Common Symptoms Can Deceive
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All her life, Jamie Fear's gut had been her proverbial Achilles' heel. When other people contracted colds or other respiratory infections, she got stomach viruses. She tried to baby her digestive system and learned to live with her sensitive stomach.
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BEIJING, Dec. 22 -- The common perception that terminally ill people can hold fast to life is just an illusion, a recent study showed.
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BOSTON -- Full-body computed tomography, or CT, scans have become an increasingly popular way to peek inside the body for hidden disease.
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Scientists believe they have discovered how a condition that can threaten pregnancy could occur.
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Earnings can deceive, and James Early explains how.
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Doctors should be more aware that falling in love can be an illness for some patients, say health experts.
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NEW YORK  - People facing the prospect of  cancer treatment typically expect to suffer numerous side  effects -- often more than is actually likely -- a study  suggests.
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Women with facial hair, unexplained weight gain and irregular periods may have more than cosmetic or fertility problems but a serious disorder that can eventually lead to diabetes and even heart attacks.
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Neurologists urge caution upon reports of a successful therapy.
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Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's  disease and other neurological diseases may be far more common  than most people had believed, according to new estimates  published on Monday.
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Pediatricians may think they know whether a teenage patient is using alcohol or drugs and to what extent, but a new study finds doctors greatly misjudge the problem.
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Fools can draw too many conclusions from too little data.
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For doctors, searching out disease before it appears can also carry risks.
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People facing the prospect of cancer treatment typically expect to suffer numerous side effects -- often more than is actually likely -- a study suggests.
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The secret may be more obvious than you think.
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A. A viral respiratory infection. Symptoms include headaches, dry cough, muscle aches and fatigue, and possible congestion, sore throat and fever.
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First-year medical students are some of the biggest hypochondriacs around. Bombarded with information about every disease under the sun, they start to imagine they have them all. In their minds, every mole is skin cancer. A nosebleed is surely a sign of a tumor. Headache? Must be skyrocketing blood pressure.