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82Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Cat Scratch Disease
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is a mild illness following the scratch or bite of a kitten or cat, caused by a small bacterium recently identified as Bartonella (formerly Rochalimaea) henselae. Three-quarters of...
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79I'm Losing Weight On 767 Calories A Day, Part III
What passes for school lunches has been a national scandal since the Reagan Administration classified ketchup as a vegetable in order to get around the serving requirements for healthy foods in educational...
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82Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Ringworm
This is a skin infection caused by a fungus that can affect the scalp, skin, fingers, toenails, or feet. The disease has nothing to do with worms or rings. Scalp ringworm is the most common fungal skin...
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82Nasty 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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81Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Bronchitis
Bronchitis is inflammation of the airways that connect the windpipe (trachea) to the lungs, resulting in persistent cough with quantities of phlegm or sputum. Attacks usually occur in the winter among...
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81Dangerous Medical Quackery Hubs Should Be Deleted
A high ranking Hub stating that cancer can be cured with a habanero pepper tincture has absolutely no basis in clinical evidence. I personally believe that HubPages should not be the platform which disseminates such dangerous and even lethal medical quackery.
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80Your Kidney Stone - Dos & Don'ts
Whenever you are dealing with kidney stones and their related ailments, there will always be a list of "dos and don'ts." There are specific foods, such as some desserts that are definitely on the don't list....
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79Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Scarlet Fever
This is an infectious bacterial childhood disease characterized by a skin rash, sore throat, and fever. It is less common and caused by a toxin released by the bacteria. dangerous than it was years ago. No...
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85Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Gonorrhea
This is the most commonly reported communicable disease in the United States, most often affecting the genitourinary tract and (sometimes) the pharynx, eyes, or rectum. Since 1980 the number of people with...
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78Nasty Infectious Diseases You Want To Avoid - Chlamydia
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States, infecting more than 4.5 million people each year. It is a serious but easily cured disease that is 3 times more common...
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