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Guide to Female Infertility

For about 20% of couples who have infertility problems, the exact causes are never pinpointed. These structures carry fertilized eggs from your ova...

Donor Eggs in Fertility Treatments

The use of donor eggs is becoming more common, especially among women over 40. After a thorough exam, the woman receiving the donor egg will need a...

How to Choose a Fertility Clinic

If the next step in your journey to get pregnant is to look for a fertility clinic, it pays to do a little homework first. And give some thought ah...

Infertility and Artificial Insemination

When you and your partner talk to a doctor about getting help for infertility, they may suggest a technique called 'artificial insemination.' It's ...

Stress, Anxiety, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

It's not clear how stress, anxiety, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are related or which one comes first. They help you learn to manage stress b...

Diagnosis & Treatment

Whenever you have a symptom of irritable bowel syndrome that lasts a long time, or if you get a new symptom, see your doctor. Your best bet for IBS...

IBD Vs. IBS

If you have IBS, you probably have pain or cramps in the lower half of your belly. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the term for symptoms that hap...

Do Your Hormones Affect IBS?

Because these hormones rise and fall throughout the month, it makes sense that they can affect IBS symptoms. As hormone levels fall to the lowest p...

Malignant Hypertension

Malignant hypertension is extremely high blood pressure that develops rapidly and causes some type of organ damage. A common symptom is bleeding an...

High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure -- in men and women -- is a big problem. Despite these gloomy statistics, high blood pressure is not inevitable. There is plent...

Living & Managing

Here are several handy tips on how to incorporate the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet into your daily life.

What is HIV?

HIV is a virus that grows in your body and weakens your immune system. Call your doctor or get emergency care right away if you think you have a se...