Immunotherapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease. Biological therapy is thus any form of treatment that uses the body's natural abilities that constitute the immune system to fight infection and disease or to protect the body from some of the side effects of treatment.

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Title: Blood Test Helps Predict Menopause
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How do I naturally cure a cough and runny nose?

I'm a 23 year old male. For about 4 or 5 days I've had symptoms of the common cold. Mainly what's still bothering me is a cough (annoying since it's now 5:42 a.m. and it's woken me up) and runny nose. What (more…)

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Title: Speech Delay in Kids Linked to Later Emotional Problems
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Rheumatoid arthritis: An autoimmune disease which
causes chronic inflammation of the joints, the tissue around the joints, as well as other organs in the body. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body tissues are mistakenly
attacked by its own immune system. The immune system is a complex organization of cells
and antibodies designed normally to "seek and destroy" invaders of the body,
particularly infections. Patients with these diseases have antibodies in their blood which
target their own body tissues, where they can be associated with inflammation. Because it
can affect multiple other organs of the body, rheumatoid arthritis is referred to as a
systemic illness and is sometimes called rheumatoid disease. While rheumatoid arthritis is
a chronic illness (meaning it can last for years) patients may experience long periods without symptoms.

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Title: Inhaled Insulin May Help Treat Diabetes
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Gout: Condition characterized by abnormally elevated
levels of uric acid in the blood, recurring attacks of joint inflammation (arthritis), deposits of
hard lumps of uric acid in and around the joints, and decreased kidney function
and kidney stones. Uric acid is a breakdown
product of purines, that are part of many foods we eat. The tendency to develop
gout

and elevated blood uric acid level
(hyperuricemia) is often inherited and can be promoted by obesity, weight gain, alcohol
intake, high blood pressure, abnormal kidney function, and drugs. The most reliable
diagnostic test for gout is the identification of crystals in joints, body fluids and
tissues.

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Mrsa Symptoms: A Look At Lung Infections

MRSA or methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infections are becoming a common problem in many different settings today. The two most common types of MRSA infections involve a individual’s skin or lungs. With that noted, MRSA (more…)

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Triglycerides: The major form of fat stored by the body. A triglyceride consists of three molecules of fatty acid combined with a molecule of the alcohol glycerol.
Triglycerides serve as the backbone of many types of lipids (fats). Triglycerides come from the food we eat as well as from being produced by the body.

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