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Lactose Intolerance: Symptoms, Treatment & Coping Strategies

Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest the main sugar found in milk and other dairy products. This is caused by a deficiency of lactase, the enzyme responsible ...
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Impacted Wisdom Teeth: Oral Surgery and Extraction

Evolution has rendered wisdom teeth unnecessary in humans, and about 85 percent of these third molars eventually require removal because of tooth crowding, according to the American Association ...
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Hypertension: Symptoms and Treatment

Hypertension is defined as having either chronically high diastolic blood pressure — the lower number that registers the pressure in the artery when the heart relaxes between beats ...
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AIDS & HIV: Treatment & Prevention

While 1.1 million Americans currently live with HIV/AIDS, the incurable virus is no longer a quick death sentence and has become a chronic, manageable condition. First reported in ...
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Hepatitis: Symptoms and Treatment

Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver. Although hepatitis can be the symptom of many illnesses, including autoimmune diseases, it is most often caused by a viral infection. ...
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Heart Disease: Types, Prevention & Treatments

As can be expected from an organ responsible for getting blood throughout the body, the root of heart disease is when that blood flow is blocked. Symptoms and ...
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Head Lice: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention

Like the common cold, head lice, also known as Pediculosis capitas, are extremely common among school-aged children. Head lice are parasites that feed on human blood; they spread ...
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Hair Loss and Balding: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

Hair loss is typically considered the domain of aging men, but this equal-opportunity condition — which has many causes — can affect virtually anyone. Everyone sheds about 100 ...
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Graves’ Disease: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder where misplaced attacks from the immune system cause the thyroid gland to become overactive. The result, known as hyperthyroidism, causes the thyroid ...
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Gout: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Also called “gouty arthritis,” gout is a painful form of arthritis caused by too much uric acid in the blood. Gout is characterized by painful flare-ups that may ...
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