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Ovarian Disorders
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Amenorrhea is the medical term for the absence of menstruation . There are two types of amenorrhea, primary and secondary. Primary amenorrhea refers to delayed menarche (the first menstrual period) and is defined as any one of three conditions: th...
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation. There are two types of amenorrhea, primary and secondary. Primary amenorrhea is delayed menarche (the first menstrual period) and is defined as any one of three conditions: 1.) absence of menarche by age ...
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Amenorrhea is the absence of menstruation and is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Primary amenorrhea refers to the absence of the onset of menstruation by age 16 whether or not normal growth and secondary sexual characteristics are present, or the abse...
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The absence of menstrual periods is called amenorrhea. Primary amenorrhea is the failure to start having a period by the age of 16. Secondary amenorrhea is more common and refers to either the temporary or permanent ending of periods in a woman wh...
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person refuses to stay at even the minimum body weight considered normal for their age and height. Persons with this disorder may have an intense fear of weight gain and a distorted body image. Inadequate eating or excessive exercising results in severe weight loss. See also: Bulimia; Intentional weight loss.
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, and conspicuous distortion of body image. The name comes from two Latin words that mean " nervous inability to eat.
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that mainly affects young women. It can threaten your health, your well being, and even your life. Much about anorexia isn’t fully understood. But it can be treated.
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, and conspicuous distortion of body image. The name comes from two Latin words that mean nervous inability to eat.
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Detailed information on anorexia, including causes, characteristics, types, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and prevention
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Detailed information on anorexia, including causes, characteristics, types, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and prevention
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Detailed information on anorexia, including causes, characteristics, types, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and prevention
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation, unrealistic fear of weight gain, and conspicuous distortion of body image. The term anorexia nervosa comes from two Latin words that mean " nervous inability to eat.
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight and becoming fat. Because of this fear, the affected individual starves herself or himself, and the person's weight falls to about 85% (or less) of the normal weight for age and height.
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Detailed information on anorexia, including causes, characteristics, types, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and prevention
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A psychiatric disorder characterized by a distorted body image leading the person to believe that she is overweight even when she is dangerously underweight. Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric disorder in which a person ' s (usually a girl ' s) distorted body image leads her to believe that she is overweight even when she is dangerously underweight.
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by an extreme reduction in food intake leading to potentially life-threatening weight loss. This syndrome is marked by an intense, irrational fear of weight gain or excess body fat, accompanied by a distorted perception of body weight and shape.
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The eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa is commonly described as " self-starvation. " Characteristics of the disorder include a refusal to maintain a minimally normal weight, an intense fear of gaining weight, a disturbed and unrealistic body image, and (in women) the absence of menstrual periods.
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Congenital heart disease refers to a problem with the heart's structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth. Congenital means present at birth.
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Congenital heart disease, also called congenital heart defect, includes a variety of malformations of the heart or its major blood vessels that are present at birth. Congenital heart disease occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart do not develop properly before birth.
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Detailed information on the most common types of congenital heart disorders
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Congenital heart disease, also called congenital heart defect, includes a variety of malformations of the heart or its major blood vessels that are present at the birth of a child. Congenital heart disease occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart do not develop properly before birth.
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Congenital heart disease, or congenital heart defect, includes a variety of structural problems of the heart or its major blood vessels, which are present at birth. The heart, which is completely developed about eight weeks after conception, is one of the earliest organs to completely develop.
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Congenital heart disease, also called congenital heart defect, includes a variety of malformations of the heart or its major blood vessels that are present at the birth of a child. Congenital heart disease occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart do not develop properly before birth.
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Detailed information on diagnosing and evaluating heart disease in children
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Detailed information on congenital heart disease, including patent ductus arteriosus, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular canal, tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot, double outlet right ventricle, truncus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, aortic stenosis, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Detailed information on congenital heart disease and factors that may have caused the defect
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Detailed information on congenital heart disease, including patent ductus arteriosus, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular canal, tricuspid atresia, pulmonary atresia, transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot, double outlet right ventricle, truncus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, aortic stenosis, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Detailed information on growth and development of the heart
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Detailed information for children living with a congenital heart disease
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Detailed information on exercise and physical stamina issues surrounding congenital heart disease
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Detailed information on emotional and family issues surrounding congenital heart disease
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Hyperthyroidism is a condition caused by an overactive thyroid gland. The gland makes too much T4 and T3 hormones. Hormones are substances that affect and control many important functions in the body.
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Detailed information on hyperthyroidism, including symptoms, types, diagnosis, and treatment
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This small gland can cause a multitude of problems affecting every system in your body. Here's how to tell if your thyroid gland is producing too much or too little hormone and what to do about it.
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Detailed information on hyperthyroidism (Graves disease), including cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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When you have hypothyroidism, your thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough hormone. With hyperthyroidism, the thyroid gland produces too much hormone. A goiter is the enlargement of the thyroid gland.
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Detailed information on hyperthyroidism, including symptoms, types, diagnosis, and treatment
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Hyperthyroidism is the condition that reflects excessive concentrations of thyroid hormones, due to any cause. The resulting hypermetabolic state causes increased heat production and accelerates many of the bodies ' processes.
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Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones by an overactive thyroid gland. Located in the front of the neck, the thyroid gland produces the hormones thyroxine (T 4 ) and triiodothyro-nine (T 3 ) that regulate the body ' s metabolic rate by helping to form protein ribonucleic acid (RNA) and increasing oxygen absorption in every cell.
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Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones by an overactive thyroid. The term hyperthyroidism covers any disease which results in overabundance of thyroid hormone.
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Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones by an overactive thyroid. Located in the front of the neck, the thyroid gland produces the hormones thyroxine (T 4 ) and triiodothyro-nine (T 3 ) that regulate the body ' s metabolic rate by helping to form protein ribonucleic acid (RNA) and increasing oxygen absorption in every cell.
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Obesity is a term used to describe body weight that is much greater than what is considered healthy. If you are obese, you have a much higher amount of body fat than lean muscle mass. Adults with a BMI greater than 30 are considered obese. Anyone more than 100 pounds overweight or with a BMI greater than 40 is considered morbidly obese.
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Weighing too much is harmful, but the location of those extra pounds can worsen the risk.
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With childhood obesity on the rise, should parents worry about the weight of their babies?
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We've all heard warnings, yet many of us keep gaining weight. More than half of American adults are overweight or obese, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Obesity and CancerKey Points:During the last two decades, the percentage of overweight and obese adults and children has been steadily increasing (see Question 2).Lack of physical activity is strongly associated with obesity (see Question 3).In ad...
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Detailed information on obesity treatment, including obesity medical treatment, obesity surgical treatment, obesity gastric bypass (malabsorptive) surgery, and obesity gastric stapling (restrictive) surgery
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Detailed information on obesity medical treatment, including obesity prescription medications and supplements, obesity behavioral strategies, and psychotherapy for eating disorders
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Detailed information on obesity prevention strategies during infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
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