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What are canker sores?

Canker sores are essentially sores in the mouth that cause a great deal of pain and discomfort. They are also called oral sores or aphthous ulcers.

29 Jul 2012

Treatment of Paget’s disease of the bone

Paget’s disease is a bone disorder that is commonly inherited genetically. This said, there is evidence that environmental factors play a role in development of the condition.

25 Jul 2012

Diagnosis of Paget’s disease of the bone

Paget’s disease of the bone is a rare condition affecting the elderly and it primarily involves a faulty bone metabolism.

25 Jul 2012

Symptoms of Paget’s disease of the bone

Paget’s disease is a rare bone disease that is characterized by enlarged, deformed and brittle bones that easily fracture. The disease is thought to be inherited with several genes leading to increased susceptibility.

25 Jul 2012

Causes of Paget’s disease of the bone

Paget’s disease is a rare disorder of the bone affecting the rate of formation and destruction of various bones of the skeleton. It is common in the elderly and those from European descent. The exact causes of this condition are unclear. (1-6)

25 Jul 2012

What is Paget’s disease of the bone?

Paget’s disease of the bone is a chronic ailment affecting the skeleton. Sir James Paget described Paget's disease of bone in 1877 and the disease is named after him.

25 Jul 2012

Treatment of movement disorders

Movement disorders commonly affect normal fluency, speed and ease of movements and gait. Most of them are cause due to faulty genes that may or may not be inherited.

25 Jul 2012

Symptoms of Movement Disorders

Movement disorders are neurological conditions characterized by abnormality of the movements and gait.

25 Jul 2012

Causes of movement disorders

Movement disorders are neurological syndromes where there may be excess of movement or a paucity of movement that is not connected to weakness, paralysis of spasticity of the muscles. Movement disorders commonly affect the speed, fluency or smoothness, quality, and ease of movement.

25 Jul 2012

What are Movement Disorders?

Movement, although seemingly simple like picking up a bit of paper, is actually a complex process that requires activities of several different parts of the brain working in tandem with muscles and nerves.

25 Jul 2012

Treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand foot and mouth disease is a viral infection commonly affecting children below 10 years. It rarely affects teenagers and adults who usually show milder symptoms.

24 Jul 2012

Diagnosis of hand foot and mouth disease

Hand foot and mouth disease is a viral illness commonly affecting children below 10 years of age. The infection caused commonly by coxsackie A16 virus of the enterovirus family often is very contagious and spreads rapidly to form outbreaks and even epidemics affecting a large number of children.

24 Jul 2012

Symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral illness commonly affecting children below 10 years. Although it can affect teenagers and adults as well, this age group often has milder symptoms.

24 Jul 2012

Causes of hand foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral illness that characteristically leads to fever, sore throat and blisters over the mouth, hands, feet, buttocks and genitalia.

24 Jul 2012

Hand, foot and mouth disease – What is HFMD?

Hand-foot-mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by a virus and it often affects the throat first.

24 Jul 2012

What is Hirsutism?

Hirsutism is a condition where a woman has excess thick, dark hair which grows in a male-type pattern.

24 Jul 2012

Treatment of fungal nail infections

Fungal nail infections, or onychochomysis, are common disorders of the nails. They are treatable.

22 Jul 2012

Fungal nail infection and other health conditions

Fungal nail infections, or onychomycosis, are commonly seen among the elderly and those with certain chronic health conditions. This includes those with Diabetes, psoriasis, peripheral vascular disease and those with suppressed immunity like with AIDS and cancers. (1-4)

22 Jul 2012

Symptoms and diagnosis of fungal nail infections

Fungal nail infections, also called onychomycosis, are among the most common nail disorders. With rising prevalence of conditions like diabetes and increasing number of the aged population the numbers of individuals with these infections are also on the rise.

22 Jul 2012

Causes of fungal nail infections

Fungal nail infections are one of the most common dermatological conditions in the United Kingdom. Nearly 3 in 100 in the UK suffer from fungal nail infections at some point in their lives.

22 Jul 2012