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Baldness is the state of having no hair or lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species. The amount and patterns of baldness can vary greatly; it ranges from male and female pattern alopecia (androgenic a..

Morning Hypertension - Morning High Blood Pressure Morning Hypertension Definition Normal blood pressure reading should be less than 135/85mm Hg. Morning high blood pressure is defined as the weekly average for morning blood pressure reading measured within 1 hour to 2 hours after awakening in the morning and exceeding 135/85mm Hg. As a result of what people eat, emotional stress levels and vari..

MORNING BLOOD PRESSURE PREDICTS STROKE CHICAGO—New studies in elderly patients suggest that hypertension in the morning hours is a strong, independent predictor of future stroke events, holding greater risk than even sustained hypertension. A second report from the same research group shows that a morning surge in blood pressure is a better predictor of stroke than extreme dips in pressure du..

Enbrel, Remicade, and Humira - How are the drugs similar and different? By Carol & Richard Eustice, About.com Guide Updated June 08, 2005 About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by the Medical Review Board Question: Enbrel, Remicade, and Humira - How are the drugs similar and different? Patients are often advised to weigh the benefit and risk of any arthritis medication. In..

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS, from Greek ankylos, bent; spondylos, vertebrae), previously known as Bekhterev's disease, Bekhterev syndrome, and Marie-Strümpell disease, a form of Spondyloarthritis, is a chronic, inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease.[1] It mainly affects joints in the spine and the sacroilium in the pelvis, and can cause eventual fusion of the spine. It is a member of t..

Dementia - Prevention Dementia is difficult to prevent because what causes it often is not known. However, people who have vascular dementia may be able to prevent future declines by lowering their risk of heart disease and stroke. Even if you don't have these known risks, your overall health can benefit from these strategies: Treat or prevent high blood pressure. To do this, you may need to tak..

The Mediterranean diet is a modern nutritional recommendation inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of poor coastal regions of southern Italy, Crete, and Greece in the 1960s.[1] Despite its name, this diet is not typical of all Mediterranean cuisine. In Northern Italy, for instance, lard and butter are commonly used in cooking, and olive oil is reserved for dressing salads and cooked veg..

Dementia (taken from Latin, originally meaning "madness", from de- "without" + ment, the root of mens "mind") is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging. It may be static, the result of a unique global brain injury, or progressive, resulting in long-term decline due to damage or disease in the body. Although dementia..

In physiology and medicine, hypotension is abnormally low blood pressure. This is best understood as a physiologic state, rather than a disease. It is often associated with shock, though not necessarily indicative of it. Hypotension is the opposite of hypertension, which is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out..

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