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Health Tip: Your Changing Voice

Health Tip: Your Changing Voice

(HealthDay News) — Puberty can be a confusing and frustrating time for boys as their voices change. The larynx, also known as the voice box, grows during puberty because of bursts in testosterone. The growth and strengthening of the vocal cords help make the voice deeper. Latest Healthy Kids News As your body adjusts to […]

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Roseola

Roseola

Roseola Symptoms and Signs Roseola is a mild viral illness of childhood. It is characterized by high fever that typically comes on suddenly and lasts for three to five days. Other symptoms of roseola are mild nasal congestion, eye redness, and a rash that appears after the fever has resolved. Learn more about signs and […]

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Girl Dies From Brain Eating Amoeba in Texas: What Are the Risks?

Girl Dies From Brain Eating Amoeba in Texas: What Are the Risks?

By Peter Schelden on 09/17/2019 3:11 PM Latest Infectious Disease News Source: MedicineNet Health News A 10-year-old girl who contracted a brain eating amoeba in central Texas has died. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the girl had primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, according to […]

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Could Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Still Help Some People?

Could Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Still Help Some People?

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter Latest Heart News MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Debate over the benefits and drawbacks of daily low-dose aspirin has flared in recent years, with guidelines now generally urging against the regimen to prevent a first heart attack or stroke in healthy people. But some people with good heart health […]

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Could Profit Be a Factor in Kidney Transplant Decisions?

Could Profit Be a Factor in Kidney Transplant Decisions?

Latest Digestion News TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) — In a finding that suggests money may sometimes guide whether someone gets a new kidney, researchers report that patients at U.S. for-profit dialysis centers are less likely to receive a transplant. “For-profit dialysis facilities have a higher profit margin when they have more patients on […]

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Indigestion (Dyspepsia, Upset Stomach Pain)

Indigestion (Dyspepsia, Upset Stomach Pain)

What is indigestion (dyspepsia, upset stomach)? Dyspepsia (indigestion) is best described as a functional disease. (Sometimes, it is called functional dyspepsia.) The concept of functional disease is particularly useful when discussing diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The concept applies to the muscular organs of the gastrointestinal tract, the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, gallbladder, and colon […]

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Piriformis Syndrome

Piriformis Syndrome

Piriformis syndrome facts Piriformis syndrome causes pain that radiates down the back of the leg along the sciatic nerve. Piriformis syndrome is an uncommon cause of pain and other symptoms in the buttocks and/or lower back that can radiate down the leg to the foot. Piriformis syndrome is usually due to compression or contraction of […]

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Where Women’s Health Clinics Close, Cervical Cancer Outcomes Worsen

Where Women’s Health Clinics Close, Cervical Cancer Outcomes Worsen

Latest Cancer News MONDAY, Sept. 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) — As government funding dried up and many women’s health clinics across America closed, cervical cancer screening rates fell and deaths from the disease rose, a new report shows. Nearly 100 women’s health clinics in the United States closed between 2010 and 2013, researchers said — […]

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Baker’s Cyst

What Is a Cyst? Symptoms and signs A cyst is a closed sac- or bladder-like structure that is not a normal part of the tissue where it is found. Cysts are common and can occur anywhere in the body in persons of any age. Cysts usually contain a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance. The symptoms […]