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Insulin Resistance
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Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas. It enables glucose in your blood to enter cells in your muscle, fat, and liver so that it can be utilized for energy. These cells are located in the areas of your body that require glucose the most. The glucose in your bloodstream comes from the food you consume. In times of need, such as when you are fasting, the liver is also responsible for producing glucose. After you eat, your pancreas will secrete insulin into your bloodstream. In response to an increase in blood glucose levels, often known as blood sugar. After that, insulin brings down the glucose levels in the blood to keep them within the usual range..


Lung Cancer
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Lung cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the lungs. When you breathe in, oxygen enters your lungs. And when you breathe out, carbon dioxide is exhaled. Your lungs are two sponge-like organs. That are located in your chest..


Piercing: Things to know before getting one
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Piercing has been a statement of freedom of self-expression of people these days. More people are now open to doing piercing not only their ears but also other parts of their body such as the nose, face, belly button, and many others..


Scleroderma
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Scleroderma is an inflammatory connective tissue and rheumatic illness. That produces inflammation in the skin as well as other parts of the body. Other sections of the body can also be affected by this condition. Scleroderma can develop when an immune reaction misleads tissues into believing they have been damaged. This leads to inflammation. Which in turn prompts the body to produce an excessive amount of collagen..


Cervical Spondylosis
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Cervical Spondylosis refers to age-related damage to the neck’s spinal disks. Osteoarthritis symptoms, such as bony protrusion along the margins of bones, appear as the disks dry up and shrink (bone spurs)..


Paget’s Disease of Bone
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Paget’s disease of bone is a chronic condition that slowly worsens over time. It is characterized by abnormally rapid bone reformation and abnormally rapid bone destruction (osteolytic) (osteoblastic). A structurally abnormal, dense, and brittle new bone may develop in one or more areas of the body. It is possible that the new bone will be dense. This abnormal development has the potential to cause pain in the bones, arthritis, deformities, and fractures. The vertebrae in the spine, skull, pelvis, and lower legs are the ones that are most frequently affected. There is a lack of consensus regarding what triggers Paget’s disease..


Peripheral Neuropathy
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Peripheral neuropathy is brought on by injury to peripheral nerves (nerves outside the brain and spinal cord). And the frequent results in weakness, numbness, and pain, generally in the hands and feet..


Myelodysplastic Syndromes
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Myelodysplastic syndromes are a collection of diseases that are brought on by abnormally produced or dysfunctionalblood cells. These conditions can be either inherited or acquired. Myelodysplastic syndromes are the result of abnormalities in the spongy material. That is found inside your bones and is responsible for the production of blood cells (bone marrow)..


Spinach: Health Benefits
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Thespinach plant, scientifically known as Spinacia oleracea, believes to have originated in Persia..


Emotional Abuse: What are the effects
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Emotional abuse is one of the most serious forms of abuse that may come before, during, or after periods of physical abuse. It is never the fault of the person being abused..


Bradycardia: Slow heart rate
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Bradycardia is a heart rate that is slower than normal. Adults’ hearts typically beat between 60 and 100 times per minute while they are at rest. Your heart beats less than 60 times per minute if you have bradycardia..


Pyuria: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
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Pyuriais a disorder that affects the urine tract and is associated with white blood cells. A test of your urine can provide your physician with the necessary information to diagnose this illness..


Monkeypox: What is it and how do you catch it?
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Monkeypox is a rare disease that is caused by infection with monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to theOrthopoxvirusgenus in the familyPoxviridae. TheOrthopoxvirusgenus also includes variola virus (which causes smallpox), vaccinia virus (used in the smallpox vaccine), and cowpox virus..


Blindness: What You Need to Know
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Blindness is the inability to see anything, including light..


Hashimoto’s disease: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
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Hashimoto’s disease is also known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. It is an autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland. In addition, it is an autoimmune condition is a disease in which the immune system attacks healthy tissues. Immune cells in Hashimoto’s disease cause the thyroid’s hormone-producing cells to die. The condition usually causes a decrease in hormone production (hypothyroidism). Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid does not produce enough hormones to meet the body’s requirements.


Normal Delivery and CS Delivery: The Comparison
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Normal Deliveryand CS Delivery: The goal of all women giving delivery is the same. To get the baby out as quickly as possible. The means by which we accomplish this is sometimes a matter of personal preference. And other times it is dictated by medical need..


Women’s Health Issues; Here are some of them
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Women’s health issues. While both men and women develop various conditions, some health issues affect women more differently and more commonly. Furthermore, many women's health conditions weren’t undiagnosed and most drug trials does not include female test subjects. Even so, women bear exclusive health concerns, such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, menopause, and pregnancy. Women suffer higher heart attack deaths compared to men. Depression and anxiety exhibit more frequently among female patients. Urinary tract conditions present more often in females, and sexually transmitted diseases can cause more harm to women. Among the conditions that present most frequently in women, are the following eight illnesses which pose most considerable health risks..


Fulminant Hepatitis
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Fulminant hepatitis is a condition in which your liver begins to fail very quickly. Usually within days or weeks, depending on the cause of the infection. This type of sudden liver failure can occur in people who have previously had stable liver disease or in people who have never had liver issues..


Broken Heart Can Kill You Here’s How
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It is possible to die of a brokenheart..


Heart: Take Care of Your Heart’s Health
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It is a fist-sized organ that pumps blood throughout your body. And it is the primary organ of your circulatory system..


Eisenmenger’s Syndrome
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Eisenmenger’s Syndrome is characterized by congenital heart abnormalities that cause blood to circulate improperly in the heart and lungs of the patient. When blood does not flow correctly through your lungs. The blood vessels in your lungs become rigid and narrow. Raising the pressure in the arteries of your lungs (pulmonary arterial hypertension). The blood vessels in your lungs are permanently damaged as a result of this..


Malaria: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
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Malaria is a parasite-borne disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. Fever, chills, and flu-like symptoms are common in those who have contracted malaria. They may develop significant difficulties and eventually die if they are not address. In 2020, an estimated 241 million cases of malaria will be reported worldwide, resulting in 627,000 deaths, the majority of whom will be children in sub-Saharan Africa. Each year, around 2,000 cases of the disease are reported in the United States. The majority of cases in the United States are causes by travel to or by immigrants returning from countries where the virus is prevalent, with the majority of cases occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia..


Rubella: Causes and Treatments
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Rubella is a contagious viral infection characterized by a characteristic red rash. Also, it is a skin and lymph node infection that affects the majority of people. It’s also known as three-day measles or German measles. While most people will experience very minor symptoms or none at all, it can have catastrophic consequences for unborn children whose mothers become infected during pregnancy..


Sleep Deprivation: A Closer Look at It’s Implications On Memory
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Sleep Deprivation is one feeling of being “zombified” after a night of little or no sleep. Is something almost everyone has experienced. Even after only one night of inadequate sleep, we can feel tired and grumpy during the day. With sluggish thinking, a lack of energy, and an irritable disposition..