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Headache
Headache Definition Headache is a pain in the head and neck region that may be either a disorder in its own right or a symptom of an underlying medical condition or disease. The medical term for headache is cephalalgia. Headaches are one of the most common and universal human ailments, described... Read more |
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Cluster Headache
Cluster Headache Definition Cluster headaches are characterized by an intense one-sided pain centered by the eye or temple. The pain lasts for one to two hours on average and may recur several times in a day. Description Cluster headaches have been known as histamine headaches, red migraines,... Read more |
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Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994
Alternative Medicines and Therapies Alternatives to conventional medical care are increasingly popular in the United States, and their growing use by consumers represents a major trend in Western medicine. Alternative therapies appear to be used most frequently for medical... Read more |
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Rickettsialpox
Rickettsialpox Definition Rickettsialpox is a relatively mild disease caused by a member of the bacterial family called Rickettsia. Rickettsialpox causes rash, fever, chills, heavy sweating, headache, eye pain (especially when exposed to light), weakness, and achy muscles. Description Like... Read more |
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Sick-Building Syndrome
SICK-BUILDING SYNDROME Environmental Medicine When the carpenter, electrician, and plumber finally packed up their tools and left Joan in her new kitchen, she breathed a sigh of relief. After two months of making do with the microwave oven on the dining-room table and the camp... Read more |
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parathion
parathion (pa-ră-th'y-on) n. an organic phosphorus compound, used as a pesticide, that causes poisoning when inhaled, ingested, or absorbed through the skin. The symptoms are headache, sweating, salivation, lacrimation, vomiting, diarrhoea, and muscular spasms. Treatment is by administration... Read more |
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Postconcussional syndrome
Post-concussion syndrome Definition Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) is a common but controversial disorder with a variety of symptoms including, but not limited to, headache, dizziness, fatigue, and personality changes. Description Post-concussion syndrome occurs in some... Read more |
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Kava (Plant)
Kava kava Description Kava kava (Piper methysticum ) is a tropical shrub that grows throughout the Pacific Islands. Kava kava belongs to the pepper family (Piperaceae) and is also known as kava, asava pepper, or intoxicating pepper. It grows to an average height of 6 ft (1.83 m) and has large... Read more |
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yellow journalism
Yellow Journalism and the Circulation War of 1896 Sources Sunday World. During the 1880s the Sunday edition of Joseph Pulitzer’s World increasingly became a collection of features, advertising, and drawings; each issue had forty-four to fifty-two pages. Circulation passed 250,000 in 1887.... Read more |
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chronic fatigue syndrome
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), collection of persistent, debilitating symptoms, the most notable of which is severe, lasting fatigue. In other countries it is known variously as myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and postviral fatigue syndrome. It was first... Read more |
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