Chronic Illness Articles

• Leukemia
  Diseases and Conditions
  Lymphoma
  Lung Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Cancer
   

  Leukemia

  Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). It is part of ... > more
• Liver Disease
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  Foodborne Illness
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Hepatitis

  Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, featuring inflammation of the liver. The clinical signs and prognosis, as well as the therapy, depend on the ... > more
• Obesity
  Eating Disorder Research
  Nutrition
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Healthy Aging
  Hormone Disorders
   

  Appetite

  The appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Decreased desire to eat is termed ... > more
• Diabetes
  Hypertension
  Anemia
  Blood Clots
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Heart Disease
   

  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
• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Dentistry
  Diseases and Conditions
  Allergy
  Colitis
  Sports Medicine
   

  Halitosis

  Halitosis, breath odour, or most commonly bad breath are terms used to describe noticeably unpleasant odours exhaled in breathing. Transient bad breath is a very common temporary condition caused by ... > more
• Erectile Dysfunction
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Mating and Breeding
  Muscular Dystrophy
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Sex linkage

  Sex linkage is the phenotypic expression of an allele that is dependent on the gender of the individual and is directly tied to the sex chromosomes. In such cases there is a homogametic sex and a ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Sports Medicine
  Perception
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Hallucination

  A hallucination is a sensory perception experienced in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. Hallucinations may occur in ... > more
• Hypertension
  Heart Disease
  Stroke Prevention
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Blood Clots
   

  Hypertension

  Hypertension or high blood pressure is a medical condition wherein the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial hypertension, the word "hypertension" without a ... > more
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
  Chronic Illness
  Joint Pain
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Chronic fatigue syndrome

  Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, post-viral fatigue syndrome and various other names, is a syndrome of unknown and possibly multiple etiology, affecting the central ... > more
• Immune System
  Lymphoma
  Human Biology
  Diseases and Conditions
  Developmental Biology
  Lupus
   
  

  Immune system

  The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that protect an organism from outside biological influences. (Though in a broad sense, almost every organ has a protective function - ... > more

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