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Hypertension: Need to treat early to avoid harm
People with hypertension should receive adequate medication and control blood pressure regularly to avoid harm to other organs in the body and lead to stroke, kidney fai…
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He: autism related to MMR vaccination
Every 58 children in the UK have an autism or related disease, the result just announced after three years of surveying 12,000 elementary students of a group of seven sc…
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Pneumococcal pneumonia - Dangerous disease in children
Among respiratory diseases that cause children to be hospitalized in the summer, pneumococcal pneumonia is one of the common diseases. With characteristics appearing reg…
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Poor sense of smell may be a sign of Alzheimer's disease
According to a large-scale study by US scientists, people who have difficulty perceiving common odors, such as onions, lemons, and cinnamon ... may be the first sign of…
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Varicose veins of legs: Common disease in older women
Women who stand a lot when doing housework, are pregnant, give birth a lot, use birth control pills are at risk of developing varicose veins at the age of 40-50. The man…
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Detection of genes involved in asthma in children
A gene that greatly increases the risk of asthma in children has just been discovered in a large study by scientists in 5 countries. This finding may lead to a new thera…
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Renal failure can cause heart damage
According to a new US study, kidney failure can cause heart damage in patients before symptoms appear. This study, published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine…
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WHO: travelers flying should exercise leg
World Health Organization (WHO) on June 29 recommends that passengers traveling on long flights should exercise their feet and avoid sleeping pills to reduce the risk of…
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The risk of death is high in HIV-infected patients who do not see their doctor regularly
According to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 1 - Patients who do not regularly care about their HIV infection have a greater chance of dying comp…
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Big heads are signs of autism
Children with autism have higher growth hormone levels, explaining why they often have larger heads. Children with this disease are also heavier than others without dise…
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1 year old like stuff 80
The extremely rare Progeria disease causes newborn babies to age with tremendous speed. For every 8 million children born in the world, one will encounter this evil dise…
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Testing gene therapy for Parkinson's disease
US researchers at Cornell University in New York have conducted a first trial of gene therapy in 11 Parkinson's patients and have achieved encouraging results.
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Canada studies glaucoma
A Canadian study first identified a range of factors that help prevent glaucoma, an eye disease that attacks nearly 67 million people worldwide.
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Encephalitis spikes
From June 22 to 26, the number of patients with encephalitis must be hospitalized at the National Hospital of Pediatrics suddenly increased by 200%. The hot summer month…
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How does HIV spread to people?
HIV, the AIDS virus (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), a disease that has killed about 25 million people worldwide in the past 25 years, may be one of the most carefu…