Brittle bone disease (osteogenesis imperfecta)
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is the most common disease causing fractures in childhood. It also causes fractures in adults. OI is a genetic disorder usually resulting from abnormalities of the genes that control the production of a protein called ... [... more]
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Ovarian cysts
A woman's ovaries have two functions: to develop eggs and produce hormones. They contain the immature eggs that mature and develop over the course of a woman's life until the menopause. Every month, one or occasionally two eggs mature and loosen ... [... more]
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Orchitis and epididymitis
Men have two testicles - one in each side of the scrotum - which produce sperm cells and hormones. The sperm is stored and allowed to mature in the epididymis (a convoluted glandular tube the top and side of each testicle) before it is conveyed ... [... more]
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Glue ear (secretory otitis media)
Glue ear is a condition in which fluid builds up behind the eardrum. It can interfere with a child's hearing, although this is often temporary. Many cases get better without any treatment. Children under the age of seven (with the highest risk at ... [... more]
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Osler's disease (hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasis)
Osler's disease, also known as hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasis (HHT), is a rare hereditary condition in which the patient's capillaries dilate to produce red skin spots and mucous membranes. The symptoms can usually be found on the ... [... more]
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Irregular or infrequent periods (oligomenorrhoea)
Periods are often light or widely spaced both when a young woman starts having periods and when a woman is nearing the menopause. This is normal because the woman is not producing an egg every month. Many women experience widely spaced periods ... [... more]
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Obesity
Obesity is a heavy accumulation of fat in the body's fat cells to such a serious degree that it rapidly increases the risk of obesity-associated diseases and mortality. Obesity is found a little more among men than women. Stomach obesity is more ... [... more]
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Oral thrush (fungal infection in the mouth)
Oral thrush is an infection of yeast fungus, Candida albicans, in the mucous membranes of the mouth. Strictly speaking, thrush is only a temporary candida infection in the oral cavity of babies. However, we have for this purpose expanded the term ... [... more]
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Are you having trouble reaching orgasm? A guide for women
Let's face it, books, films and - above all - teen and women's magazines paint a very different picture in which today's females are hot, raring to go and effortlessly orgasmic. So for women who are not all of those things - and that is a great ... [... more]
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Polycystic (literally, many cysts) ovary syndrome (PCOS or PCO) is a complex condition that affects the ovaries (the organs in a woman's body that produce eggs). Dr David Cahill, consultant senior lecturer on obstetrics and gynaecology In PCOS, ... [... more]
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