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Alcoholism
Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholic's normal personal, family, social, or work life. The chronic ... > more -
Encephalitis
Attention Deficit Disorder
Healthy Aging
Infectious Diseases
Sports Medicine
Diseases and Conditions
Meningitis
Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. Although the most common causes are infection (bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic), chemical agents ... > more -
Attention Deficit Disorder
Healthy Aging
Sports Medicine
Today's Healthcare
Personalized Medicine
Diseases and Conditions
Placebo effect
The placebo effect, also known as non-specific effects and the subject-expectancy effect, is the phenomenon that a patient's symptoms can be alleviated by an otherwise ineffective treatment, since ... > more -
Healthy Aging
Attention Deficit Disorder
Human Biology
Obesity
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Body language
Body language is a broad term for forms of communication using body movements or gestures instead of, or in addition to, sounds, verbal language, or other forms of communication. It forms part of the ... > more -
Body mass index
The body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet Index is a quotient of body mass which takes into account both height and weight measured as kg/m2, and is used as a simple means of classifying sedentary ... > more -
Kidney transplantation
Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney in a patient with end-stage renal ... > more -
Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is the involuntary excretion of urine from one's body. Stress incontinence is essentially due to pelvic floor muscle weakness. It is loss of small amounts of urine with coughing, ... > more -
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the joints. It is a disabling and painful inflammatory condition, which can lead to ... > more -
Overweight
The term overweight is generally used to indicate that a human (or other mammal) has more body fat than is typical or required for the normal functioning of the body. A healthy body normally requires ... > more
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