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Hypertrichosis (also called Ambras syndrome) is an abnormal amount of hair growth over the body; extensive cases of hypertrichosis have informally been called werewolf syndrome because the appearance is similar […]

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS also postural tachycardia syndrome) is a condition of dysautonomia to be more specific orthostatic intolerance in which a change from the supine position to an […]

Orthostatic intolerance (OI) is the development of symptoms when standing upright which are relieved when sitting back down again. There are many types of orthostatic intolerance.

Neoplasm (from Ancient Greek νεο- neo- new and πλάσμα plasma formation creation) tumor or tumour is an abnormal mass of tissue as a result of abnormal growth or division of […]

A suicide method is any means by which a person commits suicide purposely taking his or her own life. Suicide methods can be classified according to two modes of interrupting […]

Dyspepsia (from the Greek δυσ- dys- and πέψις pepsis digestion) also known as indigestion is a condition of impaired digestion. It is a medical condition characterized by chronic or recurrent […]

Tropical sprue also known as environmental enteropathy is a malabsorption disease commonly found in the tropical regions marked with abnormal flattening of the villi and inflammation of the lining of […]

Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which a person who is normally capable of speech does not speak in specific situations or to specific people. Selective mutism usually […]

The 1968 flu pandemic was a category 2 flu pandemic whose outbreak in 1968 and 1969 killed an estimated one million people worldwide. It was caused by an H3N2 strain […]