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Conditions InDepth
This is a comprehensive reference guide to more than 100 health and medical conditions. In addition to general medical information, each report features practical information ranging from making informed health decisions to “Living with” a particular medical condition. Each report has been physician-reviewed to ensure medical accuracy and timeliness.
A
- AIDS
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Alcohol use disorder (AUD)
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Alcoholism
- Resource Guide
- Allergic rhinitis
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Alzheimer disease
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Alzheimer Disease
- Resource Guide
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Amenorrhea
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Menstrual Disorders
- Resource Guide
- Anemia (nutritional)
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Angina
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Coronary Artery Disease
- Resource Guide
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Anorexia nervosa
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Eating Disorders
- Resource Guide
- Anxiety disorder
- Arrhythmias
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Arthritis, osteo-
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Osteoarthritis
- Resource Guide
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Arthritis, rheumatoid
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Resource Guide
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Asthma
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Asthma
- Living With Juvenile Asthma
- Resource Guide
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Atopic dermatitis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Eczema
- Resource Guide
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Autism
- Resource Guide
B
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
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Bipolar disorder
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Bipolar Disorder
- Resource Guide
- Bladder cancer
- Brain tumors
- Breast cancer
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Bulimia nervosa
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Eating Disorders
- Resource Guide
C
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Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cause
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Resource Guide
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Cataract
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Cataracts
- Resource Guide
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Celiac disease
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Celiac Disease
- Resource Guide
- Cervical cancer
- Chickenpox
- Chlamydia
- Cholelithiasis
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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Cirrhosis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Cirrhosis
- Resource Guide
- Cold and flu
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Cold sores
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Cold Sores
- Resource Guide
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Colitis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Resource Guide
- Colorectal cancer
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Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Coronary Artery Disease
- Resource Guide
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Crohn disease
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Resource Guide
D
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Depression
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Depression
- Resource Guide
- Diabetes, gestational
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Diabetes, type 1
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Complications
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Type 1 Diabetes
- Resource Guide
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Diabetes, type 2
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Complications
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Type 2 Diabetes
- Resource Guide
E
- Ear infection
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Eating disorders
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Eating Disorders
- Resource Guide
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Eczema
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Eczema
- Resource Guide
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Endometriosis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Endometriosis
- Resource Guide
- End-stage renal disease
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Epilepsy
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Epilepsy
- Resource Guide
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Erectile dysfunction
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Erectile Dysfunction
- Resource Guide
- Esophageal cancer
F
- Female infertility
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Fibroids
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Fibroids
- Resource Guide
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Fibromyalgia
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Fibromyalgia
- Resource Guide
- Flu
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Foot pain
- Types of Foot Pain
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Foot Pain
- Resource Guide
G
H
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Headache
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Headache
- Resource Guide
- Hearing loss
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Heart attack
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Heart Attack
- Resource Guide
- Heart failure
- Heartburn
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Herpes simplex 1
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Cold Sores
- Resource Guide
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High blood pressure
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Hypertension
- Resource Guide
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High cholesterol
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Lipid Disorders
- Resource Guide
- Hodgkin lymphoma
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Hypertension
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Hypertension
- Resource Guide
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
I
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Impotence
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Erectile Dysfunction
- Resource Guide
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Incontinence
- Cause
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Urinary Incontinence
- Resource Guide
- Infection in pregnancy
- Infertility in men
- Infertility in women
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Resource Guide
- Influenza
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Insomnia
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Insomnia
- Resource Guide
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
L
- Leukemia
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Lipid disorders
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Lipid Disorders
- Resource Guide
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Low back pain
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Low Back Pain and Sciatica
- Living With Low Back Pain and Sciatica
- Resource Guide
- Lung cancer
- Lupus
- Lyme disease
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Lymphoma
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Resource Guide
M
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Macular degeneration
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Living With Macular Degeneration
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Resource Guide
- Male infertility
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Manic-depressive illness
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Bipolar Disorder
- Resource Guide
- Melanoma
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Menopause
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Menopause
- Resource Guide
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Menorrhagia
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Menstrual Disorders
- Resource Guide
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Menstrual disorders
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Menstrual Disorders
- Resource Guide
- Metabolic Syndrome
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Migraine
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Headache
- Resource Guide
- Multiple myeloma
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Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Multiple Sclerosis
- Resource Guide
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
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Narcolepsy
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Narcolepsy
- Resource Guide
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Risk Factors
- Reducing Your Risk
- Screening
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment Overview
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Other Treatments
- Lifestyle Changes
- Living with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Resource Guide
- Nutritional anemia
O
- Obesity
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
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Osteoarthritis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Osteoarthritis
- Resource Guide
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Osteoporosis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Osteoporosis
- Resource Guide
- Otitis media
- Ovarian cancer
P
- Pancreatic cancer
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Panic disorder
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Panic Disorder
- Resource Guide
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Parkinson disease
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Parkinson Disease
- Resource Guide
- Peptic ulcer
- Periodontal disease
- Peripheral artery disease
- Pneumonia
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With PTSD
- Resource Guide
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Preterm labor and delivery
- Prostate cancer
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Psoriasis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Psoriasis
- Resource Guide
R
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Rheumatoid arthritis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Resource Guide
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Rosacea
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Rosacea
- Resource Guide
S
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Schizophrenia
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Schizophrenia
- Resource Guide
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Sciatica
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Low Back Pain and Sciatica
- Living With Low Back Pain and Sciatica
- Resource Guide
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Scleroderma
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Scleroderma
- Resource Guide
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Scoliosis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Scoliosis
- Resource Guide
- Seasonal allergy
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Shingles
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Shingles
- Resource Guide
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Sickle cell disease
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Sickle Cell Disease
- Resource Guide
- Sinusitis
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Sleep apnea
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Sleep Apnea
- Resource Guide
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Social anxiety disorder
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Reducing Your Risk
- Treatment
- Screening
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Social Anxiety Disorder
- Resource Guide
- Stomach cancer
- Stroke
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
T
- Testicular cancer
- Temporomandibular disorder
- Thyroid cancer
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Type 1 diabetes
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Complications
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Type 1 Diabetes
- Resource Guide
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Type 2 diabetes
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Complications
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Type 2 Diabetes
- Resource Guide
U
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Ulcerative colitis
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Resource Guide
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Urinary incontinence
- Cause
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Urinary Incontinence
- Resource Guide
- Urinary tract infection (UTI)
- Uterine (endometrial) cancer
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Uterine fibroids
- Risk Factors
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Screening
- Reducing Your Risk
- Talking to Your Doctor
- Living With Fibroids
- Resource Guide
