| cancer guide
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| Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Help educate the world about the various types of cancer, including information about its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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| diabetes guide
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| There are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. Join our community and help educate the world about diabetes by telling us your story or adding important prediabetes and diabetes information, including diabetes causes, symptoms, tests, and treatment.
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| birth control guide
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| If a woman is sexually active and she is fertile, she needs to ask herself, "Do I want to become pregnant now?" If her answer is "No," she must use some method of birth control (contraception). But which one? Join our community and help educate the world about different birth control methods, their advantages and disadvantages, health factors and other important informaton.
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| headaches guide
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| Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from chronic headaches, and of them, 28 million suffer from migraines. Join our community and help educate the world about headaches by telling us your story or adding important information, including causes and treatment.
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| featured drug
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| Furosemide, a 'water pill,' is used to reduce the swelling and fluid retention caused by various medical problems, including heart or liver disease. It is also used to treat high blood pressure. It causes the kidneys to get rid of unneeded water and salt from the body into the urine. (more...).
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| featured test
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| A blood glucose test measures the amount of a type of sugar, called glucose, in your blood. Glucose comes from carbohydrate foods. It is the main source of energy used by the body. Insulin is a hormone that helps your body use and control the amount of glucose in your blood. Insulin is produced in the pancreas and released into the blood when the amount of glucose in the blood rises. (more...)
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| featured glossary term
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| The fibula is the lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The other bone in the lower leg is the tibia.) The fibula is not weight bearing. It articulates (comes together to form a joint) with the tibia above and with the tibia and the talus bone below. (more...)
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