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  • Secondary Bone Cancer
    Health - 28 Dec 2022
    While most patients have concerns about the prognosis when they develop secondary cancer, it depends on factors, such as the spread of the cancer to one or more parts in the body, spread rate and how...
  • What Causes Paraplegia?
    Health - 16 May 2021
    Paraplegia can be caused by a range of both local and cerebral causes.
  • What is Cervical Spondylosis?
    Health - 6 Oct 2019
    Cervical spondylosis is a degenerative disease that affects the spinal disks in the neck. It is a very common condition affecting more than 80% of the population over the age of 60 years.
  • What Causes Sciatica?
    Health - 23 Aug 2018
    Sciatica is caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve or its roots. Any condition which causes compression of the spinal cord, or the nerve roots emerging from the spinal foramina, causes sensory and...
  • Spinal Stenosis Causes, Diagnosis & Management
    Health - 9 Apr 2019
    Spinal stenosis is a condition characterized by narrowing of the spinal canal, a tubular structure which encloses the spinal cord. Narrowing of the spinal canal leads to compression of the spinal cord...
  • What Causes Pins and Needles?
    Health - 25 May 2023
    ‘Pins and needles’ refers to the strange prickling and tingling sensation that occurs in one or more limbs after a period of prolonged compression. Technically termed paresthesia, or altered...
  • What is Tetraparesis?
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Tetraparesis, or quadraparesis, is a condition in which all four limbs are weak. Several causes exist, many of which are treatable.
  • Post-Mastectomy Pain
    Health - 23 Dec 2021
    Post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) is a known complication following mastectomy, yet one which is not easily treated.
  • What is Neurooncology?
    Health - 31 Dec 2022
    Neurooncology is a branch of medicine that concerns cancers of the brain and spinal cord. Cancers of the nervous system are often severe conditions that eventually become life threatening.
  • Prostate Cancer Symptoms
    Health - 18 Jul 2023
    In men, the urethra is a narrow tube that carries urine from the bladder through the penis and out of the body. The urethra also passes through the prostate gland, which is responsible for producing a...

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