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		<title>COMMON INFECIONS OF CHILDHOOD: STRIDOR (CROUP) INVESTIGATIONS AND TREATMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Investigations

No investigations are necessary. Croup is a clinical diagnosis.

Treatment

The majority of children with croup do not need any specific treatment. You can manage the symptoms in exactly the same way as for a cold. Antibiotics are not necessary because the condition is caused by a virus. Some children seem to benefit from steam, and you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/common-infecions-of-childhood-stridor-croup-investigations-and-treatment/</link>
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		<title>COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY: MULTIPLE BIRTHS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most common form of multiple birth is twins. Twins occur in approximately 1 in 80 births. There is a greater chance of a couple having twins if there is a family history of multiple pregnancies on either the mother or the father&#8217;s side (or both).

Twins may be identical (homozygous) if they come from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/complications-of-pregnancy-multiple-births/</link>
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		<title>YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/THE MOST OFTEN ASKED QUESTION: WHY DOES SHE TALK LIKE THAT IN SEX?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Why does she talk like that in sex? She says things that just send chills through me. It&#8217;s not her talking. She seems possessed or something. It&#8217;s dirty talk. It&#8217;s a turn-off.&#8221;

ANSWER: One of my other patients once asked why her husband yawned so loudly. The answer to that question is the same as the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/your-marital-healththe-most-often-asked-question-why-does-she-talk-like-that-in-sex/</link>
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		<title>WHY CANT WE CURE ALL CANCER WITH RADIATION? &#8211; THE REACTION OF NORMAL TISSUE LIMITS THE SAFE DOSE  (REACTIONS)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even if we could reliably locate every cancer cell, it would still not be possible to cure every cancer by radiation treatment. This is basically because the reactions of the normal tissues force us to limit doses to a level which cannot cure some cancers. Whether or not a cancer can be cured depends on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/why-cant-we-cure-all-cancer-with-radiation-the-reaction-of-normal-tissue-limits-the-safe-dose-reactions/</link>
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		<title>HYSTERIA &#8211; CASES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we look at these cases, we tend always to think of malingering; and our own values and ideas of morality lead us to make judgments about this behavior.

Let me give you an example which proved to be what we all might regard as a suitable solution to a difficult problem.

A husband came home and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/hysteria-cases/</link>
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		<title>ANAEMIA &#8211; TYPES OF ANAEMIA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many other types of anaemia where the red blood cells are reduced in number and these may be due to deficiency of other essential factors, or it may be due to an excessive breakdown of red blood cells due to chemicals or hereditary factors.

But iron deficient anaemia remains the commonest of the anaemias, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/anaemia-types-of-anaemia/</link>
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		<title>ENDOMETRIOSIS: THE NEW DISEASE THAT&#8217;S OLDER THAN EVE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Endometriosis affected regularly menstruating women before Homo sapiens discovered how to control tire or chip a block of stone into a working wheel. Though we have no way of knowing how earliest woman coped with menstrually related distress. We might guess that she believed the cause was cosmologies and out of her control. The early [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/endometriosis-the-new-disease-thats-older-than-eve/</link>
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		<title>SKIN CARE: ACNE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Acne is a very common inflammatory disorder of the oil glands, or pilosebaceous follicles. The majority of these glands are confined to the face, chest and back, and they are most active during adolescence. The course of the disorder is variable, as is the age of onset. Usually it appears a little earlier in girls, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/skin-care-acne/</link>
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		<title>DIETARY FAT: IMPLICATIONS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. A reduction in dietary fat will be the prime objective of any fat loss eating plan.

2. Calorie counting should be avoided in favour of a low-fat eating plan.

3. Fat reduction should be recommended only in the context of a balanced diet.

4. Although some fats may have better health value than others, it is currently [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/dietary-fat-implications/</link>
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		<title>CAUSES OF INFERTILITY DUE TO ENDOMETRIOSIS: LUTEINISED UNRUPTURED FOLLICLE SYNDROME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Luteinised unruptured follicle syndrome, usually known as LUF syndrome, occurs when the ovarian follicle matures and prepares itself for ovulation but at the time of ovulation the follicle fails to rupture and release the ovum.

LUF syndrome is very hard to detect because the usual methods of determining whether or not ovulation has taken place, such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://docworld.net/2009/05/causes-of-infertility-due-to-endometriosis-luteinised-unruptured-follicle-syndrome/</link>
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