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Heart disease and stroke
A detailed guide to one of the biggest killers

Cancer: The facts
An in-depth guide to common forms of the disease

THE FULL HEALTH RESOURCES ARCHIVE

A

Age-related macular degeneration

Alzheimer's and dementia

Anabolic steroids

Anaphylactic shock

Ankylosing spondylitis

Anti-coagulants

Anxiety disorder

Arsenic poisoning

Asbestos disease

Asperger's syndrome

B

Baby breathing difficulties

Biliary Atresia

Binswanger's disease

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Brain haemorrhage in pre-term babies

Burns and scalds

C

Cerebral aneurism

Cleft lip and palate

Clinical trials

Coeliac disease

Complementary medicines: A guide

Conjoined twins

COPD (respiratory disease)

Crohn's disease

Cystic fibrosis

D

Deep vein thrombosis

Down's syndrome

E

Eating disorders

Ebola and other tropical viruses

Ectopic pregnancy

Electro-convulsive Therapy

Emergency contraception

Epstein-Barr Virus

Erectile dysfunction

Exhaust emissions

Laser Eye Surgery

E. coli infection

F

Female genital mutilation

Female sexual dysfunction

G

Goldenhar Syndrome

Group B streptococcus infection

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

H

Hot weather risks

Human growth hormone

Human Papilloma Virus

I

Irritable bowel syndrome

Infectious disease

J

Japanese encephalitis

K

L

Legionnaires' disease

Lymphatic filariasis

M

Meningitis and septicaemia

Menstrual problems

Miners' lung disease

Motor neurone disease

MRSA 'superbugs'

Multiple births and fertility treatment

Multiple sclerosis

Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy

Muscular dystrophy

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

N

O

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Oxygen injury therapy

P

Parkinson's Disease

Q&A: Passive smoking

Personality disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Premature babies

Progressive supranuclear palsy

Pre-Menstrual Syndrome

R

Radiation sickness

Replantation surgery

Rohypnol: The date rape drug

S

Sexually transmitted infections

Sickle cell anaemia

Single Sided Deafness

Sleep disorders

Smoke inhalation

Smoking - the health effects

Q&A: Stem cells

Sudden death syndrome

T

Teenage drinking

Tourette Syndrome

U

V

Vibration White Finger

W

West Nile Disease

Winter vomiting virus

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