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Feb. 11, 2023

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  3. Acromegaly
  4. Acute bronchitis: Is it contagious?
  5. Acute kidney injury
  6. Acute lymphocytic leukemia
  7. Acute myelogenous leukemia
  8. Acute sinusitis
  9. Acute sinusitis: Do over-the-counter treatments help?
  10. Addison's disease
  11. Adenocarcinoma: How this type of cancer affects prognosis
  12. Adjuvant therapy for cancer
  13. Adrenal fatigue: What causes it?
  14. Alcoholic hepatitis
  15. Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
  16. Ambien: Is dependence a concern?
  17. Amputation and diabetes
  18. Amyloidosis
  19. Anaphylaxis
  20. Anaphylaxis: First aid
  21. Anemia
  22. Angina
  23. Anorexia nervosa
  24. Anthrax
  25. Antidepressant withdrawal: Is there such a thing?
  26. Antidepressants and alcohol: What's the concern?
  27. Antidepressants and weight gain: What causes it?
  28. Antidepressants: Can they stop working?
  29. Antidepressants for children and teens
  30. Antidepressants: Side effects
  31. Antidepressants: Selecting one that's right for you
  32. Antidepressants: Which cause the fewest sexual side effects?
  33. Anxiety disorders
  34. Aortic calcification: An early sign of heart valve problems?
  35. Aortic valve regurgitation
  36. Aortic valve stenosis
  37. Aplastic anemia
  38. ARDS
  39. Arteriovenous fistula
  40. Artificial sweeteners: Any effect on blood sugar?
  41. Ascariasis
  42. Aspergillosis
  43. Astrocytoma
  44. Atrial septal defect (ASD)
  45. Atrioventricular canal defect
  46. Atypical antidepressants
  47. Atypical cells: Are they cancer?
  48. Autoimmune hepatitis
  49. Automated external defibrillators: Do you need an AED?
  50. B-cell lymphoma
  51. Biliary tract cancer: Should I get a second opinion?
  52. Biopsy procedures
  53. Bipolar disorder
  54. Bipolar disorder and alcoholism: Are they related?
  55. Bipolar disorder in children: Is it possible?
  56. Bipolar medications and weight gain
  57. Bipolar treatment: 1 versus 2
  58. Blastocystis hominis
  59. Blood Cancers and Disorders
  60. Blood clots during menstruation: A concern?
  61. Blood glucose meters
  62. Blood glucose monitors
  63. Blood sugar levels can fluctuate for many reasons
  64. Blood sugar testing: Why, when and how
  65. Blood tests for heart disease
  66. Mitral valve clip to treat mitral regurgitation: Bob's story
  67. Bone and joint problems associated with diabetes
  68. Bone cancer
  69. Bradycardia
  70. Mitral valve overview
  71. Explaining multiple sclerosis
  72. How kidneys work
  73. Jack Long — Live LONG - Beat STRONG to find a cure
  74. A leaky tricuspid valve
  75. Leaky valve cone procedure
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  78. Bronchitis
  79. Brucellosis
  80. Brugada syndrome
  81. Burkitt lymphoma
  82. Caffeine: Does it affect blood sugar?
  83. Calcium supplements: A risk factor for heart attack?
  84. Can vitamins help prevent a heart attack?
  85. Cancer
  86. Cancer
  87. Cancer blood tests
  88. Myths about cancer causes
  89. Infographic: Cancer Clinical Trials Offer Many Benefits
  90. Cancer diagnosis: 11 tips for coping
  91. Cancer-related fatigue
  92. Cancer Managing Symptoms
  93. Cancer pain: Relief is possible
  94. Cancer risk: What the numbers mean
  95. Cancer surgery
  96. Cancer survival rate
  97. Cancer survivors: Care for your body after treatment
  98. Cancer survivors: Late effects of cancer treatment
  99. Cancer survivors: Managing your emotions after cancer treatment
  100. Cancer treatment myths
  101. Cardiac asthma: What causes it?
  102. Cardiomyopathy
  103. CAR-T Cell Therapy
  104. Castleman disease
  105. Celiac disease
  106. Chagas disease
  107. Chelation therapy for heart disease: Does it work?
  108. Chemo brain
  109. Chemotherapy side effects: A cause of heart disease?
  110. Cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer)
  111. Cholera
  112. Chronic kidney disease
  113. Chronic kidney disease: Is a clinical trial right for me?
  114. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  115. Chronic myelogenous leukemia
  116. Chronic sinusitis
  117. Churg-Strauss syndrome
  118. Cirrhosis
  119. What is cirrhosis? A Mayo Clinic expert explains
  120. Cirrhosis FAQs
  121. Clinical depression: What does that mean?
  122. Coconut oil: Can it cure hypothyroidism?
