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Facts About Stomach Pain

Stomach pain is usually associated with the necessity for a toilet visit but in a few cases, an emergency room visit is warranted instead. Dismissing severe stomach pain can be dangerous because it can be a symptom of a serious underlying medical c...
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Skin Infections: Boils

A boil is a skin infection that starts in a hair follicle or oil gland. One of the first signs of a boil is the skin turns red in the area of the infection, which develops into a tender lump. After several days, the lump may start turning white due...
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Facts About Constipation

Constipation affects approximately 2 percent of the U.S. population with women and the elderly being more commonly affected. While constipation is rarely serious, it can still be a cause for concern. What is constipation? Constipation occurs...
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Victory Over Vaginal Cancer

Cancer - or the Big C - is a dreaded diagnosis among women because of the implications it brings from chemotherapy to death.  One such cancer is vaginal cancer, a rare cancer occurring in the vagina (i.e., the muscular tube connecting the outer gen...
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Eye Health in Diabetes

Maintaining Eye Health with Diabetes - Healthpointe Corona Diabetes has its share of challenges among them the risk of blindness in one or both eyes.  Said risk is probably one of the most dreaded complications of the medical condition mainly beca...
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Heart Disease In America

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both women and men. Each year, approximately 715,000 Americans have a heart attack, and about 600,000 people die from heart disease in the United States each year. Heart disease refers to several type...
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