Chronic Illness Articles

• Liver Disease
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  HIV and AIDS
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Hepatitis B

  Originally known as serum hepatitis, hepatitis B has only been recognized as such since World War II, and has caused current epidemics in parts of Asia and ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Diabetes
  Women's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Menopause
  Children's Health
   

  Growth hormone treatment

  Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands and given ... > more
• Anxiety
  Psychiatry
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Healthy Aging
  Mental Health Research
   

  Panic attack

  A panic attack is a period of intense, often temporarily disabling sense of extreme fear or psychological distress, typically of abrupt onset. Though it is often a purely terrifying feeling to the ... > more
• Fitness
  Sports Medicine
  Obesity
  Staying Healthy
  Healthy Aging
  Diet and Weight Loss
   
  

  Physical exercise

  Physical exercise is the performance of some activity in order to develop or maintain physical fitness and overall health. It is often directed toward also honing athletic ability or skill. Frequent ... > more
• Lung Cancer
  Lung Disease
  Asthma
  Allergy
  Gastrointestinal Problems
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Wheeze

  A wheeze is a continuous, coarse, whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during ... > more
• Fertility
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Gynecology
  Women's Health
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Infertility

  Infertility is the inability to naturally conceive a child or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term. There are many reasons why a couple may not be able to conceive, or may not be able to ... > more
• Folic Acid
  Healthy Aging
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Sports Medicine
  Bone and Spine
  Birth Defects
   

  Spina bifida

  Spina bifida describes birth defects caused by an incomplete closure of one or more vertebral arches of the spine, resulting in malformations of the spinal ... > more
• Mumps, Measles, Rubella
  Healthy Aging
  Viruses
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Infectious Diseases
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Rubella

  Rubella (also known as epidemic roseola, German measles, liberty measles or three-day measles) is a disease caused by the Rubella virus. It is often mild and an attack can pass unnoticed. However, ... > more
• Gynecology
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Infectious Diseases
  Diseases and Conditions
  Kidney Disease
   

  Candidiasis

  Candidiasis, commonly called yeast infection or thrush, is a fungal infection of any of the Candida species, of which Candida albicans is probably the most common. Yeast organisms are always present ... > more
• Headache Research
  Fibromyalgia
  Cold and Flu
  Pain Control
  Sports Medicine
  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

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