Respiratory Disorders
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- MedicineNet: Pleurisy
- Includes conditions that cause pleurisy, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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- Atypical Pneumonia
- Causes, symptoms, and treatments of this condition, also called walking pneumonia. Descriptions of the organisms that commonly cause it.
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- Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)
- Information resources on this common AIDS-related infection and its treatment from TheBody.com.
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- HON Allergy Glossary - Rhinitis
- Information about allergic rhinitis from HON, a Swiss non-profit foundation.
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- Medicine Net.com: Chronic Rhinitis
- Resource applicable to both patients and physicians covering chronic rhinitis and related conditions, with related links.
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- Medinfo
- Easy to understand information on hayfever, a common condition caused by an allergy to pollen. Information on symptoms, treatment and prevention.
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- National Jewish Medical and Research Center: Bronchiectasis
- Factsheet on this condition of the airways in the lungs including the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, associated conditions and treatment.
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- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Symptoms and treatment guidelines, travel advisory, and daily outbreak updates. From the World Health Organization (WHO).
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- Children and SARS
- Discusses whether kids are at risk for SARS, common symptoms, and what parents should do to protect their children from severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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- SARS: Global Epidemic from Mutant Virus Causing Pneumonia
- Article on this infection that was a major risk to world health. Also discusses the need for more basic research on viral diseases.
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- The Facts About SARS
- A comprehensive guide to SARS, with articles by a team of science journalists at the Australian Broadcasting Corp. It details what is known about the outbreak, the virus, the ensuing panic and known symptoms and treatments.
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- Vads Corner
- Collected references on the disease and related topics, including general press, medical journals, and public health departments of affected countries.
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- Bordetella Pertussis and Whooping Cough
- Lecture topics by Kenneth Todar of the University of Wisconsin Department of Bacteriology. With introduction, pathogenesis, colonization, the toxins, regulation of virulence factors, and vaccine.
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- MedicineNet: Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
- Doctor written consumer health information, includes causes, stages, symptoms, and treatments.