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Pain, medically termed "nociception," is a response to noxious stimuli that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons . The discomfort signals actual or impending injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awaren...
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Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awareness of pain; it also includes perception, ...
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Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awareness of pain; it also includes perception, ...
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Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by nerves in the body.
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Arthritis is inflammation of one or more joints, which results in pain, swelling, stiffness, and limited movement. There are over 100 different types of arthritis. See also: Joint pain
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A term referring to a variety of conditions characterized by inflammation of one or more joints. Arthritis is commonly regarded as a disease of the elderly, but there are several varieties that primarily affect children, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis, and juvenile ankylosing spondylitis.
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Detailed information on arthritis, including types, symptoms, and diagnosis
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Detailed information on arthritis, including types, symptoms, diagnosis, and rehabilitation
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Detailed information on arthritis, including types, symptoms, and diagnosis
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Detailed information on arthritis and other rheumatic disease, including symptom, cause, and members of the treatment team
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This report includes sections on osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system, medications, diet, exercise, and the emotional strain of living with arthritis.
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Detailed information on the most common types of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, gout, infectious arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lyme disease, low back pa
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Doctors and physical therapists say people with arthritis can improve their health and fitness through exercise without damaging their joints.
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Although there's no cure for arthritis, the symptoms can be treated effectively in many cases. Here's a look at some proven treatments.
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A Harvard Medical School physician answers your question about a possible connection between statin medications and easing arthritis.
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No matter what form of arthritis you have, your role as part of your health care team can make the difference in how well you function with pain, stiffness or inflammation.
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Arthritis cannot be cured, but treatment can help manage the pain and prevent serious disability.
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Detailed information on treatment for arthritis and other rheumatic diseases
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Detailed information on diagnosing pediatric arthritis and other rheumatic diseases
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Detailed information on the treatment of arthritis
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Detailed information on the most common treatments used for arthritis
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Detailed information on treatment for arthritis and other rheumatic diseases
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Online medical glossary of terms relating to arthritis and other rheumatic diseases written for patients and consumers
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Detailed information on diagnosing arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, including the most commonly used laboratory tests and imaging techniques
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If you have arthritis, taking your medication and following your doctor's orders are essential. But self-care can be just as important in your daily and long-term management of the disease.
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A series of exercises to ease pain and prevent injury for those with arthritis, repetitive stress injury, or carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Detailed information on the most common types of arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, gout, infectious arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lyme disease, low back pa
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I have a strong family history of arthritis. Are there steps I can take now to prevent arthritis or at least delay onset?
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Do pain medications prevent arthritis from worsening, directly or indirectly? If I choose not to take medications for chronic arthritis pain due to a concern about potential side effects, am I allowing the arthritis to worsen?
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List of online resources to find additional information on arthritis and other rheumatic diseases
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Detailed information on arthritis and other rheumatic diseases, including types, diagnosis, treatment, and living with the condition
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Is arthritis related to allergies?
Diana Post, M.D., is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Can trauma to a joint cause arthritis?
Robert Shmerling, M.D., is associate physician and clinical chief of rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an associate professor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an active teacher in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, serving as the Robinson Firm Chief. He is also a teacher in the Rheumatology Fellowship Program and has been a practicing rheumatologist for over 25 years.
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What Is Arthritis in the Foot?Degenerative arthritisis a condition that slowly wears away joints (the link where bones meet and move).
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Exercise is an important part of a comprehensive arthritis treatment plan. A complete program consists of three types of exercises: range-of-motion exercises, aerobic exercises, strengthening exercises.
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Exercise has important health benefits for everyone -- regardless of age and physical condition. But for people with arthritis, working out regularly, and within their limits, is critical.
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Here's where you'll find some helpful ways you can cope with painful bouts of arthritis
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Does diabetes cause joint pain
Robert Shmerling, M.D., is associate physician and clinical chief of rheumatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an associate professor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an active teacher in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, serving as the Robinson Firm Chief. He is also a teacher in the Rheumatology Fellowship Program and has been a practicing rheumatologist for over 25 years.
