ClinicalReads

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Prescriptions

Common Drugs Effect Body Weight

A consequence of smoking or drug abuse is drama­tically altered diet, which can lead to irregular eating with poor nutrition.

Woman

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Dichotomy of Protecting Children With Torture

Breast ironing is a practice of suppressing pubes­cent breast growth in a mis­directed attempt to preserve chastity.

Maturity age 16+

Nephrology

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Recognizing Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

Symptoms become notice­able over age 50. All of a sudden, it is painful to sit and difficult to urinate.

Maturity age 16+

Woman

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Dense Breast Cancer Screening

Breast density decreases with age or BMI and increases with hor­mone re­place­ment therapy. Compare radio­logi­cal cancer screen­ing methods.

Endocrinology

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Sacral Dysfunction Affects More Than Your Back

Most men boast about their virility to the point of exag­gera­tion. This makes the con­versa­tion about impo­tence difficult.

Orthopedics

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Alternatives to Knee Replacement

It is tempting to beg a doctor to remove aching by any means possible. Any discomfort felt before surgery is multiplied during rehabilitation

Cardiology

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Agonizing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Given its length, diameter and proximi­ty, a ruptured aortic aneurysm is catastrophic, having a mortality rate of 90 percent.

Orthopedics

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Schmorl Node Vertical Disc Herniation Pain

Historically considered clinically insig­ni­fi­cant, Schmorl’s nodes can be an active symptom or cause of pain in some patients.

Orthopedics

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Could You Have A Spinal Bone Infection?

Pyogenic spondy­litis is a rare life-threatening condition primarily affecting adults in their fifties to be distin­guish­ed from vertebral cancers.

Individual

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Your Life May Depend Upon Your Chair

Learn health benefits of ergo­nomic seating, which chair has best warranty, and how to refurbish a broken one.

Dermatology

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Sick of No Lunula

When doctors look at your hands, they may see more than what you care to admit. The seemingly insignificant white crescent shape on your fingernails has an important function.

Individual

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Why Your Butt’s in Danger

Industry has advanced on the buttocks of graphic artists, program­mers, truck drivers and office workers who sacrifice their rears with irreparable harm.