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… immune systems, such as those with certain types of cancers or taking certain medications, may not be at higher …
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… Breast Cancer: What Should I Do if I'm at High Risk? Decision Point … are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. Breast Cancer: What Should I Do if I'm at High Risk? 1 Get the … the facts Your options If you are at high risk for breast cancer, your choices are: Get extra checkups and testing. …
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… Lung Cancer Screening: Low-Dose Spiral CT Scan On this page: Test … doctor look for a problem before you have symptoms. Lung cancer screening is a way to find some lung cancers early, when a cure is more likely and when cancer is …
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… Heather Quinn MD - Family Medicine Citations Prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation … Oral anticoagulant therapy: Antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis, 9th ed.—American College of Chest … Factor Xa inhibitors versus vitamin K antagonists for prevention cerebral or systemic embolism in patients with …
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… Breast Cancer Screening: When Should I Start Having Mammograms? … are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. Breast Cancer Screening: When Should I Start Having Mammograms? 1 … cancer. Canadian Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.ca/en/prevention-and-screening/early-detection-and-sc… . Accessed …
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… Thinking About Bilateral Mastectomy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer On this page: Overview Overview For years, studies have shown that for early-stage breast cancer, women who have breast-conserving surgery ( … In recent years, a growing number of women with early-stage cancer have chosen to have both the affected breast and …
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… Contact your public health dietitian or licensing officer, or call 8-1-1 and speak to a registered nurse or registered dietitian. Child Nutrition Series Preventing choking in …
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… 16, 2020. Taylor F, et al. (2013). Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database of … 16, 2020. Taylor F, et al. (2013). Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database of … 16, 2020. Taylor F, et al. (2013). Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database of …
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… Breast Cancer: Should I Have Breast-Conserving Surgery or a … are so that you can talk to your doctor about them. Breast Cancer: Should I Have Breast-Conserving Surgery or a … the breast (mastectomy). Have surgery to remove just the cancer from the breast (breast-conserving surgery), followed …