Medical Science

Apert Syndrome is a congenital disease with very distinct characteristics and a few possible causes. Congenital diseases are diseases that are present at birth and they do not appear over time. It is also considered a craniofacial and limb anomaly…
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, is a condition whereby the prostate gland becomes enlarged.  When the prostate is enlarged, it can press on the urethra thereby causing a slower and less forceful flow of urine.  The onset of BPH is…
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The fear response is a complex cascade of chemical and electrical signaling triggered by the autonomic nervous system, the involuntary part of the central nervous system. Involved in fear is the fight or flight response, which extends the emotion of…
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“I’ll See You in My Dreams” is an old song that’s much loved. Now scientists have managed to “see” dreams using sophisticated scanner technology. Scanning the brains of three sleeping people with functional neuroimaging technology, a team of Japanese scientists…
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An intracerebral hemorrhage occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, releasing blood into the surrounding brain tissue. Intracerebral hemorrhages differ from strokes in that, in a stroke, a blood vessel becomes blocked and no blood reaches certain parts…
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Do you know that even when your head that houses your brain is separated from your body, you can still remain conscious for awhile? Amazing, isn’t it? The brain is an amazing organ. It controls all your bodily functions. Even…
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Birth defects occur for a number of reasons, though they are most often influenced in the first trimester of pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States estimates that every one in 33 babies is…
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Often people know that high blood pressure can cause a stroke or heart attack, but fewer realize that high blood pressure can be a major contributor to vision loss. High blood pressure can damage the veins in the eye. Two…
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Best disease is a genetic disorder known more formally as early onset vitelliform macular dystrophy. It is a rare autosomal dominant disorder first described in 1905 by a German ophthalmologist, Dr. Franz Best. Vitelliform means “egg-like,” which describes the yolk-like…
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Bacteria are one of the main forms of microorganism and are around us and even inside us all of the time. In some cases they are beneficial such as the commensal bacteria that are found in the human gut. These…
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