| AIDS |
| AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a fatal disease caused by infection by a virus that damages the immune system, resulting in loss of protection against many infectious diseases and some cancers. This retrovirus is... |
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| Allergies |
| The alarmingly increasing frequency of allergies, affecting over 20% of the population in developed countries, has led to the establishment of a new branch of medicine, that of allergology, which is conceptually closely related... |
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| Anorexia Nervosa |
| Anorexia nervosa, misnamed "anorexia" ("loss of appetite"), is a disease that has been on MEDICAL RECORDS since 1689. It appears to have multiple causes - for example, a desire for self-control or mastery... |
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| Antibiotic Resistance |
| Medical knowledge of antibiotic medicine was first developed in the 1920s. Although the first use of the term antibiotic was by French scientist Paul Vuillemin in 1889, it was Scottish physician Sir Alexander Fleming who... |
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| Arthritis |
| The word "arthritis "comes from the Greek arthron "joint" and itis "inflammation". The word encompasses over 100 different conditions involving the various joints of the body, but always... |