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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children (Child ADHD) – Frequ…

Full information: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children (Child ADHD) How is ADHD Diagnosed? Would my GP know how to diagnose […]
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Breast cancer: Invasive breast carcinoma

Invasive breast carcinomas are cancers originating from breast tissue. They may originate in the milk ducts and/or glandular (breast milk producing) tissue of the breast and invade into normal healthy tissues. There are several different types of breast cancer, but infiltrating...
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Generalised hyperhidrosis

Generalised hyperhidrosis is a condition characterised by excessive sweating affecting the entire body. It is generally caused by another medical condition, commonly hormonal conditions like menopause, infectious conditions like tuberculosis and neurological conditions such as...
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Chronic daily headache (incorporating chronic migraine and medication overuse h…

Chronic daily headache is a headache syndrome incorporating two distinct diagnoses, chronic migraine and medication overuse headache.
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Bed wetting (nocturnal enuresis)

Bed wetting or nocturnal enuresis is defined as intermittent episodes of wetting the bed while asleep in children who are over 5 years of age. There are two main types of bed wetting, although there is often overlap between the two types.
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Focal hyperhidrosis

Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition characterised by excessive sweating that is not part of the normal thermoregulatory response. Focal hyperhidrosis refers to hyperhidrosis that occurs at one or more specific sites, such as the armpits or palms of the hand.
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Ischaemic maculopathy

Ischaemic maculopathy is a sight threatening condition for which there are currently no effective treatments. It is one of a group of eye diseases which affect diabetics, and occurs when changes to the retina lead to the loss of capillaries in the macula.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Overview

Inflammatory bowel disease refers to a group of gastrointestinal conditions, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. They produce chronic symptoms including dairrhoea, nausea and abdominal pain.
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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour (PNET)

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (PNETs) are a group of rare tumours that develop from neuroendocrine cells within the pancreas. PNETs are rare tumours, with approximately 1 in 100,000 people being affected per year in the general population.
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Diabetic macular oedema

Macular oedema is a diabetic eye disease and a type of diabetic retinopathy. It occurs as a complication of either non-proliferative or proliferative diabetic retinopathy, when changes to the eye’s blood vessels which occur in retinopathy begin to affect the macula. It is a...