  123. Cold and flu viruses: How long can they live outside the body?
  124. Cold or allergy: Which is it?
  125. Cold remedies
  126. Cold symptoms: Does drinking milk increase phlegm?
  127. Colon cancer
  128. Colon Cancer Family Registry
  129. Colon cancer screening: At what age can you stop?
  130. Colon cancer screening
  131. Colon cancer stool: What to look for and how to test at home
  132. Colorectal Cancer
  133. Common cold
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  135. Concussion in children
  136. Concussion Recovery
  137. Concussion Telemedicine
  138. Anxiety and diet
  139. Coronary artery spasm: Cause for concern?
  140. Craving and chewing ice: A sign of anemia?
  141. Crohn's Crisis
  142. Crohn's disease
  143. Crohn's disease and the gut microbiome
  144. What is Crohn's disease? A Mayo Clinic expert explains
  145. Crohn's or Colitis
  146. Curcumin: Can it slow cancer growth?
  147. Cushing syndrome
  148. Cyclothymia (cyclothymic disorder)
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  150. Delusional parasitosis
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  152. Depression and anxiety: Can I have both?
  153. Depression, anxiety and exercise
  154. What is depression? A Mayo Clinic expert explains.
  155. Depression in women: Understanding the gender gap
  156. Depression (major depressive disorder)
  157. Depression: Supporting a family member or friend
  158. Dermatomyositis
  159. Diabetes
  160. Diabetes and depression: Coping with the two conditions
  161. Diabetes and exercise: When to monitor your blood sugar
  162. Diabetes and heat
  163. What is type 1 diabetes? A Mayo Clinic expert explains
  164. 10 ways to avoid diabetes complications
  165. Diabetes diet: Should I avoid sweet fruits?
  166. Diabetes diet: Create your healthy-eating plan
  167. Diabetes drugs and weight loss
  168. Diabetes foods: Can I substitute honey for sugar?
  169. Diabetes and liver
  170. Diabetes management: How lifestyle, daily routine affect blood sugar
  171. Diabetes prevention: 5 tips for taking control
  172. Type 1 diabetes FAQs
  173. Diabetes symptoms
  174. Diabetes treatment: Can cinnamon lower blood sugar?
  175. Medications for type 2 diabetes
  176. Using insulin
  177. Diabetic coma
  178. Diabetic ketoacidosis
  179. Cancer-related diarrhea
  180. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
  181. Diffuse midline glioma (DMG)
  182. Dilated cardiomyopathy
  183. Does stress make rheumatoid arthritis worse?
  184. Drinking after hepatitis C cure: Is it safe?
  185. Drummer Beats Heart Disease
  186. Dumping syndrome
  187. Early HIV symptoms: What are they?
  188. Early-onset colon cancer
  189. Ease rheumatoid arthritis pain when grocery shopping
  190. Eating during cancer treatment: Tips to make food tastier
  191. Eating right for chronic kidney disease
  192. Ebstein anomaly
  193. ED Drugs for Pulmonary Hypertension
  194. Emerging treatments for multiple sclerosis
  195. Encephalitis
  196. Endocarditis
  197. Endometriosis
  198. What is endometriosis? A Mayo Clinic expert explains
  199. Endometriosis FAQs
  200. Enlarged liver
  201. Enlarged spleen (splenomegaly)
  202. Esophageal cancer
  203. Esophageal Cancer
  204. Ewing sarcoma
  205. Exercise and multiple sclerosis
  206. Fasting diet: Can it improve my heart health?
  207. Fibromyalgia
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  209. Flu Shot Prevents Heart Attack
  210. Flu shots
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  212. Flu: When to see a doctor?
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  217. Genetics and Cardiomyopathy
  218. GI Stents
  219. Giardia infection (giardiasis)
  220. Glomerulonephritis
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  222. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
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  226. Hairy cell leukemia
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  236. Heart cancer: Is there such a thing?
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  238. Heart disease in women: Understand symptoms and risk factors
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  247. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
  248. Hemophilia
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  250. Hepatitis B
  251. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C: What’s the difference?
