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		<title>YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH CARE/DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD: CONVULSIONS CLINICAL FEATURES AND INVESTIGATIONS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clinical features
There are a number of different types of convulsions, but they are usually characterised by the sudden onset of a stiffening of the body, followed by jerking movements, after which the child usually sleeps deeply for an hour or so. Most convulsions do not last longer than several minutes. Convulsions can be partial, affecting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/09/your-child%e2%80%99s-health-caredisorders-of-the-brain-and-spinal-cord-convulsions-clinical-features-and-investigations/</link>
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		<title>YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH CARE/DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD: COMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A child who is in a coma is unconscious; that is, he is unaware of his surroundings, and cannot be woken. There are various degrees of coma, from a light coma in which the child responds to being touched, to a deep coma in which there is no response to stimuli, and in which the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/09/your-child%e2%80%99s-health-caredisorders-of-the-brain-and-spinal-cord-coma/</link>
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		<title>YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH CARE/DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD: CONVULSIONS TREATMENT AND PREVENTION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The long-term treatment of general convulsions will depend on their cause and severity.

A febrile convulsion usually lasts only a few minutes, and almost always stops by itself before any treatment is given. If the seizure is prolonged, the child is taken to the doctor or hospital where medication is given (intravenously or rectally) to stop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/09/your-child%e2%80%99s-health-caredisorders-of-the-brain-and-spinal-cord-convulsions-treatment-and-prevention/</link>
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		<title>YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH CARE/DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD: CONVULSIONS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Convulsions are also known as fits, epileptic attacks or seizures. They are states of altered consciousness which can vary in severity. About 1 in 100 people have a seizure of some kind during their lifetime, and about half of these occur during childhood.

Febrile convulsions (seizures which occur due to fever) are relatively common, occurring in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/09/your-child%e2%80%99s-health-caredisorders-of-the-brain-and-spinal-cord-convulsions/</link>
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		<title>STRESSES AND CHANGES IN A CHILD&#8217;S LIFE: TEMPERAMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All parents will know that no two children are alike in terms of their temperament and personality. Often parents will say that the differences are noticeable from birth; in other children they become more noticeable over time. The term temperament is now used to describe these individual differences. Temperament is believed to be intrinsic but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/05/stresses-and-changes-in-a-childs-life-temperament/</link>
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		<title>DEFINITIONS OF SOME EXPRESSIONS YOUR DOCTOR MAY USE &#8211; POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF PAINKILLERS (DOSE)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the dose you start with does not relieve your pain completely, you should gradually increase it either until it does or until you feel that the cost of the better pain relief outweighs the benefit. Possible side effects of painkillers include nausea, constipation, heavy sweating, drowsiness, lightheadedness, difficulty in concentrating, hallucinations, confusion and dizziness. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/05/definitions-of-some-expressions-your-doctor-may-use-possible-side-effects-of-painkillers-dose/</link>
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		<title>WARTS &#8211; DESCRIPTION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warts are one of those common conditions we all know about but few understand.

Over the centuries many fancy stories were believed about the cause and also the treatment of this common and obvious blemish.

Some people even believe warts are caused by handling frogs and toads.

There are many variations of warts but it is now believed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/05/warts-description/</link>
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		<title>FEET &#8211; BUNION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bunions are thought to develop because we squeeze our feet into shoes which are too narrow for the forefoot. Coupled with this may be an inherited tendency for the first metatarsal or long bone of the foot to splay medially or inwards.

The first deformity is a hallux valgus. The joint of the great toe (hallux) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/05/feet-bunion/</link>
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		<title>CYSTITIS &#8211; DRINKING ANY FLUIDS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even drinking large amounts of any fluid, usually water, will relieve the discomfort. But although the symptoms are eased, this does not mean that the condition is cured. It may, and often does, recur.

That is why it is necessary to go to a doctor if you have cystitis and for the doctor to treat it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/05/cystitis-drinking-any-fluids/</link>
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		<title>HOW MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEMOTHERAPY HAVE COME ABOUT &#8211; MID-1970S</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the mid-1970s, the same degree of improvement occurred in the treatment of testicular cancer. This time it was a new drug rather than a new technique (the use of high dose combinations) that was responsible for the breakthrough. A new drug called cis-platinum had been shown to be active against testicular cancer in Phase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://healthdoc.biz/2009/05/how-major-improvements-in-chemotherapy-have-come-about-mid-1970s/</link>
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