Medical Notes

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A

Achalasia

Acne

Age-related macular degeneration

Alcohol

Alzheimer’s and dementia

Amnesia

Anabolic steroids

Anaemia

Anaphylactic shock

Anaesthesia

Ankylosing spondylitis

Antibiotics

Anti-coagulants

Anthrax

Anxiety disorder

Arsenic poisoning

Arthritis

Asbestos disease

Asperger syndrome

Asthma

Autism

B

Baby breathing difficulties

Back pain

Bird flu

Biliary Atresia

Binswanger’s disease

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Boxing

Brain haemorrhage in pre-term babies

Brain tumours

Burns and scalds

C

Cannabis

Cataracts

Cerebral aneurism

Cholera

Cleft lip and palate

Clinical trials

Coeliac disease

Collapsed lung

Complementary medicines: A guide

Conjoined twins

COPD (respiratory disease)

Crohn’s disease

Cystic fibrosis

D

Deep vein thrombosis

Depression

Diabetes

Dioxins

Diverticular disease

Down’s syndrome

Drugs

Dysentery

Dystonia

E

E. coli infection

Eating disorders

Ebola and other tropical viruses

Ecstasy

Ectopic pregnancy

Eczema

Electro-convulsive Therapy

Emergency contraception

Emphysema

Encephalitis

Endometriosis

Epilepsy

Epstein-Barr Virus

Erectile dysfunction

Exhaust emissions

Laser Eye Surgery

F

Fat

Female genital mutilation

Female sexual dysfunction

Fibromyalgia

Flu

Food additives

G

Gastro oesophageal reflux disease

Glaucoma

Goldenhar Syndrome

Group B streptococcus infection

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

H

Hayfever

Hot weather risks

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Hernia

Heroin

HIV

Human growth hormone

Human Papilloma Virus

Hypertension

Hypothermia

Hysterectomy

I

Infant fever

Irritable bowel syndrome

IVF

Infectious disease

J

Japanese encephalitis

K

Kidney failure

Knee cartilage

Knee injuries

L

Legionnaires’ disease

Leprosy

Lupus

Lyme disease

Lymphatic filariasis

M

Malaria

Marburg virus

Meningitis and septicaemia

Menopause

Menstrual problems

Methadone

Migraine

Miners’ lung disease

Minor strokes

Motor neurone disease

MRSA ’superbugs’

Multiple births and fertility treatment

Multiple sclerosis

Mumps

Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

Muscular dystrophy

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

N

Nosebleeds

O

Q&A: Obesity

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Osteoporosis

Ovarian cancer

Ovary grafting

Oxygen injury therapy

P

Pancreatitis

Parkinson’s Disease

Q&A: Passive smoking

Pasteurellosis

Peptic Ulcer Disease

Personality disorder

Pesticides

Plague

Pneumonia

Q&A: Polio

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Premature babies

Prion diseases

Progressive supranuclear palsy

Prozac

Pre-Menstrual Syndrome

Psoriasis

R

Radiation sickness

Radon

Refugee health

Replantation surgery

Rohypnol: The date rape drug

S

Salt

Schizophrenia

Self-harm

Sexually transmitted infections

Sickle cell anaemia

Single Sided Deafness

Sleep disorders

Smoke inhalation

Smoking – the health effects

Q&A: Stem cells

Sudden death syndrome

Swine flu

T

Tamoxifen

Teenage drinking

Tourette Syndrome

Tooth decay

Tuberculosis

Typhoid fever

U

Ulcerative colitis

V

Vibration White Finger

Vitamin B6

W

West Nile Disease

Winter vomiting virus

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