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Genu valgum, commonly called "knock-knee", is a condition in which the knees angle in and touch each other when the legs are straightened. [1] Individuals with severe valgus deformities are typically unable to touch their feet together while simultaneously straightening the legs.
May worsen hormone sensitive conditions such as breast cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, endometriosis, and uterine fibroids. [17] Insomnia. [17] Goldenseal: orangeroot, yellow puccoon Hydrastis canadensis: Uterotonic [3] Greater celandine: celandine Chelidonium majus: Liver damage [4] Guarana: Paullinia cupana: Agitation and insomnia [3 ...
Coxa valga is a deformity of the hip where the angle formed between the head and neck of the femur and its shaft is increased, usually above 135 degrees.. The deformity may develop in children with neuromuscular disorders (i.e. cerebral palsy, spinal dysraphism, poliomyelitis), skeletal dysplasias, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Jill Feldman, 54, of Deerfield, Illinois, has lived 15 years with lung cancer, thanks ...
Bicalutamide is well tolerated and has few side effects in women. General side effects of bicalutamide that may occur in either sex include diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, nausea, dry skin, itching, and rash. In men with prostate cancer, bicalutamide monotherapy has been found to increase the likelihood of death due to causes other than ...
Some substances cause cancer primarily through their physical, rather than chemical, effects on cells. [32] A prominent example of this is prolonged exposure to asbestos, naturally occurring mineral fibers which are a major cause of mesothelioma, which is a cancer of the serous membrane , usually the serous membrane surrounding the lungs. [ 32 ]
Cancer pain treatment aims to relieve pain with minimal adverse treatment effects, allowing the person a good quality of life and level of function and a relatively painless death. [27] Though 80–90 percent of cancer pain can be eliminated or well controlled, nearly half of all people with cancer pain in the developed world and more than 80 ...
Urinary System Cancer. Transitional cell carcinoma, a type of cancer most commonly seen in a dog's bladder, may respond to ivermectin in the same way as human renal cell carcinoma.