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Osteoarthritis is a joint disease that mostly affects cartilage. Cartilage is the slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones in a joint. Healthy cartilage allows bones to glide over each other. It also helps absorb shock of movement. In osteoarthritis, the top layer of cartilage breaks down and wears away. Osteoarthritis occurs most often in older people. Younger people sometimes get osteoarthritis primarily from joint injuries.

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Stasis Dermatitis- skin inflamation

Stasis dermatitis is inflammation of the skin of the lower legs caused by chronic venous insufficiency.Stasis dermatitis occurs in patients with chronic venous insufficiency because blood pools in the legs, causing persistent edema.

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Heart valve disease

Heart valve disease is a condition in which the valves of the heart will not function properly. Ebstein?s anamoly is abnormalities of the tricuspid valve.There are four valves in the heart, mitral or bicuspid, tricuspid, aortic and pulmonary.

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Ankylosing Spondylitis A Joint Disease

Ankylosing Spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory condition that generally manifests in young ages. Disease generally involves the joints of the body especially the joints of vertebrae in spine, Sacroiliac joints (joint between pelvis and spine) and knee joints but the disease can involve other joints of the body along with some of the body organs.

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Otomycosis

Otomycosis is a superficial mycotic infection of the outer ear canal. The infection may be either subacute or acute and is characterized by inflammation, pruritus, scaling, and severe discomfort. The mycosis results in inflammation, superficial epithelial exfoliation, masses of debris containing hyphae, suppuration, and pain

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Hair Transplantation

Hair transplantation is a surgical procedure which involves taking skin containing hair follicles from one part of the body called as donor site and placing it to bald parts also known as the recipient site. This procedure is used to treat male pattern baldness which results due to the hormones which lead to falling of the hairs from the follicles in response to hormones.

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Tension Headache

Tension Headache is a chronic type of headache which may be as a result of stress or fatigue. Generally tension headache is due to physical problems, psychological issues, or depression. Both men and women are affected, but women are more commonly affected. Generally disease onsets between the age of 20 and 40, and any person can be affected.

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Myths and facts of nutrition

Thre are various myths about food consumption, preparation of foods.

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Hepatitis A (Symptoms and Treatment)

Hepatitis A is a type of disease which primarily affects liver and is caused by the hepatitis A virus. Usually Viral Hepatitis is a alarming serious illness affecting liver but Hepatitis A is not usually as serious as other types of viral hepatitis. However, Hepatitis A leads to inflammation of the liver and impairs its functional ability to some extent.

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Emergency birth control methods

Emergency contraceptives are those which prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or due to failure of a contraceptive method. They prevent ovulation or fertilization and also prevent implantation of the already fertilized ovum.

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