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Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is spread by contact with infected human blood. It is the most common blood-borne infection in the country. Until blood screening began in 1990, the hepatitis C virus was primarily transmitted through blood transfusions. Now, hepatitis C is transmitted mainly through intravenous drug use and sharing needles. Recent studies estimate that nearly half of people infected with HCV have a history of injecting drugs. People who received a blood transfusion before 1992 are also at...
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Melatonin Therapy for Fibromyalgia
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Improving Recognition and Care for Fibromyalgia
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Myofascial Release Therapy
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Medications
...drugs a week before the operation.COX-2 Inhibitors (Coxibs). Coxibs block an inflammation-promoting enzyme called COX-2. This class of drugs was initially believed to work as well as traditional... Read more »Gout: Risk Factors
...to a metabolic disorder. If uric acid in the urine exceeds a particular value, further tests for an enzyme defect or other identifiable cause of gout should be performed. Greater-than-normal... Read more »Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Diagnosis
...chance for clotting in the body and, therefore, the presence of lupus anticoagulant.An ELISA test (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) is performed to detect the anticardiolipin antibody.As with... Read more »Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...outdoors.Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) block monoamine oxidase, an enzyme which has negative effects on many of the neurotransmitters that are important... Read more »Fibromyalgia: References
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