Insurance Articles, Editorials and News from Top Quote Online
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Drop Your Positive Attitude?
published on the 5th June 2008
“A group of medical researchers in Melbourne, Australia, presented findings at a major medical conference in Chicago recently debunking the idea that a positive mental attitude helps fight cancer. Although the researchers acknowledged that their...” read more
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Injuries to the Spinal Chord
published on the 2nd June 2008
“Spinal chord injuries (SCI's) are any injuries that damage the spinal chord in such a way as to cause loss of control or feeling in a part of the body. Made from neurons (nerve cells that control sensory and motor functions) the spinal chord is a...” read more
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Traumatic Brain Damage
published on the 1st June 2008
“Brain damage, however it happens, is essentially the destruction and/or degeneration of brain cells. The brain can be damaged through all sorts of reasons, ranging from illnesses, alcohol abuse and poisoning, to strokes, traumatic injuries and...” read more
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Liver Failure
published on the 31st May 2008
“Acute liver failure is the loss of function of 80-90% liver cells due to severe degeneration of the organ after the first symptoms of liver disease manifest (usually jaundice). The medical term for this condition is ‘hepatic failure’ and...” read more
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Chronic Kidney Disease
published on the 31st May 2008
“Chronic kidney disease, or kidney failure as it is sometimes referred to, is a persistent and irreversible condition, and it can, if left untreated, lead to irreparable harm to body as the toxins that the kidneys normally filter out of the blood...” read more
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Stable Blood Sugar Levels Help Critical Illness Survival
published on the 30th May 2008
“Critically ill patients are less likely to survive their condition if they have drastically fluctuating blood sugar levels. High blood sugar is long known to be a factor in diabetic complications, but new research from Saudi Arabia (revealed in May...” read more
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Type 2 Diabetics Risk Developing Critical Illnesses
published on the 30th May 2008
“Diabetes UK, has revealed that nearly 700,000 thousand people with Type 2 diabetes (linked to obesity) risk severe strokes and blindness because they do not take their medications regularly. Type 2 diabetes, is rising rapidly as the UK adult...” read more
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Bacterial Meningitis
published on the 23rd May 2008
“Unlike viral meningitis (which tends to be less severe) bacterial meningitis occurs most commonly in people who live in close quarters to each other, making university students, barracked soldiers and those in prison most susceptible. The...” read more
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Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
published on the 22nd May 2008
“Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a disease that is both progressive and neuro-degenerative. This means that it attacks the upper and lower motor neurones within the Central Nervous System. This degeneration ultimately leads to weakness and muscle...” read more
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Aphonia - The Complete Loss of Speech
published on the 22nd May 2008
“Aphonia is when the vocal chords cannot meet together to vibrate when air from the lungs passes between them, meaning that no sounds can be produced and thus no words. Complete speech loss is a profoundly affecting condition upon the person...” read more