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Saliva
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:40Saliva is the spit in your mouth that helps to soften the bits of food you chew, and gets them ready for digestion! Did you know? During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. ...
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Scoliosis
Updated: Sep 24, 2009 - 11:34Scoliosis is sideways bending of your spine or backbone to the left or right in a “c” shape (or both – in an ‘s’ shape). There are different ways this might happen: 1. If your vertebra are an odd shape, are stuck together on one side or are only half formed, it can make your spine lean over. ...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Updated: Jan 14, 2010 - 17:02Seasonal affective disorder (or SAD) is when you start to get the symptoms of depression during the winter months when there is less natural light. The amount of light around normally affects how much you sleep and eat; many people eat and sleep more in the winter months. But for some people, sho...
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Secondary tumour
Updated: Feb 22, 2010 - 11:54Sometimes, cancer spreads from one place in your body to another and forms a tumour there. This is then called the secondary tumour. The primary tumour is the first tumour that formed in your body.
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Short sightedness
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:40Short-sightedness, also called myopia, is a problem with your vision and it is often inherited. You usually get it when you are aged over 10 years. You are short sighted if your eye is too long from front to back, or if the curve of your cornea is too steep. This means that the length of your ...
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Side effects
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:40Side effects are the other actions that a medicine has apart from the ones they are meant to have. It is very important to pay attention to any that you may have and to tell your doctor about them. Read any advice or warnings about side effects that are given with your medication. See your doctor...
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Skeleton
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:40Your skeleton is the framework of your body, just like planks of wood are the framework of a house. Over 200 bones make up your skeleton, and these bones give your body its shape and hold everything together. A body without bones would be like a big bowl of jelly! Your muscles attach to your bone...
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Skin
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:40Skin is what your whole body is wrapped in, but it has other important jobs too. It is made up of three separate layers. These are the epidermis, the dermis, and the hypodermis. ...
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Skull
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:41Your skull is the hard thing you feel when you touch your head! Its job is to provide proper protection for your brain. Your skull is actually not one single bone but 22! One, your jaw, can move, but the other 21 are fused together by fibrous joints. Your brain sits inside your skull, so if yo...
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Sleep Apnoea Mask
Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 14:41A sleep apnoea mask is a mask that connects to a small device called a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine. The CPAP sends air into the mask through a plastic tube. You may need to wear this mask when you go to sleep if you have obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Together the mask and...
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