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Photosensitive Epilepsy

People with photosensitive epilepsy typically have what's called a 'generalized tonic-clonic seizure.' This is also known as a convulsive seizure. ...

Treating & Managing

You can bust high cholesterol with regular exercise. Can they help lower yours? What it can do for you.

Eating Right When Pregnant

Eat this for the protein, the B vitamins, and the omega-3 fats that promote brain development and vision in babies. Your baby can receive all the n...

Normal Labor and Delivery Process

WomensHealth.gov: 'Stages of Labor.', Mayo Clinic: 'Stages of labor and birth: Baby, it's time!', Cleveland Clinic: 'Cesarean Birth (C-Section).'. ...

Gain Weight Safely During Your Pregnancy

It's especially important to gain the right amount of weight when you're expecting twins because your weight affects the babies' weight. A woman wh...

Stages of Labor

WomensHealth.gov: 'Stages of Labor.', Mayo Clinic: 'Stages of labor and birth: Baby, it's time!'. The early or latent phase is when labor begins. D...

Vaginal Cysts

For example, women may get an inclusion cyst after they have an episiotomy (a surgical cut used to enlarge the vaginal opening during childbirth) o...

Prostate Cancer Risk Factors

Men whose relatives have had prostate cancer are considered to be at higher risk. Men with prostate cancer in their family should start getting scr...

Prostate Cancer: Glossary

The use of hormone medications to treat cancer patients by removing, blocking, or adding to the effects of a hormone on an organ or part of the bod...

Heart Disease and The Head-Up Tilt Table Test

The device allows the doctor and nurse to increase your heart rate if it’s too slow or send energy to your heart if its rate is too fast. It is imp...

Heart Disease and Pericardiocentesis

Pericardiocentesis, also called a pericardial tap, is a procedure in which a needle and catheter remove fluid from the pericardium, the sac around ...

Heart Disease and MRI Testing

One test that looks for heart disease is called an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging). If you aren’t claustrophobic, you won’t need sedation before t...