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  • How is the foot designed?

    Medicine Net — Read about causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of foot pain. Pain in the feet may be caused by poorly fitting shoes, injuries, or diseases such as diabetes and gout. The foot is an intricate structure of 24 bones that form two arches. The ...More…

  • Folliculitis

    Medicine Net — Read about folliculitis causes, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and prevention. Folliculitis types include hot tub folliculitis, Pseudomonas folliculitis and pseudofolliculitis barbae. What is folliculitis? What are folliculitis symptoms? What ...More…

  • What is the swine flu?

    Medicine Net — Read about swine flu (swine influenza A H1N1 virus infection) symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, headache, chills, fever, and diarrhea. Will a face mask protect me from getting the swine flu, and are there differences ...More…

  • Necrotizing Fasciitis

    Medicine Net — Get information about necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial infection. Learn morbidity and mortality rates, statistics, who's at risk, if the disease is contagious and the history of the disease. What is the prognosis (outcome) for ...More…

  • Hot Flashes

    Medicine Net — Learn about hot flashes (hot flushes) the most common symptom of menopause. Treatment options include medication, bioidentical therapy, hormone therapy, and alternative remedies. Controlling lifestyle stress and anxiety may help reduce the number ...More…

  • Eye Floaters

    Medicine Net — Seeing spots? Learn the causes of eye floaters, the shapes they take and what they look like. Read about removal and treatment (laser), and find out if they're dangerous. The structures in the front of the eye (the cornea and lens) focus rays of ...More…

  • What is gangrene?

    Medicine Net — Get information about gangrene causes (Clostridium perfringens bacteria), diagnosis, symptoms, types (wet, dry), statistics and treatment. Dead tissue results from blood flow loss or inadequacy. What is the prognosis (outlook) for a patient with ...More…

  • Febrile Seizures

    Medicine Net — Learn about febrile seizures (which can be frightening, but are generally harmless). The cause of febrile seizures is fever in small children or infants. One in every 25 children have at least one febrile seizure. Learn what to do if your child ...More…

  • Growth Plate Injuries

    Medicine Net — Learn about growth plate fractures and injuries in children. Causes include overuse injuries, sports, childe abuse, juvenile arthritis, frostbite, radiation, and chemotherapy. Diagnosis is based on the Salter Harris Classification system. What Is ...More…

  • Broken Toe

    Medicine Net — Learn how to care for a broken toe, and when you should seek medical care for a toe fracture. A broken toe is a very common fracture, and can be minor (cared for at home), or may need medical treatment. Other therapy (reduction, buddy taping, how ...More…

  • Domestic Violence

    Medicine Net — Learn domestic violence and intimate partner abuse types (physical, emotional, sexual), laws, information, shelters, statistics, facts, and effects on children. What are the causes or risk factors for intimate partner violence? What are the ...More…

  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spinal Fusion

    Medicine Net — Minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusion is an operation that is less invasive to the traditional lumbar spinal fusion to treat degenerative disc disease and other vertebral problems. There are advantages and disadvantages to the procedure. What ...More…


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