Disease Guide: Diagnosis, Symptoms & Clinical Treatment Protocols

For patients and caregivers, understanding clinical progression, diagnostic imaging results, and pharmacological treatment options is vital for managing acute and chronic health conditions.

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Frontoparietal Stroke

Stroke affects approximately 700,000 Americans annually, according to the University Hospital website. A stroke is an abrupt deprivation of the blood flow to the brain due to a blockage or the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.

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What Causes Skin Tags Around the Eyes?

Skin tags, or acrochordons, are benign skin growths that project from the surrounding skin area and hang from a slender skin stalk. Skin tags are common, harmless and noncancerous; they may appear on the neck, under the arm pit, beneath the breast, on the back, chest or around the eyes.

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Three Reasons Why Smoking Should Be Banned

Tobacco use is the major cause of preventable and premature death and disease worldwide, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reports that 46 million Americans age 18 years and older smoke cigarettes, 443,000 smoking-related deaths occur annually in the U.S.

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Exercise & Lymph Nodes

Lymph nodes are a part of your immune system. The immune system protects you from infection and other diseases. It includes your spleen, bone marrow, thymus, tonsils, adenoids, the lymph channels and the lymph nodes.

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