One in three adults who have been screened for colon cancer fail to follow up with repeat screenings as recommended, according to a new survey.
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WebMD discusses how chronic pain and fatigue associated with lupus can affect your sexual relationships — and what to do about it.
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A new drug appears to improve kidney function in those with type 2 diabetes who have chronic kidney disease, new research suggests.
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WebMD talks to experts about how smoking and drinking affect rheuamtoid arthritis.
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She’s been fighting the ailment for the past three years. But the rapper isn’t ready to sing her swan song just yet. Wondering why you haven’t heard much from Missy Elliott since 2008? The 39-year-old has been battling the debilitating Graves’ disease, she reveals. But Elliott reports that her fight against the disease has much
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A growing number of preschool-age children in the U.S. are overweight or obese and greater efforts are needed to address the problem, the health policy group Institute of Medicine (IOM) says.
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When is a snack not really a snack, but a mini-meal or even a full-on meal? And can snacking — even serial snacking — result in weight gain?
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Spread by kissing and oral sex, oral HPV infection is behind an explosive rise in throat cancer. It’s a major reason why the ACIP, the U.S. vaccine advisory panel, may recommend HPV vaccine for boys.
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The last decade brought advances in our understanding of chronic pain, but this has not translated into better treatments yet, an analysis shows.
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