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Dementia

What Is Dementia? Dementia is not a specific disease. It is a descriptive term for a collection of symptoms that can be caused by a number of disorders that affect…

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Depression

Depression

Also called: Clinical depression, Dysthymic disorder, Major depressive disorder, Unipolar depression Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings usually pass within a couple of days. When a person…

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Diabetes

Diabetes

Diabetes Defined If you have diabetes, your body cannot make or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps control the sugar, or glucose, in your blood. Glucose is…

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Diarrhea

What is Diarrhea? Diarrhea is loose, watery stools. A person with diarrhea typically passes stool more than three times a day. People with diarrhea may pass more than a quart…

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Diphtheria

What is diphtheria? Diphtheria is an acute bacterial disease that usually affects the tonsils, throat, nose or skin. It is extremely rare in the United States. Who gets diphtheria? Diphtheria…

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Dysphagia

What is Dysphagia? Having trouble swallowing (dysphagia) is a symptom that accompanies a number of neurological disorders. The problem can occur at any stage of the normal swallowing process as…

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