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Promising Research in Treating Melanoma Through Vaccines
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. Even though it accounts for about 1% of skin cancers, it does cause a large majority of skin cancer deaths. Skin cancer is largely treated by removing cancerous cells, but research is exploring ways to battle skin cancers with vaccines using a person’s immune system.
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Heart Attacks Increasing Among Young Women
When we think of someone having a heart attack, we often picture the person as an older man. While it’s true that 70 percent to 80 percent of sudden cardiac events occur in men, these events are not limited to a specific gender or even age. A new study outlines a disturbing trend: Heart attacks are increasing among young women.
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Does Having An Ovarian Cyst Mean I Have Cancer?
They might sound scary, but ovarian cysts are common. During each menstrual cycle, ovarian cysts regularly appear and disappear during ovulation. There’s a certain amount of anxiety that comes with cysts, which can be either benign — meaning they are harmless — or malignant, with cancerous cells. Most ovarian cysts are normal and resolve on their own, but there are times when your doctor might recommend surgery.
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Learn the Difference Between Painful Periods, Endometriosis and IBS
If you have pain in your pelvic area, it may be difficult to know what’s causing your discomfort. Maybe you feel nauseous or constipated, or have diarrhea. You may have mild to severe cramping during your period. Or perhaps you have pain during intercourse or during a bowel movement. These symptoms can range from inconvenient to incapacitating, and the causes can vary as well.
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When Is It Time To Induce Labor?
In a perfect world, your pregnancy would end on – or at least close to – the date you circled on the calendar when you learned you were expecting. But what happens when your baby decides to linger past that due date? Or if a complication arises?
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Fatty Liver Disease: Symptoms and Treatments
Fatty liver disease is a common medical condition that occurs when excess fat accumulates in and around the liver. Almost 20% of Americans have fatty liver disease, and many may not even know it.
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Are Dietary Supplements Safe for Your Liver?
As many as a third or half of the adults in the United States take dietary supplements. But just because a dietary supplement is available at your local pharmacy or health food store doesn’t mean it is safe for you to take. In fact, some herbs and supplements have been associated with liver damage.
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What’s Wrong with Me? When Concussion Symptoms Linger
In most cases, concussions heal within four weeks of the injury. But in rare instances, symptoms can linger for weeks, months or even longer.
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Birth Control for Men Could Soon Be on the Market
Women have birth control pills, diaphragms, IUDs and several other options to prevent pregnancy, but for men the options are minimal.
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Can Men Get UTIs?
A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection of the organs of your body that are meant to funnel urine out of your system, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Most infections are bacterial and start in the bladder, but they also can originate from the kidney, urethra or elsewhere.
