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Proteinuria in children: A look at the role of protein in the body, what this disorder is, treatment and how to do a 24 hour urine collection.
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Canadian Continence Foundation : Information about the organization as well as about incontinence. Gives resources and contact information.
Emergency Medicine : Information about acute glomerulonephritis, an introduction, clinical including the symptoms and causes, treatment, medications and follow up.
Bladder Disorders : An overview of bladder problems, including infections, cancer, atonic bladder, interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder (OAB), and prolapse.
IncontiNet : Comprehensive listing of links to information about the non-surgical, non-drug treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence and related pelvic muscle dysfunctions.
Drkoop.com: Medical Encyclopedia: Nephrotic Syndrome : Definition, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
Dialysis in the Bahamas at New Providence Dialysis Unit : Dialysis clinics in Nassau: New Providence Dialysis Unit is a modern hemodialysis unit for patients with kidney failure.
Emergency Medicine : Written by William Shapiro MD., an article about hemolytic uremic syndrome. An introduction, lab studies, treatment and follow up.
Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community (ABC) : Offers information about the organization and the disease. Includes FAQs, a glossary, support groups, a bulletin board and resources.
MedicineNet.com - About Urological Disorders : Medical information about urological disorders such as urinary tract infections, overactive bladder and urinary incontinence.
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) : Describes symptoms, organs affected, treatment and diagnosis.
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Researchers Gain Insights Into Aging in Mice (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stanford University
researchers have linked two previously thought-to-be-separate pathways
tied to aging, at least in mice, leading to more thought that physically
getting older is an orderly and deliberate genetic occurrence. |
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First Americans Arrived on 2 Separate Paths (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic evidence suggests that two
different waves of people migrated from what is now Siberia at about the
same time to become the first settlers in the Americas, a new report
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Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the
millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night
or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea,
a potentially life-threatening problem affecting one out of three
diabetics. |
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Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- On a January night in 2005, a
freight train with three tanker cars -- each loaded with 90 tons of
chlorine -- slammed into a parked locomotive in the center of
Graniteville, S.C., a town of 7,000 people about 15 miles from Augusta,
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