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Emphysema
Every day the average person takes about 17,000 breaths. Emphysema can make each one a real struggle. If you have...
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Anorexia Nervosa
People with anorexia nervosa have an intense fear of putting on weight. The condition can develop when a person focuses...
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Diverticulitis
This painful intestinal condition is widely believed to be the unhappy result of too little fibre in your diet. Most...
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Digestive Disorders
Damage to the liver, pancreas, or intestinal lining can cause painful disruptions of digestion and, ultimately, nutritional problems.
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Diarrhea
Diarrhea is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection of the small intestine. It can also be caused by...
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Diabetes (Type 2)
Approximately 2 million Canadians have diabetes, a group of diseases characterized by high blood-glucose levels. When you eat, your body...
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Diabetes (Type 1)
Refinements in the care of this serious, lifelong disease have improved'from the development of new forms of medication to pumps...
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Insomnia
Insomnia is a general term that refers to difficulty falling or staying asleep. It's not really a disorder, but a...
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Depression
Everyone gets sad sometimes. It's all part of being human. But if you have true depression, you know the difference....
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Constipation
Constipation is a condition in which you can't move your bowels on a regular schedule, resulting in dry, hard stool...
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High Cholesterol
Even if you're lean and healthy, high cholesterol could put you at risk for heart disease and stroke. Don't worry:...
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Congestive Heart Failure
An increasing number of people now live with congestive heart failure. This serious condition requires long-term treatment. Medical research is...
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Colon Cancer (Colorectal Cancer)
Few things are as scary as learning you have cancer. But, more and more people are surviving this disease, including...
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Influenza (Flu)
We've known about the flu forever: Hippocrates first described this illness in 412 B.C. Only recently has science finally started...
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Cold
There's a good reason this ailment is often called the common cold: North Americans catch more a stunning 1 billion...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The overwhelming symptom in chronic fatigue syndrome is long-standing physical and mental exhaustion with no clear cause.
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Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is potentially preventable, because it has a precancerous stage.
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Cataracts
Cataracts are permanent once established. But the opaque contents of the lens capsule can be removed to restore vision.
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Cancer
Cancer is a disease that occurs when body cells grow out of control. Many of the 200 different types of...
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Bunions
Feet hurting in those shoes? Bunions can be a killer.
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“A heart attack saved my life.”
A 54-year-old heart-attack survivor puts herself first'and loses 20 pounds
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is a severe mental illness in which periods of deep depression alternate with periods of overactive, excited behaviour,...
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Back Pain
Back pain is the nemesis. And it's no wonder, given that the spine is a complex structure of vertebrae, discs,...
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Asthma
Asthma attacks can make people feel as if they are suffocating. As they struggle to draw breath through narrowed airways...
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Arthritis
Experts still aren't sure why cartilage, the shock-absorbing tissue that normally coats the ends of bones, sometimes breaks down. When...
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Alzheimer’s Disease
Few ailments are as heartbreaking as Alzheimer's disease. Initially, the body remains vigorous, while the mind slowly and inexorably wastes...
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Allergies
For millions of people, allergies'sneezing and wheezing, runny noses and itchy eyes'are the natural consequences of opening a window, working...
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Nine no-fail stressbusters
Inject a little Zen into your day with these research-based tips
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Adult Acne
Even if you sail through your teens with clear skin, you may develop acne when you're an adult. Don't despair....