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THE FULL HEALTH RESOURCES ARCHIVE

A
Achalasia
Acne
Age-related macular degeneration
Alcohol
Alzheimer's and dementia
Amnesia
Anabolic steroids
Anaemia
Anaphylactic shock
Anaesthesia
Ankylosing spondylitis
Antibiotics
Anti-coagulants
Anthrax
Anxiety disorder
Arsenic poisoning
Arthritis
Asbestos disease
Asperger syndrome
Asthma
Autism

B
Baby breathing difficulties
Back pain
Bird flu
Biliary Atresia
Binswanger's disease
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Boxing
Brain haemorrhage in pre-term babies
Brain tumours
Burns and scalds

C
Cannabis
Cataracts
Cerebral aneurism
Cholera
Cleft lip and palate
Clinical trials
Coeliac disease
Collapsed lung
Complementary medicines: A guide
Conjoined twins
COPD (respiratory disease)
Crohn's disease
Cystic fibrosis

D
Deep vein thrombosis
Depression
Diabetes
Dioxins
Diverticular disease
Down's syndrome
Drugs
Dysentery
Dystonia

E
E. coli infection
Eating disorders
Ebola and other tropical viruses
Ecstasy
Ectopic pregnancy
Eczema
Electro-convulsive Therapy
Emergency contraception
Emphysema
Encephalitis
Endometriosis
Epilepsy
Epstein-Barr Virus
Erectile dysfunction
Exhaust emissions
Laser Eye Surgery

F
Fat
Female genital mutilation
Female sexual dysfunction
Fibromyalgia
Flu
Food additives

G
Gastro oesophageal reflux disease
Glaucoma
Goldenhar Syndrome
Group B streptococcus infection
Guillain-Barré Syndrome

H
Hayfever
Hot weather risks
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hernia
Heroin
HIV
Human growth hormone
Human Papilloma Virus
Hypertension
Hypothermia
Hysterectomy

I
Infant fever
Irritable bowel syndrome
IVF
Infectious disease

J
Japanese encephalitis

K
Kidney failure
Knee cartilage
Knee injuries

L
Legionnaires' disease
Leprosy
Lupus
Lyme disease
Lymphatic filariasis

M
Malaria
Marburg virus
Meningitis and septicaemia
Menopause
Menstrual problems
Methadone
Migraine
Miners' lung disease
Minor strokes
Motor neurone disease
MRSA 'superbugs'
Multiple births and fertility treatment
Multiple sclerosis
Mumps
Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
Muscular dystrophy
Myalgic encephalomyelitis

N
Nosebleeds

O
Q&A: Obesity
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Osteoporosis
Ovarian cancer
Ovary grafting
Oxygen injury therapy

P
Pancreatitis
Parkinson's Disease
Q&A: Passive smoking
Pasteurellosis
Peptic Ulcer Disease
Personality disorder
Pesticides
Plague
Pneumonia
Q&A: Polio
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Premature babies
Prion diseases
Progressive supranuclear palsy
Prozac
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
Psoriasis

R
Radiation sickness
Radon
Refugee health
Replantation surgery
Rohypnol: The date rape drug

S
Salt
Schizophrenia
Self-harm
Sexually transmitted infections
Sickle cell anaemia
Single Sided Deafness
Sleep disorders
Smoke inhalation
Smoking - the health effects
Q&A: Stem cells
Sudden death syndrome
Swine flu

T
Tamoxifen
Teenage drinking
Tourette Syndrome
Tooth decay
Tuberculosis
Typhoid fever

U
Ulcerative colitis

V
Vibration White Finger
Vitamin B6
W
West Nile Disease
Winter vomiting virus

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