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Does a lack of vitamins B12, B6 or folic acid have an effect on arthritis?
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True or false: Meditation appears to benefit the immune system and may affect the nervous and vascular systems, which in turn affect joint health.
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If your symptoms are mild, medications may be enough to reduce pain and swelling. For more severe arthritis, surgery may be needed to improve the condition of the joint.
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There are three levels of burns: First-degree burns affect only the outer layer of the skin. They cause pain, redness, and swelling; Second-degree (partial thickness) burns affect both the outer and underlying layer of skin. They cause pain, redness, swelling, and blistering; Third-degree (full thickness) burns extend into deeper tissues. They cause white or blackened, charred skin that may be numb.
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Contact injuries to the skin and deeper tissues caused by exposure to flames, hot liquids or solids, radiant heat, caustic chemicals, electricity or electromagnetic (nuclear) radiation. Every year, in the United States, approximately two million people suffer serious burns; of that total, 115,000 are hospitalized and 12,000 die.
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Detailed information on burns, burn types, classification of burns, burn treatment, and burn rehabilitation
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Burns are injuries to tissues that are caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Burns are characterized by degree, based on the severity of the tissue damage.
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Detailed information on burns, burn types, classification of burns, and burn treatment
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Detailed information on burns, burn types, classification of burns, and burn treatment
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Detailed information on burns, burn types, classification of burns, and burn treatment
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Detailed information on the most common types of burns, including thermal, radiation, chemical, and electrical
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Burns are injuries to the tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Such injuries cause the breakdown of body proteins, death of cells, loss of body fluids, and edema .
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Detailed information on chemical burns of the eye, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Statistical information relating to burn injury
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Detailed information on chemical burns of the eye, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Detailed information on a heat-induced or thermal burn
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Detailed information on the classification and treatment of burns
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Detailed information on electrical burns
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Detailed information on chemical burns
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Burns are characterized by degree, based on the severity of the tissue damage.
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Detailed information on burns, including anatomy, classification, treatment, and prevention
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List of online resources to find additional information on burns
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Glossary of terms relating to burns
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Statistical information relating to burn injury
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Detailed information on emergency treatment of a burn injury
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Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. A patient is treated for burn wounds.
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Detailed information on third-degree burns, including causes, symptoms, and treatment
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Detailed information on burns, including anatomy, classification, treatment, and prevention
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Detailed information on second-degree burns, including causes, symptoms, and treatment
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Detailed information on preventing burn injuries
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Detailed information on first-degree burns, including causes, symptoms, and treatment
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Detailed information for helping your child if he/she has difficulty adjusting following a burn injury
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Detailed information on nutrition and burns
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Should a burn be covered with a band-aid or other bandage?
Mary Pickett, M.D., is a lecturer for Harvard Medical School and an assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. At OHSU, she practices general internal medicine and teaches medical residents and students.
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Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. Cancerous cells are also called malignant cells.
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of almost 100 diseases. It is a genetic disease, with two main characteristics of uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of those cells to migrate from the original site and spread to distant sites.
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Understanding CancerThe term "cancer" refers to a group of diseases in which cells grow and spread unrestrained throughout the body. It is difficult to imagine anyone who has not heard about this disease.
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Cancer is the end product of a multistep process (carcinogenesis) that occurs over many years. The term " cancer " actually refers to numerous distinct diseases characterized by abnormal cell growth and differentiation.
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Coping With Cancer Through Mind, Body, Spirit and EmotionsWith one out of every two or three people at risk for cancer, as suggested by the American Cancer Society, perhaps it comes as no surprise that the topic of cancer and stress are tightly li...
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Does Ageism Exist in Cancer Care?What if you had cancer and were not offered a new treatment because of your age?
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The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer: A Guide to Cancer and Its Treatments is a unique and invaluable source of information for anyone touched by cancer. This collection of over 450 entries provides in-depth coverage of specific cancer types, diagnostic procedures, treatments, cancer side effects, and cancer drugs.
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A group of diseases characterized by uncontrollable cell growth. Cancer is a family of diseases in which cells replicate at an extremely rapid pace.
