The Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome Can Be Treated

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Other resource N8 Postgraduate Medicine - The Many 'Faces' of Graves' Diseasehttp://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1999/10_15_99/felz.htm Postgraduate Medicine - The Many 'Faces' of Graves' DiseaseTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Endocrine_Disorders/Thyroid/Hyperthyroid/Graves'_Disease Practical diagnostic testing and management options. Includes CME learning objectives, biochemical markers, causes of thyrotoxicosis, and disorders that mimic high gland function.
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Other resource N10 Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine - Risk for Malignancy of Thyroid Nodules as Assessed by Sonographic Criteriahttp://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/11/1455 Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine - Risk for Malignancy of Thyroid Nodules as Assessed by Sonographic CriteriaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Endocrine_Disorders/Thyroid/Nodules Abstract that discusses the need for biopsy.
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Other resource N14 Inflammatory Diseases of the Thyroidhttp://www.bcm.edu/oto/grand/1694.html Inflammatory Diseases of the ThyroidTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Endocrine_Disorders/Thyroid/Thyroiditis Acute and chronic thyroiditis from the Grand Rounds Archive, for a discussion at The Baylor College of Medicine. Information for health care professionals.
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Other resource N52 The Facts About Diabetes Insipidushttp://www.histio.org/association/library/diabetes.shtml The Facts About Diabetes InsipidusTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Endocrine_Disorders/Pituitary/Diabetes_Insipidus Considerably well written informative article with a lot of detail on what DI is, how it affects you, symptoms, prevention, diagnosis, treatments with many reference links for the newly diagnosed to the medical professional.
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Other resource N55 OHSU Health -- Household/Common Emergencieshttp://www.ohsuhealth.com/ntrauma OHSU Health -- Household/Common EmergenciesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries Overview from Oregon Health and Sciences University.
Other resource N56 Dehydration and Heat Strokehttp://www.umm.edu/non_trauma/dehyrat.htm Dehydration and Heat StrokeTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Heat_Related Presents the causes, symptoms, and prevention, from the University of Maryland Medicine.
Other resource N57 Cervical Spine Fractureshttp://www.hughston.com/hha/a.cspine.htm Cervical Spine FracturesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Fractures Describing c-spine fractures with illustrations. Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation.
Other resource N58 eMedicine Health - Broken Elbowhttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/4607-1.asp eMedicine Health - Broken ElbowTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Fractures Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatments.
Other resource N59 eMedicine Health - Broken Armhttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/8895-1.asp eMedicine Health - Broken ArmTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Fractures Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
Other resource N60 eMedicine Health - Crutcheshttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/9039-1.asp eMedicine Health - CrutchesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Fractures Consumer health resource center providing information on crutches.
Other resource N61 Burns - University of Missouri-Rollahttp://www.umr.edu/~umrshs/burns.html Burns - University of Missouri-RollaTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Burns A brief description of degrees of burns, self care information and when to seek medical attention for burns.
Other resource N62 Fireworks Safetyhttp://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1024078264.html Fireworks SafetyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Burns Information from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Other resource N63 eMedicine Health - Thermal (Heat or Fire) Burnshttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/4871-1.asp eMedicine Health - Thermal (Heat or Fire) BurnsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Burns Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of burns.
Other resource N64 eMedicine Health - Snake Bitehttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/10707-1.asp eMedicine Health - Snake BiteTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Bites_and_Stings/Snakes Overview of symptoms and treatment of snake bites.
Other resource N65 eMedicine Health - Animal Biteshttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/Articles/4783-1.asp eMedicine Health - Animal BitesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Bites_and_Stings/Mammals Overview of symptoms and treatment of bites from dogs, cats, and wild mammals.
Other resource N66 Family Practice Notebook: Insect Bitehttp://www.fpnotebook.com/ER9.htm Family Practice Notebook: Insect BiteTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Bites_and_Stings/Arthropods Advice for emergency medical personnel on treatment of bites and stings by insects, spiders, and other arthropods.
Other resource N67 eMedicine Health - Brown Recluse Spider Bitehttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/10729-1.asp eMedicine Health - Brown Recluse Spider BiteTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Bites_and_Stings/Arthropods/Spiders Information on the symptoms and treatment for brown recluse bites.
Other resource N68 eMedicine Health - Jellyfish Stingshttp://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/6277-1.asp eMedicine Health - Jellyfish StingsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Bites_and_Stings/Aquatic_Organisms Overview of symptoms and treatment of jellyfish stings.
Other resource N69 Mountain Medicinehttp://www.thebmc.co.uk/world/mm/mm0.htm Mountain MedicineTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Hypothermia Links to information on cold and high-altitude injuries.
Other resource N70 Hypothermia and Near Drowninghttp://scuba-doc.com/hypoth.htm Hypothermia and Near DrowningTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Hypothermia Outlines of diagnosis, early treatment and management of the diver with hypothermia and near-drowning. From Diving Medicine Online.
Other resource N71 Apex Altitudehttp://www.apex-altitude.com/ Apex AltitudeTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Altitude_Sickness A charity that exists to perform high altitude medical research and educate the public about the topic
Other resource N72 Medex and Medical Expeditionshttp://www.medex.org.uk/ Medex and Medical ExpeditionsTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Altitude_Sickness Information about and from this research charity dedicated to investigating the mechanisms of altitude related illness. Newsletter archive and planned expedition information.
Other resource N73 Cerebral Syndromeshttp://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic22.htm Cerebral SyndromesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Altitude_Sickness Article from Emergency Medicine covering cerebral syndromes in altitude sickness from AMS to HACE.
Other resource N74 High Altitude Medicine and Biologyhttp://www.liebertpub.com/HAM/ High Altitude Medicine and BiologyTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Altitude_Sickness About the magazine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Other resource N75 CDC Travelers' Health Information on Altitude Illnesshttp://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/altitude.htm CDC Travelers' Health Information on Altitude IllnessTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Altitude_Sickness CDC's advisory for people planning travel to destinations at altitude.
Other resource N76 High Altitude Medicinehttp://www.highaltitudemedicine.com/ High Altitude MedicineTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Altitude_Sickness About the book by Herb Hultgren, M.D., including ordering information.
Other resource N77 Specialty Diets, Inc.http://www.formydiet.com Specialty Diets, Inc.Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Nutrition_and_Metabolism_Disorders ForMyDiet.com provides information, peer communication, specialty diets products, tools, and services to assist and support the management of medical diets such as Juvenile Diabetes and metabolic disorders.
Other resource N78 First Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelineshttp://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/oberel4f.htm First Federal Obesity Clinical GuidelinesTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Nutrition_and_Metabolism_Disorders/Obesity Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults reviewed by 115 health experts at major medical and professional societies.
Other resource N79 Obesityhttp://www.healthanswers.com/centers/topic/overview.asp?id=weight+control&filename=1658.htm ObesityTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Nutrition_and_Metabolism_Disorders/Obesity Definition, causes, dieting, when to see the doctor, medical tests, from Healthanswers.com.
Other resource N80 Lose Weight Gain Healthhttp://www.loseweightgainhealth.ie/ Lose Weight Gain HealthTop/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Nutrition_and_Metabolism_Disorders/Obesity From Roche Pharmaceutical, provides practical advice on healthy eating, diet, obesity and losing weight.

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