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Acne
Overview

Acne is a skin condition characterized by whiteheads, blackheads, and inflamed red pimples or “zits.”
Symptoms

* Blackheads
* Crusting of skin eruptions
* Cysts
* Inflammation around the skin eruptions
* Pustules
* Redness around the skin eruptions
* Scarring of the skin
* Whiteheads
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10 Foods Most Likely to Make You Sick Some of the healthiest foods, such as leafy greens, may also be the most likely to cause food-borne illness, according to a new report. Read the rest of this entry »

Mind/Body Workout Fights Chemo Fatigue Cancer patients find chemotherapy less physically and emotionally exhausting if they’re in an intense program of cardio, strength, relaxation, and body-awareness training. Read the rest of this entry »

Nuts, Vegetables, Fish Cut Alzheimer’s Risk A diet rich in cruciferous and green leafy vegetables, nuts, fish, and tomatoes and low in red meat and high-fat dairy products may protect against Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests. Read the rest of this entry »

Prostate Cancer: Who Needs Chemical Castration? Men with locally advanced prostate cancer treated with radiation need 3 years — not 6 months — of difficult hormone therapy, a clinical trial shows. Read the rest of this entry »

Group Takes Aim at Prostate Cancer Claims A consumers group complained to regulators and threatened a lawsuit Thursday over what it calls a drug company’s misleading claims that two of its multivitamins reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

New Therapy May Fight Prostate Cancer Mayo Clinic researchers say an experimental treatment may have cured two patients whose prostate cancers were so advanced they had been considered inoperable. Read the rest of this entry »

The mesothelium is a membrane that forms the lining of several body cavities: the pleura (thoracal cavity), peritoneum (abdominal cavity including the mesentery) and pericardium (heart sac). Mesothelial tissue also surrounds the male internal reproductive organs (the tunica vaginalis testis) and covers the internal reproductive organs of women (the tunica serosa uteri). Mesothelium that covers the internal organs is called visceral mesothelium, while the layer that covers the body walls is called the parietal mesothelium.
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4 Factors That Increase Odds of Heart Failure Smoking, high blood pressure, excess weight, and diabetes are major risk factors for increasing the size of the heart’s left ventricle, a new study shows. Read the rest of this entry »

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Diabetes WebMD explores the connection between RA and diabetes. Find out what’s known about how having RA may make you more susceptible to diabetes and what you can do to lower the risk. Read the rest of this entry »