The Zika virus, an infectious disease spread by Aedes mosquitoes primarily in tropical environments, appears to have an impact on the development of babies in
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William Dameshek in 1951 first described the term chronic myeloproliferative disorder. It encompassed four entities that were clinically separate. These included: Chronic myelogenous or myeloid
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Survival rates are estimated and used as a way of explaining to cancer patients what their prognosis is. Survival statistics can help a patient understand
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Mucopolysaccharidoses represent a family of heritable disorders caused by a deficiency of lysosomal enzymes required to degrade glycosaminoglycans (also known as mucopolysaccharides, which is their
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Fibromyalgia is typically characterized by widespread pain and is present in around 0.5-10% of worldwide population with a seven times higher presence among females than
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Hiccups are experienced by almost everyone during their lives – bouts of hiccups have even been shown to occur in fetuses in utero and in
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Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis (CRP) was first described in 1927, and is also called “Gougerot-Carteaud Syndrome” after the scientists who elucidated its findings. It is
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The choice of treatment for patients with stomach cancer depends on several factors including their age, general state of health and their ability to withstand
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Bowel incontinence or fecal incontinence is a treatable condition. It affects 2 to 7% of the general population and nearly 25% of the institutionalized population.
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Paralysis of the facial nerve may arise due to infection, inflammation, surgery, trauma and tumors. Damage to this nerve, which is the seventh cranial nerve,
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