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82Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Amebiasis
Amebiasis (amoebiasis), also known as amoebic dysentery, this infection of the liver or intestine is caused by the parasite Entamoeba histolytica, normally found in the human intestinal tract and feces. It...
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76Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Athlete's Foot
Athlete's foot, a common fungal condition causing the skin between the toes (usually the fourth and fifth toes) to itch, peel, and crack with diffuse scaling and redness of the soles and sides of the foot....
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75Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Mononucleosis
This is an acute herpesvirus infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus and characterized by sore throat, fever, swollen lymph glands, and bruising. Known as the "kissing disease" because it is transmitted...
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75The Mortal Morality: 25 Million Dead Of HIV-AIDS
In 1980 virtually no American had ever heard of HIV-AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). It was just beginning to be noticed in certain parts of Africa where it was commonly called "Slim," a reference...
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71Sex & The Single Salpingite
Salpingite is a bacterial infection of the fallopian tubes (the conduit between the ovaries and uterus) which in most cases is caused by the introduction of the bacteria found in feces into the vagina. In...
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75Recognizing Canine Skin Infections
Skin infections are one of the most common conditions treated by veterinarians. A number of skin conditions that affect dogs are contagious to humans so it is important that they be identified and treated...
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68Fiber Can Help Fight Diabetes!
The number of newly diagnosed cases of Type 2 diabetes is rising at an alarming rate. Some health care professionals attribute this in part to excess weight resulting from a number of factors including a poor...
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70Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Listeriosis
This is a food-borne illness that may cause no symptoms in healthy people but that is particularly dangerous to a fetus or newborn, the elderly, and people with damaged immune systems. The illness is...
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70Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Leptospirosis
This is a bacterial disease characterized by a skin rash and flulike symptoms caused by a spirochete bacterium excreted by rodents. Also known as autumn fever, there are about 100 cases and a few deaths...
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70The Mortal Morality: Cancer & HIV-AIDS
Seventy-five million Americans now alive will have cancer. Thirty seven million people currently have HIV-AIDS. In most cases these diseases will prove fatal. The deadliest cancers, the ones affecting...
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