Chronic Pain
11 Apr 2005
Diabetic neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy refers to nerve pain and damage caused by diabetes. It causes muscle weakness, erectile dysfunction, incontinence and constipation.
Blood
07 Apr 2005
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience common to many different conditions. If you visit your health practitioner complaining of pain, they will ask…
Blood
06 Apr 2005
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapry treatment and side effects information on chemotherapy and cancer drug medical treatment news.
Blood
06 Apr 2005
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is the use of ionising radiation in the treatment of cancer and is based on the ability of radiation to interact with the atoms…
Bone
12 Jan 2005
Menopause
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstrual periods. It is diagnosed after one year with no periods when the average woman is 51 years of…
Diseases
05 Jan 2005
Grave's disease
Grave's diease is an autoimmune disorder which affects hormone production in the thyroid gland. It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism.
Children's health
30 Dec 2004
Diabetic eye disease: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy is a sight-threatening eye disease characterised by neovascularisation, the abnormal growth of blood vessels, in the eye.
Diseases
07 Jan 2004
Pituitary infarction (pituitary tumour apoplexy)
Pituitary infarction refers to bleeding into the pituitary gland, usually into a tumour. It causes sudden headache and vomiting and is potentially fatal.
Diseases
07 Jan 2004
Diabetes insipidus: Central
Central diabetes insipidus involves inadequate production of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which regulates water in the body, by the pituitary gland.
