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Age-Related Hearing Loss (Presbycusis)
Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) is the slow loss of hearing in both ears. It’s a common problem linked to aging.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis is when your body’s infection-fighting system (immune system) attacks your liver cells. This causes redness and swelling (inflammation) and liver damage.
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Breast Health: Preventive Care
To keep track of your breast health, you should get a yearly clinical exam and mammograms as directed by your healthcare provider.
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Cardiovascular Disease Screening and Management
Diabetes affects the cardiovascular system, but many problems aren't apparent until a person has a heart attack or stroke.
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Coronary Heart Disease
A person with coronary heart disease has fatty deposits that have built up in the coronary arteries. These deposits narrow the arteries and can decrease or block the flow of blood to the heart.
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Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
If you have diabetes, you are twice as likely to have high blood pressure. Left untreated, high blood pressure can raise your risk for heart disease and other serious health problems.
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Diagnosis and Treatment for Migraines
To help diagnose a migraine, your doctor may ask you when your headaches occur, how long they last, and what they feel like.
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Hair Loss and Chemotherapy
People often choose to wear wigs, scarves, or hats while or after losing their hair. If this is what you would like to do, pick them out ahead of time and start wearing them before your hair is completely gone.
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Hair Problems
Detailed information on hair problems, including baldness (alopecia), excessive hairiness (hirsutism), and ingrown hairs
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Hand Pain and Problems
Common hand problems include arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and ganglion cysts.
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Hand Surgery
Detailed information on hand surgery for different hand conditions
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Handwashing
At home or work, it's important to wash your hands often and correctly. Read on to learn how.
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Head Injury
A head injury is a broad term that describes many injuries that occur to the scalp, skull, brain, and underlying tissue and blood vessels in the head. Head injuries are also commonly referred to as brain injury, or traumatic brain injury, depending on the extent of the head trauma.
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Headache
Nearly everyone has suffered from a headache. This article discusses several types of headache, how they are diagnosed and treated.
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Health Promotion and Prevention
Detailed information on health promotion and disease prevention for women, including information on breast health, breast cancer prevention, breast self-examination, mammography, birth control, pap test, preconception care, heart disease prevention, safer
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Healthcare Providers for the Spine, Shoulder, or Pelvis
Detailed information on the healthcare providers and specialists who treat disorders of the spine, shoulder, and pelvis.
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Healthy Child Lifestyles
Detailed information on healthy child lifestyles, including information on dental health, nutrition, vision, speech, hearing, sleep, toilet-training, and discipline
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Healthy Cooking Tips for People with Diabetes
Read on for healthy cooking tips to help lower your calorie intake, fats, and sugars.
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Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are electronic, battery-operated devices that can make sound louder. A microphone receives the sound and converts it into sound waves. The sound waves are then converted into electrical signals.
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Hearing Disorders
Detailed information on the most common types of hearing disorders, including hearing loss, presbycusis, tinnitus, usher syndrome, and noise-induced hearing loss