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HDL Cholesterol: The Good Cholesterol

People with normal HDL cholesterol can have heart disease. Overall, though, people who have low HDL cholesterol will have greater risk of developin...

Growing Pains

The leg pains may hurt so much that they may wake your child from sleep. Children who have growing pains are also more likely to have headaches and...

Detecting Learning Disabilities

As a child gets older, they may have trouble solving basic math problems or memorizing things like multiplication tables. Learning disabilities can...

Bedwetting in Children

Try as they might, your child can't seem to make it through the night without bedwetting. Sometimes a child who has been dry at night will begin to...

What You Need to Know About Throat Cancer

But keep in mind that many conditions that aren’t cancer have these same symptoms. Smoking it and chewing it are the biggest risk factors for all h...

Stem Cell Treatments for Cancer

If you have leukemia or lymphoma, you may need a stem cell transplant. Once there, they can help your body make healthy blood cells again. In an al...

Breast Cancer: what Does 'Metastatic' Mean?

Metastatic breast cancer means the cancer has spread from your breast to distant organs such as your bones, lungs, or other parts of your body. Bre...

Understanding Breast Cancer -- Prevention

Women who drink two and a third to four and a half bottles of beer per day, two and a half to more than five and a half glasses of wine per day, or...

Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is breast cancer that begins in one of the glands that make milk, called lobules, and spreads to other parts of th...

Breast Cancer Survival Rates

If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, your focus will be on getting the right treatment, but you’ll wonder, too, about your chances of survi...

Whats Next After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis?

While many people with cancer may have feelings in common, your cancer experience will be unique to you. Talk to your health care team about the ty...

Breast Cancer Symptoms You May Not Know

Breast cancer awareness has improved so much over the years that many women (and men) now know the major red flags of the disease. Both women had s...