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Herpes Answers By Someone Who's Been There : A thoroughly researched guide to treating and living with herpes by someone who's been there. Herpes treatment information including prescription, over the counter and natural remedies for herpes. Also covered: preventing transmission of herpes and dating someone with herpes. Learn the signs, symptoms and stages of herpes. The latest on herpes vaccine research and how it works.
Cotton Diabetic Socks : Diabetic socks have done a lot for diabetics over the years. In the past, when diabetic socks first became a reality, wool was the most commonly used materials in their design.
Kentucky Department for Public Health: West Nile Virus : Information about the disease and mosquito control information.
Measles Facts : Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.
National Biological Information Infrastructure : West Nile Virus : Provides data, information, and maps related to outbreaks of the West Nile virus and mosquito-borne encephalitis in the United States.
WrongDiagnosis.com: Symptoms of Flu : Features common signs and symptoms, incubation period, duration, and diagnosis.
West Nile Virus : Basic facts from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Influenza Virus Illustration : Computer graphics of the appearance and structure of the virus with a description.
CDC - Smallpox Information : guide to smallpox including basic facts, history, vaccination facts, treament information, and other reference materials
Cytomegalovirus Facts : Includes cause, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.
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Showdown Over Health-Care Reform Bill Nears (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Health experts say that the
furiously debated $940 billion health-care reform bill moving toward a
vote for passage in Congress this weekend really boils down to one simple
tenet: More Americans should have access to health insurance. |
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Health Tip: What's Lactose Intolerance? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Lactose intolerance means the body has
difficulty digesting a sugar called lactose, found in milk and other dairy
products. It occurs when the body lacks enough of an enzyme called
lactase, says the U.S. National Digestive Diseases Information
Clearinghouse. |
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Approval Expanded for Breast Cancer Drug Tykerb (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has expanded approval for Tykerb (lapatinib) to include
postmenopausal women with hormone- and HER2-positive advanced breast
cancer who require hormone therapy. |
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Loving Foster Homes Improve Kids' Attention, Impulsivity (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Foster children who are placed in
stable, loving homes show noticeable improvement in symptoms of
inattention and hyperactivity compared to children who get moved around a
lot and live with parents who are often annoyed or angry at them, research
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