Sjogren's syndrome

Sjogren’s syndrome

Sjogren’s syndrome is an auto immune disorder and mainly affects the moisture-producing cells and glands of body. The disease is characterized by dry mouth, eyes, and skin and vaginal dryness. Numbness of muscles, gastric ulcer and joint pain and lymphoma are other symptoms. This disease affects the mucous membrane and moisture-secreting of eyes and mouth …

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Cancerous white blood cells in leukemia

Leukemia

Leukemia is type of blood cancer which affects the blood cells usually the white blood cells and bone marrow. White blood cells are integral part of immune system and the bone marrow is where blood cells are made. People with leukemia have large number of abnormal white blood cells. These abnormal cells develop rapidly and …

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Lung cancer treatment options

Lung cancer (part 2)

Lung cancer treatment or therapy depends on the stage of cancer and varies from person to person. Sometimes doctors perform combined therapies for curing cancer. The theray may have two purposes: Curative: These are for the purpose of cure and treatment of lung cancer. Palliative: if the cancer become malignant as in stage 4, treatment …

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tumor formation in lung cancer

Lung cancer (Part 1)

Lung cancer is a medical condition in which abnormal cells grow and develop in the lungs, the organs used for breathing. These abnormal cells divide, and the increase in the number of cells leads to growths called tumors. The abnormal cells cause harm to the body as they grow and spread. There are two types …

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side effects of fairness creams

Fairness creams side effects

‘Beauty is in the eyes of beholder.’ But the cosmetics brands  will tell you something else, setting their own  ‘standard’ of beauty. This is what our society does as mostly people think that fair skin is the standard of being beautiful. If you have brown or dusky skin, everyone will tell you one or two …

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symptoms of Athlete's Foot

Athlete’s foot

Fungus is microscopic organism whose various species cause serious infections in human. One of them is athlete’s foot or tinea pedis which usually occurs between the toes of the person. It is most likely to infect those, having sweaty feet in tight shoes for longtime. This is why the disease is commonly known as athlete’s …

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sleep disorder- insomnia

Insomnia

Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which the person has disturbed sleeping pattern. Either he/she has difficulty to fall asleep or the stay asleep for normal duration. Our brain is one of the vital organs in body and it needs enough rest in the form of sleep to function properly. The sleep deprived persons usually …

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hemolytic anemia-autoimmune disorder

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA)

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a disorder in which the person’s immune system generates auto-reactive antibodies that destroys the red blood cell of the person leading to lower level of blood cell in body. The life time of normal RBC reduces to just few days instead of normal 120 days. Sometimes when a person gets blood …

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benefits of fruits for healthy skin

7 fruits for fresh skin

Having a fresh and glowy skin no doubt adds up your beauty and personality. One can look much younger than his/her age just because of their flawless skin. Our skin like our whole body is often a victim of our eating habits and lifestyle. You are dealing with a lot of problems and here your …

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harmful aspects of asbestos in cosmatics

Asbestos in Claire’s cosmatics

The word fashion is incomplete without cosmetics and makeup products. Women use makeup products to enhance their beauty, for social acceptance or to look confident. No matter what the reason is cosmetics or makeup are at the top list requirement of many. However, like many other things makeup does contain some of the harmful even …

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harmful ingredients in energy drinks

Side effects of energy drinks

Energy drinks are those consisting of sugar and stimulant substances such as caffeine. Therefore, these drinks are used for energy boost up in routine life. However, these can be harmful if not used in a balanced proportion. The ingredients of energy drinks may have potential side effects as well. How stimulants work? Stimulants in energy …

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ovarian cancer, detection and treatment

Ovarian cancer

The term “ovarian cancer” includes several different types of cancer that all arise from cells of the ovary. Most commonly, tumours arise from the epithelium, or lining cells, of the ovary. These include epithelial ovarian (from the cells on the surface of the ovary), fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal (the lining inside the abdomen that …

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marfan syndrome link with Fibrillin gene

Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome is a multi-systemic disorder of connective tissues. The basis is mutation in Fibrillin 1 gene. This disorder effects patient’s cardiovascular system badly. The symptoms are life threatening symptoms including aortic valve regurgitation, aortic root dilation and root dissection. The syndrome was first identified by Antoine Marfan, a French paediatrician after observing symptoms in …

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vasopressin neurotransmitter

Vasopressin as neurotransmitter

A neurotransmitter is an endogenous chemical. It is also named as chemical messenger and is responsible for chemical transmission of nerve impulse by neurons. They cause the transmission across the synapse between the neuron and the target neuron that can be a muscle or gland cell. They are released from the synaptic vesicles at synaptic …

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nerveagents effects on neurotransmitter

Nerve agents

Nerve agents or nerve gases are actually the dirty dark secret of scientific development and a threat to humanity and peace of world. These are chemicals or gases which affect the central nervous system or specifically neurons. This term applies to all chemicals that affect nervous system by disrupting neurotransmitter molecules.  Gerhard Schrader accidentally formed …

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