What is Vitamin E?
Vitamin E is a term that encompasses several subtypes of tocopherols, which are fat-soluble and exhibit antioxidant properties. Therefore, Vitamin
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Surviving Heart Attack
A heart attack is a medical emergency that often requires major surgery and it can take several months to recover
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Fibromyalgia and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Fibromyalgia is typically characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome and myriads of other debilitating symptoms that make
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Motor Neurone Disease Epidemiology
Motor neurone disease affects about 2 in every 100,000 people each year in the UK and about 5,000 people are
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Origin of Lyme Disease
Lyme disease was first recognized in 1975 after researchers investigated why unusually large numbers of children were being diagnosed with
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Zika diagnosis
Zika virus, a disease that usually occurs in tropical environments and is spread to humans primarily via mosquito bites, shows
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Ginseng and Reproduction
Ginseng has been used in traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years. Purported benefits include its aphrodisiac effects, improvement of
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Spirometry Indications and Contraindications
Spirometry is a type of pulmonary function test that is used to measure and evaluate the function of the lungs
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Next Generation Sequencing: The Basics
By Sally Roberts, BSc (Hons) Also known of as high throughput sequencing, next generation sequencing (NGS) is the term used
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Scabies Symptoms
Human scabies, an ectoparasitosis transmitted to humans via direct or indirect skin contact, is caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis
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