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These medical topic discussions are not medical advice or directions, and YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT this important information paragraph prior to reading any of these medical files!
 | Medical information: A government source of all kinds of medical info for patients;.....Mayo Clinic disease info for patients; "Medline Search" any medical topic...a source the professionals use; National Library of Medicine. | ||||
| Help self-diagnose & treat SKIN, HAIR, & NAIL problems here ("for patients"). | ||||
| An online Biology guide by Kimball [here]. | ||||
| I'm Scared...I Might Have Breast Cancer! Early diagnosis. | ||||
| I Might Have Prostate Cancer! How to find it early. | ||||
| As you go through health scares and want to keep friends & family updated, register with Caring Bridge. | ||||
| If you end up home bound with an illness or otherwise with a long-term illness, check out PatientsLikeMe. | ||||
| Inherited Disease: Check this site to use their tool to gather family history in the event you need genetic disease risk counseling in the future HERE. | ||||
| Acne prevention & treatment. | ||||
| Toenail fungus prevention & treatment. | ||||
| I had a Pap smear done: (1)About the Pap smear......and......(2)They Say My Pap smear is abnormal!. | ||||
| I smoke and wonder about my risk of lung cancer: see MSKCC prediction [here]. How about COPD risk (carrying an oxygen tank around) and stroke risk? | ||||
| Causes of chronic fatigue (tired all the time). | ||||
| back pain & sciatica. | ||||
| causes of cough [here]. | ||||
| Overweight problems:
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| Catching colonic cancer early saves lives! How do doctors do it? | ||||
| Harvard online cancer (& some other diseases) risk calculations [***here***]; MSKCC on-line prediction tools [here]. | ||||
| Bones and Aging: Osteoporosis, the most common metabolic disease of mankind. The National Osteoporosis Foundation web site. | ||||
| Periodontal gum disease: the common, preventable condition leading to loss of teeth...what you can do to keep your teeth! | ||||
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About cataract surgery and other eye disorders
and treatments: under the leadership of James P. Gills, M.D., a Christian and author of the instructive novel, The Unseen Essential..., about how to live the fulfilling Christian life.
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| Intestinal Problems: Chronic Diarrhea....Blood in the stool....Over-age-50 colonoscopy. | ||||
| About blood iron levels: overview and links. | ||||
| Liver problems. | ||||
| Fetal wastage, miscarriage, abortion. | ||||
| About genetics and genetic diseases [here]. | ||||
| a skin biopsy says you have "sarcoid" [what to do]. | ||||
| About MELANOMA (& prognosis calculation) skin cancer & other skin cancers/diseases: (NOTE: we continue to see on-line advice to use super-expert pathologists for skin diagnoses. After 28 years in practice, my advice is, rather, to deal with pathologists (and all other service providers) who "care." link to a good site with on-line info, article links, and prognosis calculator. | ||||
| Placenta abnormalities...was your baby's placenta examined thoroughly and microscopically by a pathologist? | ||||
| "Point-of-Service Pathology": [what it is].........[national network: began in S. C.]. | ||||
| The Seven Standards of Care in the Medical Field. | ||||
| IS THAT TREATMENT QUACKERY? | ||||
| Faith positively affects your health status! | ||||
| the concept of False positive and False negative test results. | ||||
| Martha's miracle cure of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. | ||||
| Persistent vegetative state misdiagnosed 40% of time. | ||||
| Special programs of pathology group involvement at Lexington Medical Center. | ||||
| The 100s of Causes of unexpected sudden death. | ||||
| Death certification process: accidental, homicidal, etc. Was that death at all avoidable??? | ||||
| our Autopsy Service and forensic pathology links [here]. | ||||
| An example forensic pathology case. | ||||
| Forensic murder mystery series author, Patricia Cornwell's web site [here]:
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South Carolina Coroners web site with cases, forensic links, missing persons, and information:
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| Some medical case examples. | ||||
| Experts, accuracy, and local "point-of-service" care. | ||||
| ***Our medical group's web site***: about lab test information (often linking to tables of causes of abnormal results), pathology-medical topics, personal medical finances, fighting billing & insurance problems, finding the right medical care, and tissue/organ donations. |
| Coming to South Carolina from Northern (Ulster) Ireland in 1772: What was it, and life afterward, like? [check it out] |
| initial family index [here] |
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(posted 14 April 1999; latest addition 12 April 2010]
