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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is an infection of the urinary tract more commonly the urethra (urethritis) and the bladder (cystitis). When these are affected, it is called lower UTI. When the infection spreads upwards, then there is the ...

WHAT IS HYPERPIGMENTATION Hyperpigmentation is a term that means more pigmentation, that is darker areas or patches of skin as compared to the rest of the skin of a particular individual.  Hyperpigmentation is not dark skin color per ...

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) Cardiovascular disease refers to a group of conditions occurring as a result of blockage of blood vessels (more specifically arteries), due to atherosclerosis and clots, impacting the heart and other organs. CVD is also known ...

Heart failure (HF), also called Congestive Heart/Cardiac Failure (CHF/CCF) occurs when the heart is unable to pump adequate blood into the arteries, and the backlog of blood in the heart leads to congestion and backpressure into the lungs ...

Updated Nov 2024 WHAT IS THE OMICRON VARIANT AND WHY IS IT ONE OF THE VARIANTS OF CONCERN (VOC)? Omicron (scientific name B.1.1.529 or BA.1) is the COVID variant, first detected and reported in Botswana and South Africa ...

WHAT IS ILD? Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a group of conditions that cause scarring (fibrosis) of the interstitial part of the lung (interstitium). The interstitium is the area in between the air sacs (alveoli – where the ...