  252. Hepatitis C
  253. Hepatitis C: How common is sexual transmission?
  254. Hepatitis C: What happens in end-stage liver disease?
  255. Herbal treatment for anxiety: Is it effective?
  256. Hiatal hernia
  257. High-dose flu vaccines: How are they different from other flu vaccines?
  258. High-dose vitamin C: Can it kill cancer cells?
  259. Hilar cholangiocarcinoma
  260. Hirschsprung's disease
  261. HIV/AIDS
  262. Hodgkin lymphoma (Hodgkin disease)
  263. Hodgkin's vs. non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: What's the difference?
  264. Holiday Heart
  265. How do I reduce fatigue from rheumatoid arthritis?
  266. Humidifiers
  267. Huntington's disease
  268. Hypercalcemia
  269. Hyperglycemia in diabetes
  270. Hyperinsulinemia: Is it diabetes?
  271. Hyperparathyroidism
  272. Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid)
  273. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  274. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy HCM
  275. Hyponatremia
  276. Hypoparathyroidism
  277. Hypopituitarism
  278. Hypothermia
  279. Hypothyroidism: Can calcium supplements interfere with treatment?
  280. Hypothyroidism diet
  281. Hypothyroidism and joint pain?
  282. Hypothyroidism: Should I take iodine supplements?
  283. Hypothyroidism symptoms: Can hypothyroidism cause eye problems?
  284. Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
  285. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
  286. Inflammatory bowel disease FAQs
  287. Influenza (flu)
  288. Insomnia
  289. Insomnia: How do I stay asleep?
  290. Insomnia treatment: Cognitive behavioral therapy instead of sleeping pills
  291. Insulin and weight gain
  292. Intervention: Help a loved one overcome addiction
  293. Iron deficiency anemia
  294. Is a clinical trial for biliary tract cancer right for me?
  295. Is depression a factor in rheumatoid arthritis?
  296. Is there a special diet for Crohn's disease?
  297. Jet lag disorder
  298. Kidney cancer
  299. Kidney Cancer
  300. Kidney Cancer
  301. What is kidney cancer? An expert explains
  302. Kidney cancer FAQs
  303. What is kidney disease? An expert explains
  304. Kidney disease FAQs
  305. Lack of sleep: Can it make you sick?
  306. Late-night eating: OK if you have diabetes?
  307. LADA
  308. Lead poisoning
  309. Legionnaires' disease
  310. Leukemia
  311. Livedo reticularis: When is it a concern?
  312. Liver cancer
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  315. Liver cancer FAQs
  316. Liver cysts: A cause of stomach pain?
  317. Liver disease
  318. Liver Diseases
  319. Living better with Crohn's disease
  320. Living better with rheumatoid arthritis
  321. Living with biliary tract cancer
  322. Living with Lupus
  323. Long QT syndrome
  324. Low blood counts
  325. Low blood pressure (hypotension)
  326. Low blood sodium in older adults: A concern?
  327. Low-phosphorus diet: Helpful for kidney disease?
  328. Lupus
  329. Lyme disease
  330. Lymphoma
  331. What is lymphoma? An expert explains
  332. Lymphoma FAQs
  333. Macrocytosis: What causes it?
  334. Maintain your social life with Crohn's disease
  335. Male depression: Understanding the issues
  336. Male hypogonadism
  337. Mantle cell lymphoma
  338. MAOIs and diet: Is it necessary to restrict tyramine?
  339. Marijuana and depression
  340. Mayo Clinic Minute: Why getting vaccinated for the flu is doubly important this season
  341. Mayo Clinic Minute: Will there be a Lyme disease vaccine for humans?
  342. Measles Virus as a Cancer Fighter
  343. Medulloblastoma
  344. Membranous nephropathy
  345. Mental health: Overcoming the stigma of mental illness
  346. Mental health providers: Tips on finding one
  347. Mental illness
  348. Menus for heart-healthy eating
  349. Mitral valve prolapse
  350. Mitral valve regurgitation
  351. Mitral valve stenosis
  352. Mixed connective tissue disease
  353. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
  354. Monoclonal antibody drugs
  355. Mononucleosis
  356. Mononucleosis: Can it recur?
  357. Mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr: What's the connection?
  358. Mort Crim and Cancer
  359. Mouth sores caused by cancer treatment: How to cope
  360. MRI: Is gadolinium safe for people with kidney problems?
  361. Mucus in stool: A concern?
  362. Multiple myeloma
  363. Infographic: Multiple Myeloma
  364. Multiple sclerosis
  365. Infographic: Multiple Sclerosis
  366. Multiple sclerosis: Can it cause seizures?
  367. What is multiple sclerosis? An expert explains
  368. Multiple sclerosis FAQs
  369. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
  370. Mumps
  371. Myelodysplastic syndromes
  372. Myelofibrosis
  373. Myelofibrosis
  374. Myocarditis
  375. Natural remedies for depression: Are they effective?
  376. Nervous breakdown: What does it mean?
  377. Neti pot: Can it clear my nose?
  378. New Hep C Treatment
  379. What is ulcerative colitis? A Mayo Clinic expert explains
  380. No appetite? How to get nutrition during cancer treatment
  381. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
  382. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  383. NSAIDs: Do they increase my risk of heart attack and stroke?
