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How To Pick a Prenatal Vitamin
If you’re thinking about having a baby, the best time to start taking prenatal vitamins is before you are pregnant. And while most prenatal vitamins are similar, it’s important to find one that is right for you.
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Managing Diabetes Without Fear
If you’ve recently been diagnosed with diabetes, you may have many questions and concerns. What does this disease mean for your long-term health? How do you manage the disease day to day and overtime? Will you have to cut out all sweets? Will you have to inject yourself with insulin every day?
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Understanding the Difference Between HIV and AIDS
In 1991, when NBA basketball star Magic Johnson announced he was HIV-positive, the world was stunned and sad, fearing the athlete had a death sentence. Many people assumed HIV and AIDS were the same, and at that time, few treatments were available for AIDS.
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The Lowdown on Diabetes
High blood sugar. High blood glucose. Type 1. Type 2. Prediabetes. These terms can be confusing when talking about diabetes. But since 30.3 million Americans have this illness and another 84.1 million have prediabetes—a condition that can lead to diabetes — it’s important to get the lowdown on the disease and learn how to minimize the risk of developing it.
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What Birth Control Can be Fixed and Forgotten? The IUD
IUDs, or intrauterine devices, have become more popular in recent years and it’s easy to see why. It’s a low-cost, long-acting and reversible contraceptive (LARC) that is more than 99 percent effective at preventing pregnancy.
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How Drug Resistance Could Affect the Prevalence of HIV/AIDS
More than 1.1 million people in the country are living with HIV and more than 18,000 people were diagnosed with AIDS in 2015, according to the most recently available data.
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4 Surprising Factors That Can Affect Fertility
1 in 8 couples struggle with infertility or the ability to keep a pregnancy.
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Ovarian Reserve Tests May Not Be a Good Indicator of Fertility
Every woman is born with a finite amount of eggs in her ovaries — about one to two million.
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When Should I Begin to Consider Freezing My Eggs?
The average age of first-time mothers has increased over the last 15 years, from 24.9 years old to 26.3 years old, according to government data.
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Can Stress Impact HPV?
Every year, 14 million Americans are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that can cause cervical cancer.
