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• Study find link between diabetes, obesity and neurodegeneration
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Quick Guide to Diabetes

Diabetes is the common term for several metabolic disorders in which the body no longer produces insulin or uses the insulin it produces ineffectively. It is a common condition and is characterised by abnormally high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is know

Quick Guide to Snoring

Snoring is a serious issue. It is the third biggest cause of marriage breakdown after infidelity and financial problems. Snoring can seriously affect peoples' quality of sleep and has been known to lead to domestic violence.

Quick Guide to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD, also sometimes known as GORD) or acid reflux disease, is a recurrent condition where gastric juices, containing acid from the stomach leaks back into the esophagus (the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach).

Quick Guide to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a disease that affects some white blood cells that belong to the lymphatic system, known as,lymphocytes. In non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the lymphocytes start to behave like cancerous cells and grow and multiply uncontrollably, and ma

Quick Guide to Meningitis

Meningitis and septicaemia can kill in hours. Meningitis is the inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord. Septicaemia is the blood poisoning form of the disease. The two forms of the disease have different symptoms. People who recover

Quick Guide to Arthritis

There are over 200 diseases that come under the term 'arthritis'. Looking at symptoms such as joint pain, swelling and inflammation allows doctors to classify the condition into a number of groups. The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthrit

Quick Guide to Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis, often abbreviated simply as MS, is the most common, non traumatic disease of the central nervous system, which is composed of the brain and spinal cord. Another medical name for the condition is Encephalomyelitis disseminate. In other word MS is a chronic inflammory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system.

Quick Guide to Influenza (Flu)

The flu, more scientifically known as influenza, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses. The influenza virus usually enters the body through mucous membranes in the mouth, nose or eyes.

Quick Guide to Eczema

Eczema, also called dermatitis, is inflammation of the skin that can appear just about anywhere on the body. Eczema often looks red, dry, and scaly and it can be itchy, sometimes extremely so. There are other symptoms, which depend on the type and severity.

Quick Guide to Psoriasis

The first thing to know about psoriasis is that you are not alone. Psoriasis is a non-contagious skin condition that affects 1 in 50 of the worlds population, Psoriasis develops when the bodys immune system reacts against its own tissues.