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No matter what your age or lifestyle, the choices you make today and in the future can improve your chances of living a healthy and cancer-free life.
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Detailed information on the most common diagnostic procedures for cancer
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Whether you’re facing major surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy, a second opinion can help ensure you’re getting the most targeted, effective treatment for your condition.
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If You Are Diagnosed With CancerQuestions for the doctor:What kind of cancer do I have?Is it invasive?
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled and abnormal growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to spread to distant sites (metastasis). If the spread is not controlled, cancer can result in death.
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Seek Support if Cancer StrikesA 4-foot northern pike stars in one of actor Rob Lowe's favorite tales about his father."Like many kids, I really enjoyed going on fishing trips with my dad," says Mr.
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Detailed information on coping with a cancer diagnosis in a child
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Understanding Cancer StatisticsStatistics are often used in news reports or in talking about someone's risk for getting cancer or whether a treatment will work. These statistics can be confusing or misleading if you do not understand how they are ...
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Detailed information on cancer, including cancer diagnosis, cancer staging, cancer grading, cancer treatment, cancer surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, biological therapy, and cancer clinical trials
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Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk: Questions and AnswersKey PointsSome cancers depend on naturally occurring sex hormones for their development and growth. Researchers are interested in learning whether the hormones in oral contraceptives affect...
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The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute is the most authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. Established in 1973, SEER originally provided cancer incidence data for Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, Utah, and Hawaii, and for the metropolitan areas of Detroit and San Francisco-Oakland.
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Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth of tissue cells in the body and the invasion by these cells into nearby tissue and migration to distant sites. Cancer results from alterations (mutations) in genes that make up DNA, the master molecule of the cell.
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Cyclist Lance Armstrong is proof that you can not only survive cancer, but that you can actually resume a normal livelihood, one of his doctors says.
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Detailed information on diagnosing cancer in children
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A Cancer Survivor’s Guide to CaregivingBy Jim RiceAs a rectal cancer survivor, I have had several caregivers. An enterostomal therapy nurse took care of me at the hospital after my colostomy surgery; home health care nurses came to my house for se...
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled and abnormal growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to spread to distant sites (metastasis). If the spread is not controlled, cancer can result in death.
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Life as a cancer survivor can be as rich and rewarding as you decide to make it. In fact, increased awareness of mortality is all some people need to feel more alive than ever.
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Virtual Colonoscopy: A Noninvasive Option for Cancer ScreeningThis year more than 145,000 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. In a large number of those cases, the cancer will be advanced.
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Coping With Cancer: The FamilyCancer is a blow to every family it touches. How it is handled is determined to a great extent by how the family has functioned as a unit in the past.Problems within the family can be the most difficult to handle; you...
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Understanding Cancer Screening TestsMost cancers are easier to treat when they are found in their earlier stages. Doctors find cancers when they are small and normally undetectable by using screening tests such as mammography, blood tests, CT scan...
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Take a Vacation From CancerAugust is a popular time of year for vacations. It's summer, the kids are out of school, and the mountains and beaches are beckoning.
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Nutrition for Patients During Cancer TreatmentNutrition plays a significant role in the treatment of cancer. In fact, you can improve your overall outcome by eating well.
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Sex and Cancer: Questions for Your DoctorWhat sexual impact should I expect from my cancer or its treatment?How long will these changes last?
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A Swedish study, over 29 years, finds 33 percent more cases of cancer among obese people than in the general population.
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Cancer survivors know how important a job can be to their psychological and financial well being. Here are tips to improve the ability to continue working, as well as some ways to handle workplace discrimination during treatment.
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Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of almost one hundred diseases. Its two main characteristics are uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to migrate from the original site and spread to distant sites.
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Although some complementary and alternative methods have been scientifically proven to promote healing or reduce symptoms, many have not.
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Understanding Cancer TestsDoctors use tests like mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) scans to help them screen for, diagnose, treat, and monitor cancer. If you have been diagnosed with cancer, you may have h...
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Detailed information on the causes of cancer in children
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Detailed information on treating cancer in children
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