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Pulmonary hypertension (1 Video, 2 Images)
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Pulmonary hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. It makes the right side of the heart need to work harder than normal.Reviewer: Allen J. Blaivas, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine UMDNJ-NJMS, Attending Physician in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.Date: 04/24/2009
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Pulmonary embolus (11 Videos, 3 Images)
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A pulmonary embolus is a blockage of an artery in the lungs by fat, air, a blood clot, or tumor cells.Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.Date: 01/27/2009
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Raynaud's phenomenon (2 Videos, 4 Images)
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Raynaud's phenomenon is a condition in which cold temperatures or strong emotions cause blood vessel spasms that block blood flow to the fingers, toes, ears, and nose.Reviewer: Mark James Borigini, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.Date: 05/31/2009
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Varicose veins (11 Videos, 4 Images)
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Varicose veins are swollen, twisted, and sometimes painful veins that have filled with an abnormal collection of blood. See also: Varicose vein stripping; Venous insufficiency.Reviewer: Jeffrey Heit, MD, Internist with special emphasis on preventive health, fitness and nutrition, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.Date: 06/01/2009
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Cavernous sinus thrombosis (1 Image)
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Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a blood clot in the cavernous sinus. The cavernous sinus is a cavity at the base of the brain that contains a vein, several nerves, and other structures. The vein carries deoxygenated blood from the brain and face bac...Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.Date: 08/18/2008
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Female Speaker: Welcome to GoodSam TV, Good Samaritan Hospitals medical podcasting channel. In this episode Dr. Guy Mayeda will talk about an alternative t...
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Female Speaker: Peripheral artery disease, also know as peripheral vascular disease affects 10 million Americans, mostly over the age of 50. In this segmen...
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The term ``atherosclerosis'' refers to the build up fatty, waxy deposits called plaque in arteries. The arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood con...
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Raena Morgan: Hello. Im talking today with Dr. Laszlo Meszaros. How did you first become interested in natural health and the use of vitamins and supplemen...
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Dr. Jeffrey Glaser: Peripheral Arterial Disease is a condition once again that is caused by damage from high blood sugars. When there is high blood sugars ...
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Russell Smith: My family would wanted to go hiking or go to the mall and walk around and I wasn't able to participate. There were a lot of days that I sat ...
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I am Marlin Mills. I am a specialist in high-risk obstetrics, particularly maternal-fetal medicine and work at the Banner Medical Center at Desert in the M...
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Raena Morgan: Hi, I'm Raena Morgan with iHealthTube. We're visiting with Dr. Eli Rapaport, a distinguished scientist in organic chemistry. And he's telling...
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