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 Diseases and conditions affecting our bodies

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“He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything” by Thomas Carlyle 


Our bodies require our utmost attention, they can be fragile and damaged without our notice. Our bodies can get affected with hundreds if not thousands of various conditions and diseases, these conditions and diseases can range from mild to an extremely severe point where one’s quality of life is impacted forever. This blog post covers some of the common and rather uncommon diseases and conditions. 

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