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What is swine flu ?
BBC — Swine influenza (or flu) is normally found in pigs, but does occasionally occur in humans. There had been no human cases detected in the UK in the last ten years until the outbreak that started recently in Mexico affecting some UK ...More…
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Blood clots
BBC — Each year more than one in every thousand people in the UK develops a blood clot in a vein, known as a venous thrombosis. For as many as 25,000, the clot will prove fatal; more deaths than from breast cancer, HIV and road traffic accidents ...More…
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Common cold
BBC — Colds are the commonest infection - most adults have at least two to three colds each year, while children have as many as six to eight. There are more than 200 different viruses that cause colds and this is one of the reasons we get so many. Top ...More…
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Dehydration
BBC — Most people get dehydrated from time to time, and usually it's easily corrected. But occasionally, when a lack of fluids puts the body under additional strain, it can have tragic consequences. Water makes up around 70 per cent of the human body. ...More…
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Wegener's granulomatosis
BBC — This inflammation of the blood vessels can lead to a host of health problems. Prompt treatment is important for people with this inflammation of the blood vessels, which can lead to recurrent sinusitis, lung problems, arthritis and kidney ...More…
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Synaesthesia
BBC — Imagine what it must feel like to taste the sound of a drawer closing, or to experience each day of the week as a different colour. Dr Julia Simner, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Edinburgh and synaesthesisa expert, explains what ...More…
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Age-related macular degeneration
BBC — Age-related macular degeneration is the commonest cause of blindness AMD is the commonest cause of blindness in the UK. We explain the differences between wet and dry AMD, their causes and treatments, and how to minimise your risk. In time, ...More…
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Heart attack
BBC — Heart attack is a diagnosis that strikes terror in almost everyone. As many as one in three people who have a heart attack will die before they even reach hospital, and overall about 50% will be dead within a month. The heart is a large muscular ...More…
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Intermittent claudication
BBC — How damage to your arteries can affect your ability to walk. In this condition, poor blood supply to the muscles of the legs causes pain and stops activity. This is a cramping pain felt in the calf, thigh or buttock during walking or other ...More…
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Sjogren's syndrome
BBC — There are many health problems that arise when, for some inexplicable reason, the body turns on itself without warning. One of these autoimmune conditions is Sjogren's syndrome. In Sjogren's syndrome, the body attacks its own moisture-producing .. ...More…
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Metabolic syndrome
BBC — Dr Trisha Macnair looks at the various conditions that make up metabolic syndrome. For centuries, doctors have recognised the dangers of conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, but only recently have they realised there's a ...More…