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… Canada's 2018 guidelines for diagnosis, risk assessment, prevention, and treatment of hypertension in adults and … Hypertension Canada's 2020 comprehensive guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of … Canada's 2018 guidelines for diagnosis, risk assessment, prevention, and treatment of hypertension in adults and …
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… On this page: Overview Overview Mini-pills are used to prevent pregnancy. They release a regular dose of a hormone … progestin and another hormone called estrogen. Progestin prevents pregnancy in a few ways. It thickens the mucus in … You have to take a pill every day at the same time to prevent pregnancy. This means you take a pill even when you …
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… the diaphragm may be difficult. The diaphragm is used to prevent pregnancy. It is called a barrier method because it … is used exactly as directed , it is about 84% effective for preventing pregnancy. This means that about 16 out of 100 … use with the diaphragm is difficult. The diaphragm doesn't prevent pregnancy as well as IUDs or hormonal forms of birth …
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… retinopathy. But treatment often works very well to prevent, delay, or reduce vision loss. The earlier … (photocoagulation). This usually works very well to prevent vision loss if it's done before the retina has been … in people who have diabetes and what you can do to help prevent vision loss. Keeping your blood sugar levels and …
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… Preterm Labour On this page: Cause Prevention Symptoms What Happens When to Call a Doctor … may use medicine to try to delay the birth or medicines to prevent infection and prepare your baby for birth. Cause … of Membranes (pPROM) Multiple Pregnancy: Twins or More Prevention It's hard to prevent preterm labour, because it …
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… food and water safety and how to prepare for emergencies. Preventing foodborne illness Follow general food safety … ) Find out about specific foodborne illnesses and how to prevent them: Campylobacter infection (HealthLinkBC File … #17) Toxoplasmosis (HealthLinkBC File #43) Marine toxins Preventing waterborne illness Learn how water quality is …
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… Information Overview Clopidogrel (Plavix) is a medicine to prevent blood clots, which can cause heart attacks and … may keep the body from being able to use clopidogrel to prevent blood clots. If a person with these genetic changes … yet sure whether genetic changes keep clopidogrel from preventing a heart attack or stroke. This genetic test alone …
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… Mastitis While Breastfeeding On this page: Prevention Symptoms Examinations and Tests Treatment … baby's feeding patterns become more regular, which helps prevent mastitis. Mastitis can leave a new mother feeling … infection from getting worse and usually eases symptoms. Prevention Nursing moms sometimes get mastitis when bacteria …
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… for epilepsy send electrical signals to the brain to prevent the electrical bursts that cause seizures. The deep … to an area of the brain involved in seizures. The signals prevent or decrease seizures. The vagus nerve stimulator … These signals travel to your brain at regular intervals to prevent seizures. Nerve stimulation is used along with other …
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… Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening Hemophilia Hemophilia: Preventing Bleeding Episodes High Cholesterol High … Lymphedema Malaria Mononucleosis (Mono) Neutropenia: Preventing Infections Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Peritoneal … Sickle Cell Disease: Pain Management Sickle Cell Disease: Preventing Problems and Staying Healthy Sickle Cell Disease: …