List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 518

Dilated cardiomyopathy or DCM is a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently. The decreased heart function can affect the lungs liver and […]

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a primary disease of the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) in which a portion of the myocardium is hypertrophied (thickened) without any obvious cause. It […]

The disease model of addiction describes an addiction as a disease with biological neurological genetic and environmental sources of origin. The traditional medical model of disease requires only that an […]

Hypertrophy (from Greek ὑπέρ excess + τροφή nourishment) is the increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells. It should be […]

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) also called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) or arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is an inherited heart disease. ARVD is caused by genetic defects of […]

Hematological malignancies (British spelling Haematological malignancies) are the types of cancer that affect blood bone marrow and lymph nodes.

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or foetal alcohol syndrome (see spelling differences) is a pattern of mental and physical defects that can develop in a fetus in association with high levels […]

Tuberous sclerosis or tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare multi-system genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and on other vital organs such as the […]

Conn syndrome is an aldosterone-producing adenoma. Conn’s syndrome is named after Jerome W. Conn (1907–1994) the American endocrinologist who first described the condition at the University of Michigan in 1955.

Hyperventilation syndrome (HVS); also chronic hyperventilation syndrome (CHVS) and dysfunctional breathing hyperventilation syndrome is a respiratory disorder psychologically or physiologically based involving breathing too deeply or too rapidly (hyperventilation). HVS […]