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Peripheral artery disease is a circulatory disorder that affects approximately 10 million people in the United States. It results from a build-up of plaque in one or more of the arteries of the legs. As the disease progresses, accumulation of plaque may significantly reduce blood flow through the arteries, resulting in pain and increasing disability. In severe cases, amputation may be the only treatment option. Angioplasty, bypass graft surgery and thrombolytic (anti-clotting) therapy have traditionally been used to prevent further disability and limb amputation.
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Whereas Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a little-known condition, Alzheimer's disease is all too familiar to the families of the more than four million sufferers in America today. Note the reference to the families rather than the victims themselves: one of the most devastating aspects of Alzheimer's disease is the patient's progressive loss of contact with reality, such that a patient in an advanced stage does not even know that he or she has the disease. A progressive brain disease that brings about mental deterioration, Alzheimer's disease is signaled by symptoms that include increasingly poor memory, personality changes, and a loss of concentration and judgment. Although most victims are older 65 years, Alzheimer's is not a normal result of aging. Up until the 1970s people assumed that physical and mental decline were normal and unavoidable features of old age and dismissed such cases of deterioration as "senility." Yet as early as 1906, Alzheimer himself discovered evidence that pointed in a different direction.
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Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a severe, itchy, blistering skin manifestation of celiac disease. Not all people with celiac disease develop dermatitis herpetiformis. The rash usually occurs on the elbows, knees, and buttocks. Unlike other forms of celiac disease, the range of intestinal abnormalities in DH is highly variable, from minimal to severe. Only about 20 percent of people with DH have intestinal symptoms of celiac disease.
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Legionnaires' disease can have symptoms like many other forms of pneumonia, so it can be hard to diagnose at first. Signs of the disease can include: a high fever, chills, and a cough. Some people may ... suffer from muscle aches and headaches. Chest X-rays are needed to find the pneumonia caused by the bacteria, and other tests can be done on sputum (phlegm), as well as blood or urine to find evidence of the bacteria in the body.
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Most people who suffer from heart disease are affected by its two leading risk factors: high blood pressure and high cholesterol. New Smart Start Healthy Heart Maple Brown Sugar is the latest addition to the Smart Start Healthy Heart line, designed to help Americans who are actively seeking ways to improve their health. Featuring oat bran, potassium and low sodium, Smart Start Healthy Heart is the only national cold cereal with ingredients that may help lower both blood pressure and cholesterol. The cereal has been certified by the American Heart Association's Food Certification program.
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Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, which is carried by ticks that transmit the infection from animals to humans. In the pivotal efficacy trial ... published in The New England Journal of Medicine, approximately 20 percent of people infected with the Borrelia burgdorferi organism did not exhibit any symptoms (asymptomatic infection). Such infection, if undiagnosed and left untreated, can progress to late-stage Lyme disease. Those infected may develop debilitating symptoms months to years after including arthritic or neurologic problems possibly requiring extensive treatment.
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