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… these: Weight Management Healthy Eating Obesity Fitness Interactive Tool: Is Your BMI Increasing Your Health Risks? Health … Screening for Weight Problems Staying With Your Eating Plan When Your Schedule Shifts Tips for Avoiding Unplanned …
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… Cause Symptoms What Happens What Increases Your Risk When To Call Examinations and Tests Treatment Overview Prevention Self-Care Medicines Condition … pain; are vomiting up blood; or have black, sticky (tarry) stools. These signs may mean that there is bleeding in the …
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… Overview Overview Many people worry about gaining weight when they quit smoking. Most people gain some weight at … they quit, but many lose this weight over time. But keep your focus on quitting. After you are confident of not relapsing, you can deal with losing any …
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… causes it? The exact cause isn't known. But it may start when skin above the buttocks is stretched as a person sits … it can form a pocket of pus called an abscess. What are the symptoms? You may have no symptoms. But if the cyst … with medicines. Or the cyst may be removed using special tools and small cuts in the skin. For a pilonidal cyst in …
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… or other contaminated surfaces. This can happen by putting your hands to your mouth after gardening, cleaning a cat's … your hands to your mouth after touching the meat. If you are pregnant when first infected with Toxoplasma gondii , you can give …
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… I Have Lithotripsy to Break Up the Stone? Decision Point You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may … this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. Kidney … are pieces of minerals that form in the kidneys. They form when the normal balance of water, salts, minerals, and other …
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… phenomenon? Raynaud's (say "ray-NOHZ") phenomenon occurs when the blood vessels in the hands and feet are extra sensitive and become more narrow than normal. The … caused by taking certain medicines, using vibrating power tools for several years, smoking, or having frostbite. (This …
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… Should I Use Estrogen Therapy (ET)? Decision Point You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may … this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. … menopause, the ovaries make most of your body's estrogen. When your ovaries are removed (oophorectomy) during a …
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… Infections On this page: Overview Check Your Symptoms Self-Care Preparing For Your Appointment … of both sexes, you may need to go through this triage tool twice (once as "male" and once as "female"). This will … may include: New vaginal discharge. Pain or burning when urinating. Pain in the pelvis or lower belly. (Women …
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… Diabetes: Should I Get an Insulin Pump? Decision Point You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may … this information will help you understand what your choices are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. … to keep it working properly and to control your diabetes. When you use a pump, you will need to check your blood sugar …
