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By Robert BairdOct 25, 20071 topic

Information About Poison-lvy Contact Dermatitis

Diagnostic HallmarksnnDistribution: exposed areas, asymmetrical locations nnAngular and linear lesions nnHistory of exposure nnnnClinical PresentationnnThe antigens responsible for the development of allergic contact dermatitis resulting from poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac are, for all practical purposes, identical. In a sensitized patient, direct skin contact with the resin from any of these plants results in an inflammatory, blistering eruption that develops 24-48

Primary topic: Beauty

Beauty

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By Robert BairdOct 24, 20071 topic

Change Your Mind To Change Your Life Through Yoga

We spend much of our day thinking-escaping into daydreams, worrying about the past, and never fully living in the present. We may think that we are planning, solving problems, or creating new ideas, but most often the mind is merely talking to itself. It is a way of escaping the responsibility of dealing with everyday problems.nnThis visualization exercise will show you how much of your day is taken up with unimportant thinking and help you to detach from the useless thoughts

Primary topic: Yoga

Yoga

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By Robert BairdOct 24, 20071 topic

Vascular Reactions (Morphologic Group)

UrticariannUrticarial lesions often enlarge centrifugally. The center of such lesions fades, leaving a ring-like border. Both partial and full rings can be seen. Tremendous variation in size occurs; coalescence of two or more small rings leads to the formation of larger lesions with gyrate or serpiginous borders. No scale is present. The color varies from pink to red. Lesions may occur anywhere on the body. The rapidity with which the lesions appear, expand, and resolve is hi

Primary topic: Beauty

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By Robert BairdOct 24, 20071 topic

How Leucine Is Synthesized

Leucine is one of the three branched-chain amino acids, with valine and isoleucine being the other two. To maintain a positive nitrogen balance in adults is essential. However, leucine can be synthesized from the keto acids a-ketoisovalera to, a-isopropylmalate, Ã- isopropylmala to, or a-ketoisocaproate (KIC). Catabolism of the amino acid results in the production of carbon dioxide along the following pathway: a-ketoisocaproate --> isovaleryl-CoA, --> Ã-methylcrotonyl-CoA,

Primary topic: Sports

Sports

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By Robert BairdOct 24, 20071 topic

Factors Affecting Baby's Size

Many things affect the baby's size at birth. Some do not imply a problem and smaller weights are not always indicative of growth retardation. Girls,for example ordinarily weigh a few ounces less than boys. A woman's first child usually weighs less than her subsequent babies. Mothers who them selves were large newborns tend to have large babies. The size of the baby's father also plays a role in its birth weight.nnHereditynnHeredity plays a large role in fetal size. Ordinarily

Primary topic: Pregnancy

Pregnancy

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By Robert BairdOct 23, 20071 topic

Sonography - To Determine Fetal Sex

Today's expectant parents can find out the sex of their child well before it is born. There are two basic ways of determining fetal sex. One is by analyzing genetic sex, based on the information encoded in the sex chromosomes. The present techniques for doing this in the first and second trimesters, chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, each incur a risk of miscarriage. In families where there is an inherited disease such as hemophilia that appears only in males, deter

Primary topic: Pregnancy

Pregnancy

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By Robert BairdOct 23, 20071 topic

Symptoms And Treatment Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

What do doctors call this condition? nnChronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, "yuppie flu" nnWhat is this condition? nnIn this recently recognized illness, the person typically has overÂwhelming fatigue, fever, painful glands, and other symptoms that mimic those of chronic mononucleosis. It commonly affects adults under age 45, mostly women . nnWhat causes it? nnThe cause of chronic fatigue syndrome is unknown, but researchers suspect that it may be found in human

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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By Robert BairdOct 14, 20071 topic

Aurvedic Home Remedies for The Treatment of Urticaria

It is also known as Sheeta Pitta in Ayurveda, but some people call it 'Nettle rash' or 'Hives'. It is very agonising disease when the patient has eruptions all over the body, there are elevated red patches which may have white margins or in other cases, patches are whitish but circumscribed by red margins. In either stage, pruritis is so severe as the patient is driven to frantic scratching. There is heat, redness, swelling, restlessness, symptoms being aggravated by exposure

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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