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Fingernails — See images of fingernail conditions that can be signs of other health problems. ... Fingernails and your health ... Your fingernails can provide clues to your overall health. But do you know how to read the signs?
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/nails/WO00055
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Nails: See fingernail anatomy and find out about nail conditions and proper care. ... Here's what you need to know to keep your fingernails in tiptop shape. ... Weak or brittle fingernails can be a challenge to toughen up. The following tips can help you protect them, making your nails less likely to split or break.
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www.mayoclinic.com/health/nails/WO00020
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In 400 B.C.E. Hippocrates, who is said to be the father of clinical medicine, said that fingernails reveal health and inner condition. He is the first person to identify "clubbing" as a tool for diagnosing lung and heart disease.
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www.health-boundaries-bite.com/Fingernails.html
www.health-boundaries-bite.com/Fingernails.html
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Nail (anatomy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A nail is a horn-like structure at the end of a person's (or an animal's) finger or toe. See also claw. Fingernails and toenails are made of a tough protein called keratin, as are animals' hoove...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_(anatomy)
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Physicians will sometimes examine your fingernails because many diseases will appear as various changes in the nail plate. Any change in the nail plate could be cause for concern, whether it is a simple splinter hemorrhage that appears as a tiny black line in the nail plate, or a drastic change.
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www.hooked-on-nails.com/naildisorders.html
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To the trained eye, nails can provide valuable clues about your overall health; and noticing and following up on those clues is the best way to maintain healthy fingernails. ... Take a good look at your fingernails and you may notice subtle variations in the texture or color -- a touch of white here, a rosy tinge there,
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www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/hea...
www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/healthy-fingernails-clues-about-health
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home > skin center > skin a-z list > fingernails - what are they? article ... Fingernails grow from the matrix. The nails are composed largely of keratin, a hardened protein (that is also in skin and hair). As new cells grow in the matrix, the older cells are pushed out, compacted and take on the familiar flattened,
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Fingernails can reveal a wealth of information about a person's health, just by looking at the color or the shape. ... A healthy blood supply will create a peachy-pink nail bed. If there is a deficiency or physical problem within our bodies, the fingernails can show it.
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www.essortment.com/all/fingernailsnutr_rjbo.htm
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