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A common health problem with the elderly “Alzheimer’s disease”
A patient suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has a deficit that represents a significant decline in functioning, which must be severe enough to interfere with his work and his social life......
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus is a syndrome with a disordered metabolism and inappropriate hyperglycaemia due to either a deficiency of Insulin secretion (type 1) or to a combination of Insulin resistance and inadequate Insulin secretion to compensate (type 2)....
Gout
Gout is a metabolic disease of heterogeneous nature (often familial) associated with abnormal amounts of urates in the body and characterised by an early recurring acute arthritis usually being "monoarticular" and later it can develop into a chronic defor...
Systemic Hypertension
A recent study showed that 50 million Americans suffer from elevated blood pressure (systolic 140MMhG or diastolic 90 MMhG). Of these, 70% are aware of their symptoms, 50% are receiving treatment and 25% are on the threshold ....