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… tense feeling in your stomach. Eating on the run can cause indigestion. Use mealtime to relax, enjoy the flavour of … Staff Medical Review: Kathleen Romito MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Christine R. Maldonado PhD - Behavioral Health …
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… for 2 to 4 weeks or longer, until the uterus has healed. Use sanitary pads until you stop bleeding. Using pads makes … Staff Medical Review: Kathleen Romito MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Kirtly Jones MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology Current …
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… What is acute kidney injury? Acute kidney injury (which used to be called acute renal failure) means that your … harm the kidneys. Damage from some poisons, infections, and medicines such as ibuprofen. People who have serious, … disease, are more likely to have a kidney problem from medicines. Injury can also be caused by many different …
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… sugar, so take steps to protect yourself. If possible, use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). This is a useful … Staff Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson MD - Internal Medicine Heather Quinn MD - Family Medicine Colleen O'Connor PhD, RD - Registered Dietitian …
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… Overview Your care provider uses a blood pressure monitor to screen for high blood … Staff Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson MD - Internal Medicine Martin J. Gabica MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Current as of: …
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… the cervical mucus. This test is not done very often because there are other fertility tests that give more … Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Sarah Marshall MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Kathleen Romito MD - Family Medicine Femi …
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… one way to measure kidney function. Your doctor will also use a test that measures the amount of protein in your urine … Staff Medical Review: Anne C. Poinier MD - Internal Medicine Kathleen Romito MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Tushar J. …
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… so your feet are flat on the floor. If you can't do this, use a footrest so your feet can be flat. Keep the curve in … Medical Review: William H. Blahd Jr. MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Kathleen Romito MD - Family Medicine Joan Rigg PT, …
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… to attack and destroy substances such as bacteria and viruses. But in autoimmune diseases, the antibodies attack and … Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine E. Gregory Thompson MD - Internal Medicine Martin J. Gabica MD - Family Medicine Current as …
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… suppression test checks to see how taking a steroid medicine called dexamethasone changes the levels of the … levels high during this test. Examples include alcohol use disorder , stress, obesity, kidney failure, pregnancy, … are produced by the adrenal glands. How To Prepare Many medicines can change the results of this test. You may be …
