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Breastfeeding Multiple Infants On this page: Overview Overview You may choose to breastfeed. This can be more challenging with multiple … for you too. It may lower your risk for diabetes or certain cancers later in life. Breastfeeding …
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… about the 18th week of pregnancy. Ultrasound is one of the screening tests that may be done in the first trimester to … birth defects, such as Down syndrome . The first-trimester screening test uses ultrasound to measure the thickness of the skin at the back of the baby's neck. This screening also includes blood tests that measure the levels …
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… stress from childbirth, surgery, illness, or high fever. Cancer treatment, including chemotherapy and radiation. … Hair Loss: Medicines and Medical Treatments Hair Loss From Cancer Treatment Hyperthyroidism Hypothyroidism Ringworm of … levels of light to increase hair growth on the scalp. Skin cancer protection Hair thinning and baldness increase the …
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… include diabetes, uncontrolled high blood pressure, and cancer. If you are or may someday become pregnant, talk with … from another person or from a sense of obligation. Other screenings may be done, depending on the organ you're … include diabetes, uncontrolled high blood pressure, and cancer. If you are or may someday become pregnant, talk with …
Medications
… Uses This medication is used to treat men with prostate cancer. Flutamide belongs to a class of drugs known as … diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and enlargement of male breasts may occur. Less common side effects include … changes (such as depression, anxiety, nervousness) a breast lump confusion sudden severe tiredness weakness pale …
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… your diet and activity levels, to the reassurance of health screenings. Managing risk factors becomes a powerful tool in … it's important to get regular check ups, immunizations and screenings. Early disease detection can be an important tool … Learn more about preventive health and safety: Health Screening: Finding Health Problems Early Vision Problems: …
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… tissue in the liver is replaced with scar tissue. Look for cancer in the liver. See if cancer has spread (metastasized) … and spleen after a belly injury. How To Prepare If you are breastfeeding, you may want to pump enough breast milk before the test to get through 1 to 2 days of …
Medications
… including heart failure. Past use of certain other anti-cancer drugs (including anthracyclines such as doxorubicin) … Trastuzumab emtansine is used to treat certain types of breast cancer. This medication is used to treat tumors that … of this medication. It is unknown if this drug passes into breast milk. Because of the possible risk to the infant, …
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… higher doses, and patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have received certain other chemotherapy drugs … Uses This medication is used to treat cancer (such as breast, lung, prostate, stomach, and head/neck cancer). … of this medication. It is unknown if this drug passes into breast milk. Because of the possible risk to the infant, …
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… symptoms. The immune system also helps prevent and control cancer. There is a very small risk (especially in … seizures, multiple sclerosis) cancer (such as breast cancer, skin cancer, lymphoma) a certain lung … to decrease the risk of infection. This drug may pass into breast milk, but it is unlikely to harm a nursing infant. …