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- Mercer Disease by: admin
September 6, 2010, 09:31
Mercer Disease is a highly infectious disease caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. It is also known as MRSA which is an acronym for Methicillin…
- Cushing's Disease by: admin
September 5, 2010, 20:36
Definition and Causes Cushing's disease refers to the manifestation of Cushing's syndrome as a result of a pituitary gland tumour or tumours. The pituitary…
- Heart Disease by: admin
September 5, 2010, 05:20
Heart Disease is defined as any disease that may affect the heart. Heart disease is prevalent in many western countries and has been declared to be the…
- Peyronie’s Disease by: admin
September 4, 2010, 17:07
Definition This is a disease that affects the male’s genital organ: the penis, as it often causes deformity of the penis and erections are often very…
- Celiac Disease by: admin
September 4, 2010, 02:25
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects the small intestine and may manifest in genetically predisposed individuals of any age. The disease…
- Hodgkin Disease/Hodgkins Lymphoma by: admin
September 3, 2010, 12:16
Definition Hodgkin’s disease has been renamed Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (type of cancer to affect the lymph tissue) is a type of cancer that affects the…
- Rheumatic Disease by: admin
September 2, 2010, 22:10
Rheumatic heart disease is a disorder in which the heart valves are permanently damaged by a bout of rheumatic fever. Causes of Rheumatic Heart Disease The…
- Kidney Disease by: admin
September 2, 2010, 09:05
Definition of Kidney Disease Kidney disease refers to any disease that impairs kidney function. It is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States…
- Chronic Heart Disease by: admin
September 1, 2010, 18:27
Definition of Chronic Heart Disease Chronic heart Disease may be defined as a disease that progressively causes deterioration of the heart and its functioning.…
- Prostate Disease by: admin
September 1, 2010, 05:40
The prostate is a small gland in the male reproductive system. As some males age this gland may start to have disruptions in its normal functioning; disruptions…
- Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) by: admin
August 31, 2010, 15:33
The hand foot and mouth disease is a common disease (viral illness of infants) among children. The disease causes fever and blister like eruptions in the mouth…
- Kawasaki Disease by: admin
August 31, 2010, 01:33
Kawasaki disease is a children’s illness. It is also known as Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. This along with the acute rheumatic…
- Coronary Artery Disease by: admin
August 30, 2010, 13:14
Definition of Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the arteries and blood vessels that supply the heart with blood and oxygen…
- Interstitial Lung Disease by: admin
August 29, 2010, 22:31
The Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) also known as the Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (DPLD) refers to a group of lung diseases affecting the interstitium…
- Lou Gehrig’s Disease by: admin
August 29, 2010, 09:43
Definition Lou Gehrig’s Disease goes by the name Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the progressive and sometimes fatal disorder. This kind of disorder…
- Valvular Heart Disease by: admin
August 28, 2010, 20:33
Definition Valvular heart disease is a disease that affects at least one or more of the valves within the heart. The heart maintains four types of valves: the…
- Huntington's Disease by: admin
August 28, 2010, 07:46
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that typically materializes near middle age. In rare cases where the disease manifests in younger…
- Lyme Disease by: admin
August 27, 2010, 18:20
Lyme disease or borreliosis is an infectious disease that is derived from three specific species of bacteria from the genus borrelia. The strain of bacteria…
- Cerebrovascular Disease by: admin
August 26, 2010, 13:07
This is a group of brain dysfunctions relating to the disease of vascular tubes (blood vessels) supplying the brain. This disease is known primarily to affect…
- Degenerative Disc Disease by: admin
August 26, 2010, 00:11
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc, often called "degenerative disc disease" (DDD) of the spine, is a condition that can be painful and can greatly affect…
- Mad Cow Disease by: admin
August 25, 2010, 11:37
Mad cow disease or more accurately BSE is a fatal neurodegenerative disease found in cattle that results in the deterioration of the brain and spinal chord.…
- Osgood Schlatter Disease by: admin
August 24, 2010, 23:17
Osgood Schlatter disease is an inflammation of the bone, cartilage, and/or tendon at the top of the shinbone (tibia), where the tendon from the kneecap…
- Chron's Disease by: admin
August 24, 2010, 10:26
Chron's Disease or granulomatous colitis or regional enteritis is a disease that causes inflammation within the intestines. Inflammation may occur in any area…
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) by: admin
August 23, 2010, 20:19
Definition End stage Renal Disease is when the kidneys permanently fail to work. This is the “stage of kidney impairment which is irreversible” it can no…
- Shingles by: admin
August 23, 2010, 06:31
Herpes Zoster, this is the reactivation of Chicken-pox in adulthood, commonly in adults over 50years. Unlike the rash from chicken-pox that covers most of the…
- Thyroid Disease by: admin
August 22, 2010, 18:28
Thyroid disease refers specifically to any disease that interferes with the functioning of the thyroid. Thyroid disease may be categorized into four major…
- Addison's Disease by: admin
August 22, 2010, 04:57
Addison disease is a condition that occurs when the body does not generate acceptable amounts of specific proteins made in the adrenal glands. The adrenal…
- Alzheimer’s Disease by: admin
August 21, 2010, 15:50
Definition Alzheimer’s Disease is a brain disease that affects the memory, thinking and behaviour. Even though it is not a normal a part of ageing it gets…
- Liver Disease by: admin
August 21, 2010, 02:56
