Diseases and Conditions
Babies with Colic: Every Parent’s Frustration
It’s not easy to try to understand babies. This is even truer among babies with colic. Many babies have this condition. When colic strikes, you can reasonably expect a very frustrated parent. What really causes colic and how can parents help their babies who have it?
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Dieing For The Perfect Tan
How can something that makes you look and feel so healthy…be so bad for you?
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Autism Awareness - Why You Can’t Make Judgements
Apparently this week is autism awareness week. For those of us who have children with autism, every week is autism awareness week - every week, every day, every hour, every minute, every second. There’s no escape, and for some the reality is very hard to take.
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Some Truths About Asbestos Lung Mesothelioma
There are various types of mesothelioma but asbestos lung mesothelioma is an asbestos-induced cancer of the mesothelium of the lung, more familiarly known as the pleura, which is the external lining of the lung.
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Never Give Up! Don’t Let Statistics Rob Your Hope And Joy
When a child is first diagnosed with a medical condition, especially a life-threatening one, the first question many parents understandably ask is, “How long does my child have to live?” Medical professionals respond by quoting the statistics.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Hoarding
It is very common to hear people say that they suffer from OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Although the disorder is common personality quirks are often misunderstood as OCD symptoms.
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Cuba Develops Breakthrough Cancer Drug
Cancer is a household word in our society. It would be rare to meet somebody that does not know of a person that has died of cancer, or even that has cancer currently. Celebrities’ battles with cancer are well publicized, and many of us have picked up on the common treatments for cancer and causes of cancer, without having any first hand experience with it. It has become somewhat of a holy grail of medicine, being the first to find a cure for cancer. In fact, scientists in Cuba have recently made a breakthrough in this area, patenting a new drug which not only helps fight lung cancer, but can also vaccinate against it.
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