  384. Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health
  385. He's the bravest kid I've ever seen
  386. Omega-3 in fish
  387. Omega-6 fatty acids
  388. Living with an ostomy
  389. Pacemaker and ICDs
  390. Pain and depression: Is there a link?
  391. Palliative care for biliary tract cancer
  392. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
  393. Infographic: Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
  394. Parvovirus infection
  395. Pectus excavatum
  396. Pectus excavatum
  397. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
  398. Pericarditis
  399. Peritoneal carcinomatosis
  400. Peritonitis
  401. Persistent depressive disorder
  402. Persistent post-concussive symptoms (Post-concussion syndrome)
  403. Petroleum jelly: Safe for a dry nose?
  404. Plague
  405. Plugged ears: What is the remedy?
  406. Pneumonia
  407. Pneumonitis
  408. Polio
  409. Polycythemia vera
  410. Polymyalgia rheumatica
  411. Polymyositis
  412. Polypill: Does it treat heart disease?
  413. Post COVID syndrome
  414. Postpartum depression
  415. Post-polio syndrome
  416. Precision medicine: A new way to treat biliary cancers
  417. Prediabetes
  418. Prednisone withdrawal: Why taper down slowly?
  419. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
  420. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
  421. Prescription sleeping pills: What's right for you?
  422. Primary biliary cholangitis
  423. Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  424. Protect your joints while housecleaning
  425. Pulmonary atresia
  426. Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum
  427. Pulmonary edema
  428. Pulmonary fibrosis
  429. Pulmonary hypertension
  430. Pulmonary valve stenosis
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  432. Rectal cancer
  433. Recurring strep throat: When is tonsillectomy useful?
  434. Red wine, antioxidants and resveratrol
  435. Renal diet for vegetarians
  436. Rethinking Rheumatoid Arthritis
  437. Rhabdomyolysis
  438. Rheumatic fever
  439. Rheumatoid arthritis
  440. Rheumatoid arthritis
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  445. Ricin poisoning
  446. Robotic heart surgery treats mitral regurgitation: Ed's story
  447. Roseola
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  449. Sarcoidosis
  450. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
  451. Self-care for the flu
  452. Self-Image During Cancer
  453. Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)
  454. Sheehan's syndrome
  455. Shingles
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  457. Shingles vaccine: Can I transmit the vaccine virus to others?
  458. Shingles vaccine: Should I get it?
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  460. Silent heart attack
  461. Sinus headaches
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  463. Sjogren's syndrome
  464. Small cell, large cell cancer: What this means
  465. Small vessel disease
  466. Smallpox
  467. Somatic symptom disorder
  468. Soy: Does it worsen hypothyroidism?
  469. Staying active with Crohn's disease
  470. Stomach cancer
  471. What is stomach cancer? A Mayo Clinic expert explains
  472. Stomach cancer FAQs
  473. Heart disease prevention
  474. Strep throat
  475. Strep throat in young children: A common diagnosis?
  476. Sudden cardiac arrest
  477. Sudden death in young people: Heart problems often blamed
  478. Sun damage
  479. Sunburn
  480. Takayasu's arteritis
  481. T-cell lymphoma
  482. Teen depression
  483. Test anxiety: Can it be treated?
  484. Thalassemia
  485. The dawn phenomenon: What can you do?
  486. Thyroid disease: Can it affect a person's mood?
  487. Thyroid peroxidase antibody test: What is it?
  488. Tips for easing stress when you have Crohn's disease
  489. Tips to make your mornings easier
  490. Tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure
  491. Toxic hepatitis
  492. Toxoplasmosis
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  495. Treatment options for biliary tract cancer
  496. Treatment-resistant depression
  497. Tricuspid atresia
  498. Tricuspid valve regurgitation
  499. Tricyclic antidepressants
  500. Tuberculosis
  501. Tumor vs. cyst: What's the difference?
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  524. Vitamin deficiency anemia
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  538. White stool: Should I be concerned?
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  543. Effectively managing chronic kidney disease
  544. Do zinc supplements shorten colds?