"IBS is a common disorder that affects many Americans, most of them women, " Carter writes in a print advertisement.

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Some doctors don't believe it exists, while others say it's a common disorder.

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For starters, your doc may have you visit a sleep specialist to rule out sleep apnea, a common breathing disorder that wakes sufferers several times a night, sometimes without them even knowing it.

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Eliquis was the first anti-coagulant to prove that it reduced the risk of death compared to warfarin, which has been the standard of care for preventing strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder, for seven decades.

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Binge-eating is a more common form of eating disorder, with about 2.8% of the population experiencing it in their lives (twice as many women as men suffer from this form).

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The party was met first on Castle Hill by 50 young men dressed up like fantastic blackamoors, a fairly common feature of Renaissance pageants symbolising exotic forces of disorder, which had to be tamed by the authority of a Christian ruler.

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Those who are studying a particular disorder often are saying, 'Well, this is much more common than you think they are.

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