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Bird Flu Poses Serious Danger. Why?
News Reports about Bird Flu are becoming alarmingly frequent.
More and more cases of human contamination are being reported.
What exactly is "bird flu" anyway? And how does it pose a risk?
As more reports of Bird Flu spread, the risk of a...
Follicular Unit Extraction vs. Older Methods of Hair Transplantation
Punch grafts, scalp reductions, scalp extensions… In the past, as the names of these earlier procedures indicate, undergoing a hair transplant was a painfully unpleasant process. Men with receding hairlines and balding scalps often resorted to the...
How can Noni Juice help your Health?
Noni juice is comprised of many different properties that can help your body and your health. There are many illnesses that will be helped by making Noni juice part of your daily diet and in fact it has many other positive effects as well, such...
rX My Heart and Hope to Die
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The Skinny on Cholesterol
There is always a fair amount of controversy surrounding cholesterol. It's in the news, in our diets, and in our bodies. Let's start with some background. Cholesterol is a molecule that is in the "sterol" family. This family of chemicals are the...
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What Is Diagnosis
"Diagnosis" is a fancy name given to the process of identifying
diseases. It is a Greek name. Break it down; "dia" means "by"
and "gnosis" means "knowledge". How do I diagnose my illness?
You don't! Diagnosis is for doctors and physicians only. They
determine your disease by the signs and symptoms that it gives
you.
If it is unclear by symptoms as to what you are sick with, you
will consult a physician. A physician will take their best
guesses as to your problems name, and medically test you for it.
After your diagnosis is complete through blood test, medical
imaging, saliva samples, biopsy, electrocardiogram, stool
samples, or urine tests, the physician will decide which is the
best way to treat you.
A Diagnosis is sometimes made by process of
elimination. This is called a "differential diagnosis". Through
investigation of symptoms and consultations with other doctors
or physicians, they are able to tell what
you DO NOT have, thus
leaving them with your most likely disease.
In the 1900's, a man named William Osler began to "practice"
medicine. He used the principles of diagnosis and treatment to
reduce suffering and increase life expectancy. Osler decided
that to practice medicine you must learn to identify diseases,
understand where they come from and how they work, and then
decide which is the best way to cure them. This is known today
as "The Oslerian Ideal". And we have this man to thank for
medicine practice today. I suppose, however, we could also thank
him for waiting rooms...
About the author:
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article, this caption and author biography in tact with all
hyperlinks.
Tyler Brooker is the owner and operator of The
Diagnosis site - http://www.diagnosisspot.com, which is the
best site on the internet for all Diagnosis related information.
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