Malignant hyperthermia
Melorheostosis
Meniscus tear in the knee
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Multiple osteochondromas
Muscles / Skeleton / Joints
Myalgic encephalomyelitis
Myasthenia gravis
Myelofibrosis
Myofascial pain
Myositis
Nasu-Hakola disease
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Oligoarticular juvenile arthritis
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Osteochondritis dissecans
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteomyelitis
Osteonecrosis
Osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle
Osteonecrosis of the humeral head
Osteonecrosis of the lunate
Osteopenia
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis
Patellofemoral syndrome
People of small height
Periarteritis nodosa
Plantar fasciitis
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Polymyositis
Proximal myotonic myopathy
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 1
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 2
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 3
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 4
Pseudoachondroplasie
Pycnodysostosis
Reactive arthritis
Relapsing polychondritis
Rheumatic fever
Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
Rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis
Sacroilitis
SADAM disease
SAPHO Syndrome
Scapulohumeral periarthritis
Scheuermann disease
Scoliosis
Shoulder adhesive capsuliti
Sjögren syndrome
Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
Spasmophilia
Spasticity
Spinal stenosis
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia
Kozlowski type
Spondylosis
Sporadic inclusion body myositis
Sprain
Steinert myotonic dystrophy
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Tenopathy of the rotator cuff
Thomsen and Becker disease
Tibial aplasia - ectrodactyly
Tibial hemimelia
Tibial muscular dystrophy
Tietz syndrome
Tietz syndrome (Hypopigmentation-deafness syndrome)
Traumas and injuries
Trochanteric Bursitis
Unilateral adactylia
X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata

Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take 'drug holidays' suffer bone fractures

7 May 2018 • 8 comments

Patients who take osteoporosis drugs for long periods typically are advised to temporarily discontinue the drugs to prevent rare but serious side effects to the jaw and thighs. A Loyola Medicine...

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Statins save lives of people with high levels of LDL cholesterol

Cardiovascular diseases

Statins save lives of people with high levels of LDL cholesterol

7 May 2018

Cholesterol-lowering drugs are more likely to save thousands of additional lives when used in people with higher levels of LDL cholesterol, or "bad" cholesterol, according to a new study from the...

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