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What is FSH

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FSH or Follicle stimulating hormone is considered very important hormone to regulate sexual reproduction in men as well as in women.  Besides involving in sexual reproduction, this hormone also plays an important role in the beginning or puberty as well as menopause. FSH tests are carried to know the causes of infertility, and they can [...]

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What is TSH

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Thyrotropin or thyroid stimulating hormone is abridged as TSH. This hormone is considered quite important for the better function of the thyroid gland. Pituitary gland is the source of this hormone.
Triiodothyronine or T3 and thyroxin T4 are two important hormone which thyroid gland releases and the release of these two hormones is controlled by this [...]

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What is HDL

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High density lipoprotein or HDL is commonly known as good cholesterol, the higher level of this kind of cholesterol are considered useful for the body, contrary to LDL or low-density lipoproteins whose lower levels are considered better for the body.
Because of HDL, the higher amounts of cholesterol return to the liver for emission and it [...]

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What is Salmonella

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Salmonella is a kind of rod-shaped bacterium that named after Daniel Salmon who discovered them in 1906.  Most of these salmonella bacterium becomes the cause of many serious illnesses in the humans as well as in animals. Food poisoning and typhoid fever are two main diseases that occur because of salmonella. Some of these bacteria [...]

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What is BMI

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Body Mass Index has a common acronym BMI. Body Mass Index is a number which is calculated on the basis of your height, weight that correlates to your total weight percentage which is due to fat and contrary to bone, muscles or organs. Persons with higher BMIs have a higher fat percentage in the body. [...]

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What is Medicine

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Those branches of medical science in which some nonsurgical techniques are dealt with are known as medical science. Similarly when something is used to prevent, treat or alleviate the disease symptoms, it is known as medicine.
Medicine is also a learned profession in which master degree is obtained after getting graduate training from a medical school [...]

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What is Stress

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Stress is reckoned such a condition in which our body enters after receiving some message from the brain that informs it to get ready to fight or run. The body responses and prepares for that possibility. These are adrenal glands which are informed by the brain and they send to rush hormones known as noradernaline [...]

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What is Blood

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It carries nutrients, gases and waste materials through the body, and that’s why it is usually thicker than water. Blood has a bit salty taste and 10.6 pints of blood circulate in a fully grown adult body. Blood consists of billions of living cells that float in a liquid known as plasma. The different layers [...]

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What is HIV

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HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus belongs to the Retroviridae family of viruses. The T-Cells which are found in immune system are invaded by a retrovirus. If this infection is not checked in the body, it can cause Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS that is considered a fatal disease. It was in 1980s when this [...]

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What Is IVF

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In Vitro Fertilization is abbreviated as IVF and it’s a method in which sperm and egg union can cause fertilization of egg or embryo in a lab rather than natural pregnancy. This process is used when couples face difficulty in natural conceiving and it is usually considered an option when other tried methods don’t seem [...]

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