Definition of Liver Disease Liver disease or hepatic disease describes any disease that affects the liver. Most liver diseases will be accompanied by jaundice…
- Ischaemic Heart Disease by: admin
August 20, 2010, 14:02
Ischaemic heart disease is a condition in which the heart is not satisfactorily supplied with blood resulting in damage to the heart muscle. Ultimately, the…
- Peripheral Vascular Disease by: admin
August 20, 2010, 00:53
This refers to diseases of the blood vessels outside the heart and brain. It is often a narrowing of vessels that carry blood to the legs, arms, stomach or…
- Coronary Heart Disease by: admin
August 19, 2010, 10:59
Definition of Coronary Heart Disease Coronary heart disease (CHD) is identified by the progressive narrowing of the artery and blood vessels that supply the…
- Graves' Disease by: admin
August 18, 2010, 20:06
Graves' disease is classified as an autoimmune disease. It usually affects the thyroid and may cause enlargement of the organ up to two times or more in size,…
- Meniere’s Disease by: admin
August 18, 2010, 07:47
The Meniere’s disease is a disorder of the inner ear which usually causes dizziness. The area of the ear that is commonly affected is the labyrinth which…
- Inflammatory Heart Disease by: admin
August 17, 2010, 19:14
Inflammatory heart disease is identified by inflammation of the heart muscles and bordering tissue because of an infection. The infection may stem from a…
- Gallbladder Disease by: admin
August 17, 2010, 04:59
The gallbladder is a sac located under the liver. It stores and concentrates bile produced in the liver. Bile aids in the digestion of fat, and is released…
- Sickle Cell Disease by: admin
August 16, 2010, 16:06
Definition Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that affects the red blood cells. This disease is found in people that have red blood cells that contain…
- Chronic Kidney Disease by: admin
August 16, 2010, 02:35
The Kidneys are vital organs, essential to life. The Kidneys’ function is to remove waste products from the blood. Also known as, Chronic Renal Disease,…
- Morgellon’s Disease by: admin
August 15, 2010, 14:14
Definition Morgellon’s Disease is a skin disorder that is identified by disfiguring sores and crawling sensations on and under the skin. There is question…
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by: admin
August 15, 2010, 00:52
Definition of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is generally associated with the diseases emphysema and…
- Tay-Sach’s Disease by: admin
August 14, 2010, 12:20
Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic lipid storage disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called ganglioside build up in tissues and nerve…
- Paget's Disease by: admin
August 13, 2010, 23:04
This disorder affects the bones and is characterized by abnormal bone remodeling. Bone remodeling refers to the mechanics within the bones where old bone is…
- Hashimoto's Disease by: admin
August 13, 2010, 09:09
This disease refers to any problem related to the thyroid glands located in the back of the neck. With Hashimoto’s Diseases the body recognized the thyroid…
- Lung Disease by: admin
August 12, 2010, 19:03
Definition This disease is an affects the lung preventing the lung from functioning properly. There are a variety of conditions that affects the way in which…
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) by: admin
August 12, 2010, 06:40
Definition This disease consists or brings along with it conditions, inflammatory conditions specifically that affects or are of the intestines. Two of the…
- Fifth disease by: admin
August 11, 2010, 18:11
Definition and Cause of Fifth Disease Fifth disease or erythema infectiosum is caused by parovirus B19. It is not the same virus that is seen in household…
- Gum Disease by: admin
August 11, 2010, 05:24
Gum disease is also known as periodontal disease or Periodontitis. Periodontal disease is an infection of the tissues and bone that support the teeth.…
- Cardiovascular Disease by: admin
August 10, 2010, 16:51
Definition of Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular disease is identified as any disease that affects the heart or blood vessels (veins or arteries). It is…
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by: admin
August 10, 2010, 02:13
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is infection of a woman's reproductive organs. Infection spreads upward from the cervix to the uterus, fallopian tubes,…
- Parkinson's disease by: admin
August 9, 2010, 13:13
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder that affects the central nervous system which progressively causes deterioration of functions such as motor…
- Mitochondrial Disease by: admin
August 8, 2010, 22:08
Mitochondrial diseases comprise those disorders that in one way or another affect the function of the mitochondria or are due to mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondria…
- Congenital Heart Disease by: admin
August 8, 2010, 09:11
Definition of Congenital Heart Disease Congenital heart disease is the result of a defect in the structure of the heart and great vessels of a newborn. These…
- Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) by: admin
August 8, 2010, 09:11
Definition Peripheral Artery Disease is the type of disease is a form or type of Peripheral Vascular Disease, where there is either a partial or total…
- Wilson’s disease by: admin
August 7, 2010, 19:19
Wilson disease is a genetic disorder that prevents the body from getting rid of extra copper. A small amount of copper obtained from food is needed to stay…
- Polycystic Kidney Disease by: admin
August 7, 2010, 06:38
Polycystic kidney Disease (PKD) also known as polycystic kidney syndrome is a cystic genetic disorder of the kidneys, which simply means that this disorder is…
- Atherosclerosis Disease by: admin
August 6, 2010, 17:03
Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up on the insides of your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart…
- Hypertensive Heart Disease by: admin
August 6, 2010, 04:32
Hypertensive heart disease is a condition that arises because of high blood pressure. It is the most common type of illness and leading cause of death from…
- Mercer Disease by: admin
