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October 7, 2013

Atherosclerosis is a slowly progressing degenerative disease of the arterial wall. Several risk factors, including cigarette smoking, precipitate its development.…

May 31, 2014

Cough is an important disease symptom. Causes of cough are respiratory tract infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer,…

May 31, 2014

Lung cancer is the most common malignancy and the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women. According to…

September 12, 2013

Bacterial vaginosis is characterized by the presence of large amounts of anaerobic bac­teria, Gardnerella vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis in the…

September 7, 2013

Elevated plasma fibrinogen concen­tration is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. In addition to several factors such as advanced age,…

August 27, 2013

By means of the matched pair method the difference in the frequency of the risk
 factor between a group of…

August 23, 2013

The article presents the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive lung disease. It is written depending on the Global…

August 22, 2013

Lung cancer is the most frequent type of malignant disease among men. It is also the leading cause of cancer…