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Amenorrhea

Amenorrhea is when you aren’t getting your periods even though you’ve been through puberty, aren’t pregnant, and haven’t gone through menopause. In...

What is IBS-D?

IBS that causes increased diarrhea is often called IBS-D. There isn’t a test that tells you if you have IBS-D (or any kind of IBS). Instead, your d...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

IBS isn’t life-threatening, and it doesn't make you more likely to get other colon conditions, such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, or colo...

Ulcerative Colitis Treatment

While food doesn't appear to play a role in causing ulcerative colitis, certain foods may cause more symptoms when your disease is active. Your doc...

Short Bowel Syndrome

Those with short bowel syndrome usually have at least half of their small intestine missing or removed. Some babies are born with bowel problems th...

Checking Your Blood Pressure At Home

You don't always have to go to your doctor's office to have your blood pressure checked; you can monitor your own blood pressure at home. If you ca...

DASH Diet and High Blood Pressure

Another diet -- DASH-Sodium -- calls for cutting back sodium to 1,500 milligrams a day (about 2/3 teaspoon). The DASH diet calls for a certain numb...

What Opportunistic Infections Do You Get with HIV?

Women have a greater chance of getting certain infections like HPV that can lead to cancers of the reproductive system such as cervical cancer. The...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus. Symptoms of CMV with HIV. If you have HIV, you probably won’t get sick with CMV unless your CD4 count, a t...

Fatty Liver Disease (Hepatic Steatosis)

If you drink heavily, talk with your doctor. In general, people with NASH who get a liver transplant do very well. But you can get fatty liver dise...

Basics of Heartburn and GERD

These drugs ease heartburn, acid indigestion, and sour stomach. They cut down on how much acid your stomach makes. It happens when your esophagus, ...

Barrett's Esophagus: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Barrett's esophagus is a potentially serious complication of GERD, which stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease. With GERD, stomach contents fl...