What is jaundice?

What is jaundice?

Jaundice is a condition that causes your skin or the whites of your eyes to turn yellow. It happens when you have too much of a substance called "bilirubin" in your bloo…
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What is jaundice?
What is atelectasis?

What is atelectasis?

Atelectasis is a condition that happens when part or all of a lung collapses. This means the lung does not blow up to its normal size with each breath. It can happen if …
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What is atelectasis?
What is a heart transplant?

What is a heart transplant?

A heart transplant is a type of surgery in which a doctor replaces your diseased heart with a healthy heart. Why might I need a heart transplant? You might need a heart …
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What is a heart transplant?
Vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin D deficiency is when you do not have enough vitamin D in your body. This is a problem, because the body needs vitamin D to absorb calcium and for other important…
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Vitamin D deficiency
What is an outer ear infection?

What is an outer ear infection?

What is an outer ear infection? An outer ear infection is a condition that can cause pain in the ear canal. The ear canal is the part of the ear that goes from the outer…
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What is an outer ear infection?
How is acne treated?

How is acne treated?

Doctors can treat acne using different types of medicines. Sometimes doctors suggest trying more than 1 medicine at once. There is no 1 medicine or combination of medici…
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How is acne treated?
What is cauda equina syndrome?

What is cauda equina syndrome?

The cauda equina is a bundle of nerves that spread out from the bottom of the spinal cord. Cauda equina syndrome is the medical term for a group of symptoms that happen …
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What is cauda equina syndrome?
What is retinitis pigmentosa?

What is retinitis pigmentosa?

Retinitis pigmentosa (called "RP" here) is the medical term for a group of eye disorders that cause vision loss. RP mostly damages the back of the eye, called the "retin…
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What is retinitis pigmentosa?
Missed opportunities for influenza vaccination

Missed opportunities for influenza vaccination

Influenza vaccination rates remain suboptimal. In a retrospective study including more than 31 million Medicare beneficiaries >19 years of age in the United States du…
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Missed opportunities for influenza vaccination
No improvement in heart failure readmissions with postdischarge quality improvement intervention

No improvement in heart failure readmissions with postdischarge quality improvement intervention

Patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) are often readmitted after discharge; although comprehensive discharge support is designed to reduce readmissions, trials ha…
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No improvement in heart failure readmissions with postdischarge quality improvement intervention
What is a prothrombin time test and an International Normalized Ratio?

What is a prothrombin time test and an International Normalized Ratio?

A prothrombin time test (also called a PT or "pro time" test) is a blood test that measures how long it takes your blood to clot. Different labs use different tests to m…
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What is a prothrombin time test and an International Normalized Ratio?
What is ankylosing spondylitis?

What is ankylosing spondylitis?

Ankylosing spondylitis is a disease that causes pain and stiffness in the back, neck, and sometimes hips and heels. It begins with inflammation around the bones in the s…
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What is ankylosing spondylitis?