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4 cardinal signs that indicate a urinary tract infection!

Friday, September 5, 2008

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Urinary tract infections or UTIs as it is usually known is quite common, especially in women. The bug which is mainly responsible for causing UTI is a bacterium, named E.coli. UTI is basically an infection of the urinary system which includes the kidneys, the bladder, the ureters and the urethra. There are some cardinal signs [...]

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What is Multiple Myeloma?

Friday, August 22, 2008

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Our body has many different types of cells like the red blood cells, the white blood cells and many more. One particular type of cells is the plasma cells and Multiple Myeloma is a very important disease associated with these cells. It is the most common primary malignant arising in bone of adults. Multiple myeloma [...]

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Smoking can kill you!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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‘Smoking is injurious to health’. You must have heard that phrase innumerable times. You must have also read the same on cigarette packs! But have you really wondered as to why and how smoking can kill you? How the smoke affects the different organs of the body? What is the actual pathology and how one [...]

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