Finding out that you or someone you love has metastatic cancer is frightening and raises a number of difficult questions. Knowing where to turn and who to listen to isn\’t always easy. Learning your options and discussing these thoroughly with your healthcare practitioner will help you and your family more thoroughly understand your treatment options […]
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Myopia or nearsightedness is clinically described as a refractive defect of the eye in which collimated light produces image focus in front of the retina (a light sensitive tissue situated at the inner surface of the eye). People with myopia can see near objects clearly but far away vision appears blurred. The problem occurs if
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Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis (also known as \”hooter\’s elbow\” and \”archer\’s elbow\”) is a medical condition in which the outer part of the elbow becomes aching and tender. It is commonly connected with playing tennis and other sports involving racquet, though the injury can occur to almost anybody. Causes Any repetitive movement of the
PMDD, or premenstrual dysphoric disorder, is the most severe form of premenstrual syndrome a woman can experience. Approximately 75 percent of women of childbearing age (who continue to have their menstrual periods) have some degree of premenstrual syndrome. Of those approximately 2 to 10 percent also have premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Women with a personal or
Fibroids are benign tumors that grow inside the uterus. They can grow inside the uterine wall, inside the uterine cavity or outside the uterus and attached to the outside wall. They happened most often in women who are in their 30s and 40s in these tumors are commonly not cancerous. Doctors will use physical examination,
You may have gone to your gynecologist with \”woman problems\” and learned that you have uterine fibroids. Fibroids are muscular tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus and can cause some significant discomfort and other medical issues. These fibroids are almost always benign, meaning that they are not cancerous. They can grow as
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Skin cancer is highly curable if detected early. With many treatments available for skin cancer, your doctor will decide the best type of treatment for your situation. What type of treatment will be determined by the stage of your skin cancer. If the cancer is detected early, surgery to remove the cancerous area may be
Male impotence or erectile dysfunction is usually described as the consistent inability to achieve or sustain an erection with sufficient rigidity for sexual intercourse. There are usually degrees of impotence ranging from a partial decrease in rigidity to complete failure. Unfortunately this information is not often common knowledge in both the lay public and with
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Sunburn is something that most of us feel at one time or another in our lives. While there may be a great deal of media coverage on the crucial necessity for sunscreen to decrease our risk for skin cancer and to improve our overall health (decrease signs of aging!), many of us will actually go
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When an individual has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, families and friends question the physician about the long-term effects on the individual. It\’s important to recognize that there is no \”typical\” person, nor results from rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. People who experienced a TBI vary and the severity of the initial injury,
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