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Diseases Of The Integumentary System
Dermatoses is a general term used to describe any skin defect or lesion on the skin.
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Scleroderma, Not Just the "Hard Skin" Disease
To kick off Scleroderma Awareness Month, twenty-four athletes will swim, bike and run to spread awareness about scleroderma and pulmonary... Read more »
Five Socially Stigmatizing Myths about Skin Disease
We talk a lot here on MySkinCareConnection about various skin diseases including acne, psoriasis, and eczema. One common struggle for the... Read more »
Cleaning up the System to Afford Care for Chronic Conditions
Without a doubt, the evolution of health services in the U.S. is being impacted significantly today by the continuing rise in chronic... Read more »
Why One Auto-Immune Disease Oft Leads to Another
Did you know that as many as one third of people with diabetes will have a skin disorder caused or affected by diabetes at some time in... Read more »
Depression, Hormones & The Immune System
Reading Deborah Gray's Sharepost on Depression and Nutritional Health , got me thinking about the ways our hormones can affect mood.... Read more »
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Systemic
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Systemic means "affecting the entire body," rather than a single organ or body part. For example, systemic disorders such as high blood pressure or... Read more »
Spleen may help immune system, heart recover from disease
According to new research, the spleen is home for a type of white blood cell that collects dead tissue and helps produce inflammation, which... Read more »
The Immune System
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
The immune system is the body's defense system.It is the business of the immune system to recognize "self" (the body's own cells) and "non-self" (an... Read more »
High Cholesterol a Threat to the Entire Vascular System (Not J...
Everyone understands the importance of maintaining healthy cholesterol levels to protect their heart, but many are not aware of how high cholesterol... Read more »
Smoking is a Major Risk Factor for Vascular Disease
The impact of smoking on cancer has been widely promoted, but its relationship to vascular disease is less known by the public. Veins and arteries... Read more »
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