Smoking is the practice of tasting or inhaling the vapor given out by substances like tobacco, opium or cannabis when burnt. Combustion of these substances release nicotine that is absorbed into the lungs. Smoking is actually a recreational drug use and a tobacco addict does enough harm to his or her health. Smoking, in other words, is a deadly habit. It increases the risk of lung cancer, oral cancer, bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis, heart attack, COPD, erectile dysfunction, birth defects etc.
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Yeast infection is actually fungal infection caused mostly by Candida ablicans, a strain of yeast. Yeast infection ranges from the superficial type like oral yeast infection or thrush and vaginal yeast infection or vaginitis to systemic yeast infection. When yeast enters bloodstream, it results in systemic yeast infection which could cause fatal complications like fungemia or candidemia. Candida fungus thrives in warm moist areas of body such as underarms, between toes etc. Apart from skin, supe
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Whiteheads are a form of acne vulgaris, a very common skin problem these days. Excess sebum or body's natural oil combine with dead skin cells and clog hair follicles, resulting in whiteheads. Whiteheads appear as tiny white bumps or spots and they generally throng the areas where the skin is delicate. Usually sides of nose, under eyes, temples, cheeks and foreheads are areas where whiteheads occur in plenty. Whiteheads generally lie just below the skin.

Thus the accumulated oil and keratin
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UTI or urinary tract infection is the infection of the urinary tract caused by pathogenic organisms like bacteria, fungi or parasite. The urinary tract comprises of kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra and an infection in any of these parts is referred to as UTI. UTI is however a broad term; there are separate medical terms for infection of each of the structures of urinary tract. The terms may be listed as follows:

1. Pyelonephritis (infection of kidneys)
2. Ureter infection (infection of
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Tinnitus is the feeling of sound in human ear without any existence of corresponding external sound. It is also known as ringing in the ears. Tinnitus is not a disease, it is a symptom rather. Tinnitus may be classified as follows: objective tinnitus and subjective tinnitus. In case of objective tinnitus, other people other than patient can hear the ringing noise in the patient's ears whereas in case of subjective tinnitus, the patient alone can hear the ringing. Subjective tinnitus is a more wi
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