It is used in diseases featuring high LDL, such as the rare homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, when the heterozygous form does not respond to medical treatment, or when the treatment has led to dangerous side-effects ( such as rhabdomyolysis ).

The function of the immune system depends in a large part on interleukins, and rare deficiencies of a number of them have been described, all featuring autoimmune diseases or immune deficiency.

Other diseases featuring polycrine autoimmunity:

Other diseases featuring necrotizing vasculitis include Polyarteritis nodosa, Wegener's granulomatosis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, and Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Parkinson-plus syndromes, also known as disorders of multiple system degeneration, are a group of neurodegenerative diseases featuring the classical features of Parkinson's disease ( tremor, rigidity, akinesia / bradykinesia, postural instability ) with additional features that distinguish them from simple idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

The main method of treatment for death signaling-related diseases involves either increasing or decreasing the susceptibility of apoptosis in diseased cells, depending on whether the disease is caused by either the inhibition of or excess apoptosis.

On the other hand, loss of control of cell death ( resulting in excess apoptosis ) can lead to neurodegenerative diseases, hematologic diseases, and tissue damage.

Various diseases invoked as possible explanations to his early demise included Marfan syndrome, Wilson-Turner X-linked mental retardation syndrome, Fröhlich syndrome ( adiposogenital dystrophy ), Klinefelter's syndrome, androgen insensitivity syndrome, aromatase excess syndrome in conjunction with sagittal craniosynostosis syndrome, Antley – Bixler syndrome or one of its variants and temporal lobe epilepsy .< ref name =" epilepsy ">

This can be caused by taking glucocorticoid drugs, or diseases that result in excess cortisol, adrenocorticotropic hormone ( ACTH ), or CRH levels.

Playing off of medical beliefs at the time, Herophilos stated that diseases occurred when an excess of one of the four humors impeded the pneuma from reaching the brain.

Critics further contend that food energy excess, rather than the consumption of specific novel foods, such as grains and dairy products, underlies the diseases of affluence.

* Polyglandular autoimmune syndromes, another name for autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes ( diseases in which multiple endocrine glands secrete insufficient or excess amounts of hormones )

An excess mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases was uncovered, possibly related to the psychosocial consequences of the accident in addition to the chemical contamination.

It is closely related to the ancient theory of the four elements and states that all diseases and disabilities result from an excess or deficit in black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood.

All diseases and disabilities supposedly resulted from an excess or deficit of one of these four humors.

Other articles describe GH physiology, diseases of GH excess ( acromegaly and pituitary gigantism ), deficiency, the recent phenomenon of HGH controversies, growth hormone in sports, and growth hormone for cows.

The proton pump enzyme is the target of proton pump inhibitors, used to increase gastric pH ( and hence decrease stomach acidity ) in diseases that feature excess acid.

* Lipid storage diseases: In this condition, a toxic buildup of excess fats ( lipids ) takes place in the brain and nervous system.

The myeloproliferative diseases ( MPDs, myeloproliferative neoplasms, MPNs ) are a group of diseases of the bone marrow in which excess cells are produced.

They may either be present in excess, leading to diseases such as hypertension and tumor formation, or in deficiency, leading to neurodegenerative diseases.

Acute diseases were caused essentially by a constriction of the pores, or an obstruction of them by an excess of atoms ; the Chronic were caused by a relaxation of the pores or a deficiency of atoms.

Erasistratus, however, theorized that many diseases were caused by plethoras, or overabundances, in the blood and advised that these plethoras be treated, initially, by exercise, sweating, reduced food intake, and vomiting.

Although very different diseases, both may present with any of the following symptoms: abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, severe internal cramps / muscle spasms in the region of the pelvis, weight loss and various associated complaints or diseases like arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Dopamine receptor antagonists are used for some diseases such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, nausea and vomiting.

These registries are sponsored by 18 national medical, dental, and veterinary societies and have as their mission the assembling of selected cases of interest to military medicine and of establishing through the mechanism of follow-up of living patients the natural history of various diseases of military-medical importance.

Abzymes are usually artificial constructs, but are also found in normal humans ( anti-vasoactive intestinal peptide autoantibodies ) and in patients with autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, where they can bind to and hydrolyze DNA.

) However, some patients still develop diseases because of this interference with bone marrow.

Because endocrinology encompasses so many conditions and diseases, there are many organizations that provide education to patients and the public.

In vitro diagnostics refers to a wide range of medical and veterinary laboratory tests that are used to diagnose diseases and monitor the clinical status of patients using samples of blood, cells or other tissues obtained from a patient.

The ability to direct events in a controlled fashion at the cellular nano-level has the potential of significantly improving the lives of patients with kidney diseases.

Nephrology concerns the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, including electrolyte disturbances and hypertension, and the care of those requiring renal replacement therapy, including dialysis and renal transplant patients.

In the USA, the National Kidney Foundation is a national organization representing patients and professionals who treat kidney diseases.

In a 1946 to 1948 study in Guatemala, U. S. researchers used prostitutes to infect prison inmates, insane asylum patients, and Guatemalan soldiers with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases ( STDs ), to test the effectiveness of penicillin in treating such diseases.

To increase the amount of dopamine in the brains of patients with diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dopa-responsive dystonia, L-DOPA ( the precursor of dopamine ) is often given because it crosses the blood – brain barrier relatively easily.

( 1986 study of 156 female patients with Turner syndrome ) showed a significantly greater number of deaths from diseases of the circulatory system than expected, half of them due to congenital heart defects — mostly postductal coarctation of the aorta.

Providers need to acknowledge that there is uncertainty in treating suspected Münchausen patients so that real diseases are not under-treated.

To the extent that psychiatry presents these problems as " medical diseases ," its methods as " medical treatments ," and its clients – especially involuntary – as medically ill patients, it embodies a lie and therefore constitutes a fundamental threat to freedom and dignity.

Other choices for managing care are case management, in which patients with catastrophic cases are identified, or disease management, in which patients with certain chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, or some forms of cancer are identified.

Patients with Sjögren's syndrome have a higher rate of non-Hodgkin lymphoma compared to both patients with other autoimmune diseases and healthy people.

Their routine work mainly includes the care and treatment of patients with hematological diseases, although some may also work at the hematology laboratory viewing blood films and bone marrow slides under the microscope, interpreting various hematological test results.

Some patients had vitiligo alone ; others had generalized vitiligo with other autoimmune diseases.

There was also the Heath Charnock isolation hospital on Hut Lane which dealt with infectious diseases before reverting to use for long term patients before closing in the 1990s.

It is the hope of this association that parliament will overturn the Suicide Act of 1961 that allow patients with incurable diseases to be assisted in suicide.

Studies on health networks have mostly been conducted on groups which typically suffer the most from extreme forms of diseases, for example cancer patients, HIV patients, or other life threatening diseases.