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  Glioma

  A glioma is a type of primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor that arises from glial cells. The most common site of involvement of a glioma is the brain, but they can also affect the spinal cord, ... > more
• Headaches
  Headache Research
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Pain Control
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  Cluster headache

  Cluster headaches are rare, extremely painful and debilitating headaches that occur in groups or clusters. Cluster headache sufferers typically experience severe headaches of a piercing quality near ... > more
• Brain Tumor
  Cancer
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  Brain tumor

  A brain tumor is any intracranial mass created by an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells either normally found in the brain itself: neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Infectious mononucleosis

  Infectious mononucleosis (also known in North America as mono, the kissing disease, or Pfeiffer's disease, and more commonly known as glandular fever in other English-speaking countries) is a disease ... > more
• Eye Care
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  Stroke Prevention
  Diseases and Conditions
  Nervous System
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  Visual field

  The term visual field is often used in ophthalmology, where a visual field test is used to determine whether the visual field is affected by diseases that cause local scotoma or a more extensive loss ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Pain Control
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Cold and Flu
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  Pharmacology
   

  Analgesic

  An analgesic (colloquially known as painkillers) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain and to achieve analgesia. This derives from Greek an-, "without", and -algia, "pain". ... > more
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
  Birth Defects
   

  Epilepsy

  Epilepsy (sometimes referred to as a seizure disorder) is a common chronic neurological condition that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures. These seizures are transient signs ... > more
• HIV and AIDS
  Pharmacology
  Healthy Aging
  Opium
  Addiction
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Narcotic

  A narcotic is an addictive drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour. In US legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic or fully ... > more
• Brain Tumor
  Lung Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Leukemia
  Cancer
  Colon Cancer
   

  Tumor suppressor gene

  A tumor suppressor gene is a gene that reduces the probability that a cell in a multicellular organism will turn into a tumor cell. A mutation or deletion of such a gene will increase the probability ... > more
• Stroke Prevention
  Heart Disease
  Elder Care
  Diseases and Conditions
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  Stroke

  A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted. In brain tissue, a reduction of blood flow, cerebral ischemia, leads to an ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Psychology Research
  Nervous System
  Menopause
  Thyroid Disease
  Prostate Cancer
   
  

  Pituitary gland

  The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea that sits in the small, bony cavity at the base of the brain. The anterior pituitary secretes growth hormone, ... > more
• Gene Therapy
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
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  Gene therapy

  Gene therapy is the insertion of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary diseases in which a defective mutant allele is replaced with a functional one. ... > more

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