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Blood Type: How Your Blood Type Can Affect Your Health
Does your blood type play a role in your risk for disease? Find out how it fares in the face of certain conditions.
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Blood Disorders: What Is Sickle Cell Disease
This is a slideshow about sickle cell disease. It’s an inherited blood disorder that leads to a shortage of red blood cells. It...
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Blood Basics Test Quiz
What do you know about blood? It runs all through your body, so educate yourself! Take this blood basics quiz to learn about...
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Hemophilia Quiz: Test Your IQ of This Blood Disorder
What happens within the body in a person who has hemophilia? Take this quiz to learn about this rare blood disorder.
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Blood and Bleeding Disorders Quiz
Exactly what is sickle cell anemia? Learn about sickle cell and other diseases by testing your IQ with the Blood and Bleeding...
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Anemia: Common Causes, Symptoms, Types, and Treatment See SlideshowRelated Disease Conditions
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Edema (Pitting)
Edema is swelling caused by fluid accumulation in the tissues of the body and occurs most often in the legs, feet, ankles, or hands. Learn about different types, symptoms, causes, and treatment.
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Pulmonary Edema
Pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, can cause symptoms such as shortness of breath. Learn about causes, diagnosis complications, treatment, and prevention.
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Can Macular Edema Be Cured?
Macular edema cannot be cured but can be treated effectively if diagnosed early. Vision can be better preserved with early treatment of macular edema and the underlying condition causing it. Recovery from macular edema is slow and gradual and may even take months.
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What Is the Best Treatment for Macular Edema?
Macular edema is a type of swelling inside the retina of the eye. The best approach to treatment requires addressing the underlying cause of macular edema, and it may include injections, steroids, eye drops, laser treatment and vitrectomy surgery.
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Is There a Difference Between Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy?
Physical therapy helps you recover faster from accident-related injuries and decreased joint movements due to joint conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. There is no difference between physiotherapy and physical therapy. Both terms are used interchangeably all over the world.
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Can Diabetic Macular Edema Be Cured?
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a condition that causes fluid accumulation in the macula. Diabetic macular edema can be cured by tackling the underlying medical cause and treating abnormal eye changes caused by the condition.
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What Is Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)?
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is an ocular complication of diabetes that develops over a period of time.
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