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• Gynecology
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  Progesterone

  Progesterone is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy (supports gestation) and embryogenesis of humans and other species. Progesterone belongs to a class of ... > more
• Diabetes
  Hypertension
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  Blood Clots
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  Blood sugar

  In medicine, blood sugar is a term used to refer to levels of glucose in the blood. Blood sugar concentration, or serum glucose level, is tightly regulated in the human body. Glucose, transported via ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Skin Care
  Psoriasis
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  Itch

  An itch is a sensation felt on an area of skin that causes a person or animal to desire to scratch that area. It is a distressing symptom that can cause discomfort. Scratching may cause breaks in the ... > more
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Seizure

  Seizures are temporary abnormal electro-physiologic phenomena of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal activity. They can manifest as an alteration in mental state, ... > more
• Gynecology
  Women's Health
  Menopause
  Men's Health
  Hair Loss
  Ovarian Cancer
   

  Hysterectomy

  A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually done by a gynecologist. Hysterectomy may be total (removing the body and cervix of the uterus) or partial (also called ... > more
• Today's Healthcare
  Personalized Medicine
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  Alternative Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Medicine

  Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. It is both an area of ... > more
• Headache Research
  Fibromyalgia
  Cold and Flu
  Pain Control
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  Healthy Aging
   

  Tension headache

  Tension headaches, which were recently renamed tension type headaches by the International Headache Society, are the most common type of headaches. The pain can radiate from the neck, back, eyes, or ... > more
• Lymphoma
  Pancreatic Cancer
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  Monoclonal antibody therapy

  Monoclonal antibody therapy is the use of monoclonal antibodies (or mAb) to specifically target cells. The main objective is stimulating the patient's immune system to attack the malignant tumor ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
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  HIV and AIDS
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  Infectious disease

  In medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite. This is contrasted to physical causes, such as burns or ... > more
• Infant's Health
  Breastfeeding
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Healthy Aging
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  Children's Health
   
  

  Infant

  The word infant is commonly used as a slightly more formal word for baby (the youngest category of child). The term infant is also used as formal/legal term for minor; that is, a child in general. A ... > more

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