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Barrett's esophagus often goes undiagnosed because it causes minor or nonexistent symptoms, and because of the procedure required to identify it. Currently, doctors must sedate a patient, insert a long, flexible camera known as an endoscope down the …
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Dangerous exercise: the hype of dehydration and heatstroke
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Dehydration is the easiest diagnosis to make, because we have all been so "drowned" by marketing messages that tell us that fluid loss is a potentially catastrophic risk during exercise and that if we do lose fluid, we will be in mortal danger of …
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Head lice in school: 9 things you need to know
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Head lice are often without symptoms or it can result in itching of the scalp especially behind the ears, at the crown of the head or nape of the neck. The diagnosis is actually made by visualization of live lice. These bugs look like sesame seeds and …
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Advances in the Treatment of Asthma: Bronchial Thermoplasty, Part 2

Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist Dr. Michael Basha gives an overview of severe asthma symptoms and diagnosis

 

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