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In medicine, the term syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs, symptoms, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. In recent decades the term has been used outside of medicine to refer to a combination of phenomena seen in association.
The term syndrome derives from the Greek and means literally "run together," as the features do. The term syndrome is most often used when the reason that the features occur together (pathophysiology) has not yet been discovered. A familiar syndrome name often continues to be used even after an underlying cause has been found. Many syndromes are named after the physicians credited with first reporting the association; these are "eponymous" syndromes. Otherwise, disease features or presumed causes, as well as references to geography, history or poetry, can lend their names to syndromes.
AIDS, a case study
A recent case study is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), so named as most syndromal immune deficiencies are either inborn or secondary to hematological disease. AIDS was originally termed "Gay Related Immune Disease" (or GRID), a name which was revised as the disease turned out to also affect heterosexuals. Several years passed after the recognition of AIDS before HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was first described, finally explaining the hitherto mysterious "syndrome". More on [ Syndrome ]
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The Guys’ Guide to Birth Control
pennmedicinenewsMen’sHealth.com posted an article about what men should know about the various types of female birth control. Quoted throughout the article is Steven Sondheimer, MD, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and associate chief of Penn Fertility Care. “Preventing pregnancy is something both partners should discuss openly,” says Dr. Sondheimer. “Both can take a part in reducing the risk.”
Antibiotics Beat Cranberries in Battle Against Bladder Infections
pennmedicinenews Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:36:38 -0000
MSNBC.com posted a story about a new study that came out Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine which concluded that “when it comes to preventing recurrent bladder infections, cranberry capsules do not work as well as daily antibiotics,” however, the supplements have a strong upside. “They are less likely to have side effects and to spark the growth of antibiotic resistant strains of...
Cool the Hot Flashes
pennmedicinenews Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:10:12 -0000
In a special on-line section of USA Today called “USA Weekend, Presents The Doctors,” an article is posted educating women on the latest medical and non-medical ways to help combat one of the main – and most disruptive – symptoms of menopause, hot flashes, The article cites research published in JAMA from the Perelman School of Medicine and led by Ellen Freeman, PhD, research professor of...
DES Action USA - Non-profit organization dedicated to informing the public about DES (diethylstilbestrol) and helping DES-exposed individuals. Publishes on various aspects of DES exposure and provide a link between DES-exposed people, researchers, and the medical community.
DES Cancer Network - Organization that addresses the special needs of women who have clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and/or cervix, a rare cancer linked to exposure to diethylstilbestrol before birth.
Meta Description: [ The DES Cancer Network is an organization that addresses
the special needs of women who have had clear cell adenocarcinoma
of the vagina and/or cervix; a cancer linked to exposure to
DES before birth. As of January 1997, approximately 680 women in the
... ]
Health.nsw.gov - DES - Information about effects and symptoms of DES.
Images of Uterine Deformity Caused by Diethylstilbestrol Exposure - Two uterine images of a 35 year old female with known history of exposure to DES. Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Questions and Answers About DES - Information from the National Cancer Institute about DES (diethylstilbestrol) and its potential effects on mothers who have taken the drug and daughters and sons who were exposed to it in utero.
Meta Description: [ DES: Questions and Answers ]
Registry for Research on Hormonal Transplacental Carcinogenesis - International research registry of cancer patients with clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and/or cervix or other specific gynecologic cancers who may or may not have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) or other synthetic hormones in utero.
Testimony on DES - Stephanie Kanarek's testimony before the US House Judiciary Committee on the effects of diethylstilbestrol.
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