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Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s disease, also known as Crohn syndrome and regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms often include: abdominal...
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Breast Reconstruction

Breast reconstruction is achieved through several plastic surgery techniques that attempt to restore a breast to near normal shape, appearance and size following mastectomy. Although breast reconstruction can rebuild your...
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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, also known as simply diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. It is due to either...
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Wound Care

Wound Care refers to the various medical therapies designed to accelerate or improve the process of wound healing. Wound healing itself is an intricate process where the skin (or another...
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Scleroderma

Scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis, is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterised by hardening (sclero) of the skin (derma). In the more severe form, it also affects internal organs....
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Psoriasis

Psoriasis, also termed psoriasis vulgaris), is a common, chronic, relapsing/remitting, immune-mediated skin disease characterized by red, scaly patches, papules, and plaques, which usually itch. The skin lesions seen in psoriasis...
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Eczema

The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions. These include dryness and recurring skin rashes that are characterized by one or more of these symptoms:...
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Aging Skin

How an individual’s skin ages depends on a variety of factors: environment, diet, exercise, heredity, and personal habits. Smoking, for example, can produce free radicals–once-healthy oxygen molecules that are now...
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Gingival Recession

In dentistry, gingival recession (receding gums) is the exposure in the roots of the teeth caused by a loss of gum tissue and/or retraction of the gingival margin from the...
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Hair Restoration

Hair restoration includes the medical and surgical treatment of various forms of hair loss. The most common cause of hair loss is androgenetic alopecia (AGA), also known as male pattern...
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