Answers To Diseases

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by Wendy S. Harpham, MD, FACP

A family member was recently diagnosed with pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes is when your blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes.
Pre-diabetes is a new name for an existing condition: impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.

Patients with serious or advanced illnesses would be given more control over their care by language in health reform legislation passed by three House committees that would pay physicians, nurse practitioners, and other providers for counseling Medicare beneficiaries about advance planning for future care decisions.

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by Maya Sequeira

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by Doctor Grumpy

The HPV vaccine for young women has been a subject of debate and legislation around the United States over the last few years.
First, some background: in 2006, the U.S.

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development Several factors indicate that the neonatal brain, in contrast to other tissue, is particularly vulnerable to even a slight lowering of the vitamin C level. The highest concentration of vitamin C is found in the neurons of the brain and in case of a low intake of vitamin [...]

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by Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today

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by Bob Wachter, MD