22nd January 2007
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the body is unable to produce or unable to properly use and store glucose (a form of sugar). Glucose backs up in the bloodstream. Causing one's blood glucose or "sugar" to rise too high.
Cause...
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08th December 2006
Neonatal herpes, although rare, is one of the most serious complications of herpes infection. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that screening womenidentify at-risk pregnancies (serologically negative pregnant women with HSV-infected partners) will lead...
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30th October 2006
Most people who are infected with HSV 2 or genital herpes are not aware of it because they never have any symptoms, or they do not recognize any symptoms they might have. However, if signs and symptoms occur during the first outbreak, they can be quite pr...
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30th October 2006
Oral herpes involves oropharyngeal herpes, stomatitis (inflammation of mouth), herpes labialis (involvement of the lips) and gingivitis (inflammation of gums).
Orapharyngeal herpes:
An oropharyngeal herpes is a lesion or sore spot on the oropharynx, o...
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03rd October 2006
Genital herpes is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease (STD). A sexually transmitted disease is a disease that you get by having sex with someone who already has the disease. Genital herpes is usually caused by the herpes simplex virus t...
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