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Human Gastrointestinal Tract

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Many other types of vaccinations are available.

Rotavirus

Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhea, cramps, and vomiting in infants, and affects about 3.5 million children in the US each year. As many as 80% of small children become infected with the virus. Although most cases in this country are mild, more than 50,000 American children are hospitalized and as many as 125 die from severe diarrhea every year. Worldwide the virus can be devastating, causing up to 1 million in...

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...have been associated with specific and uncommon cases of severe obesity. Some are outlined below.HOB1 (human obesity 1) is agene that is linked to a high BMI in women.Leptin genevariants have been... Read more »

Menopause: Lifestyle Changes

...to control pain. Acupuncture involves the insertion of tiny sterile needles, slightly thicker than a human hair, at specific points on the body.Women often try herbal or so-called natural... Read more »

Anemia: Treatment

...marrow to increase the production of red blood cells. It has been genetically engineered as recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) and is available as epoetin alfa (Epogen, Procrit, and Eprex).... Read more »

Travel to Developing Countries: Infectious Diseases

...myocarditis. Symptoms that may occur years or decades later include dementia, cardiomyopathy, dilation of digestive tract, weight loss.Treatment: Benznidazole and nitrofurtimox are only effective... Read more »

Urinary Tract Infection: Medications

...bacteria has dramatically increased worldwide, in large part due to widespread use of antibiotics in humans and animal feed. In a 2003 report, 42% of E. coli were resistant to one or more of the... Read more »

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