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Blindness is the inability to see. What are the causes of Blindness? The causes of blindness are: cataract glaucoma Glaucoma is due to a build-up of pressure within the eye which causes damage to the cells in the optic nerve transmitting visual information from eye...

Cardiac dysrhythmia (also known as arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat) is any of a large and heterogeneous group of conditions in which there is abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heartbeat may be too fast or too slow, and may be regular or irregular. A heart beat that is too fast is called...

Memory LossUnderstanding and Preventing Memory LossThis is volume 1 in a series of 5 Memory Loss books.If you're a person experiencing memory loss and wants to know the secrets of memory loss, memory help, and memory boost, then you're about to discover how to improve your...

A comprehensive, natural approach to treating acute and chronic Lyme disease, from a leading naturopathic physician who has managed his symptoms for more than fifteen years. Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States, and millions of people worldwide...

CHAPTER 1: CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DAIRY INTAKE Rather than protecting against chronic disease, in the medical literature dairy is very commonly associated with some life-threatening diseases. This first chapter will open your eyes on the links between dairy intake and diseases like heart disease,...

Man is exposed to many unhealthy environments due to this he has been captivated to number of diseases. He is becoming unhealthy with the stress of work and the food he intakes. He to get relaxed has found many bad ways like usage of tobacco, smoking, drinking alcohol, drug addiction and many more...

From Dr. Peter H.R. Green, internationally renowned expert on celiac disease and director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University, and medical writer Rory Jones, this is the definitive book on celiac disease, one of the most underdiagnosed autoimmune diseases in the U.S. Do you...

Vangina pectoris–commonly known as angina–is chest pain do to ischemia of the heart muscle, generally due to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries.[1] The main cause of Vangina pectoris is Coronary Artery Disease, due to atherosclerosis of the arteries feeding the heart. The term derives...

In What's Eating You? Eugene Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite. Kaplan has spent his life traveling the globe exploring oceans and jungles, and incidentally...

Thoroughly revised and updated for its Fourth Edition, this highly acclaimed volume is the most comprehensive reference on hospital epidemiology and infection control. Written by over 150 leading experts, this new edition examines every type of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infection and addresses...

Pathology and Pathogenesis of Human Viral Disease is a comprehensive reference that examines virus-induced clinical disease of humans in the context of the responsible virus and its epidemiology. Encompassing everything from cold and flu viruses to sexually transmitted diseases, this important resource...

Book covers course with topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious disease clinical researchers, trainees, trainers, and all those who manage the research of children with infections and the children themselves. The conference is being supported by several societies...

Autophagy: Cancer, Other Pathologies, Inflammation, Immunity, Infection, and Aging is an eleven volume series that discusses in detail all aspects of autophagy machinery in the context of health, cancer, and other pathologies. Autophagy maintains homeostasis during starvation or stress conditions...

Chapter 1 Laryngitis What is Laryngitis? Laryngitis is the inflammation of the mucous membranes of the Larynx which produces the sound of the voice. What are the causes of Laryngitis? Laryngitis is caused by bacterial or viral infections of the larynx. excessive...