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What to know about melioidosis
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What to know about melioidosis

Melioidosis is a condition that occurs when someone comes into contact with certain bacteria in infected water or soil. Some medical professionals also call this condition “Whitmore’s disease,” after the pathologist who first described it. Although melioidosis is most common in southeast Asia and northern Australia, several other countries have also reported it, according to...

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Testosterone replacement therapy may slow the progression of COPD

GALVESTON, Texas -Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that testosterone replacement therapy may slow disease progression of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The paper is currently available in Chronic Respiratory Disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is predicted by the World Health Organization to be the third-leading cause of...