Protect Your Skin from the Sun

Protect your skin when you're out in the sun. Visit the sun exposure health topic page to learn more.


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Live Webcast: Deep Brain Stimulation

Watch a live webcast of deep brain stimulation on May 28 at 4:00 PM CDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness month. Visit the asthma and allergy health topic pages. Also, learn more by reading the latest asthma and allergy news.

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New Issue of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Read the latest issue of the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. Highlights include:

Childhood Diseases

Vaccines

Global Health

Eating Disorders

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Director's Comments: Health Information in 44 Languages

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on a new MedlinePlus language feature. The transcript is also available.

We detour from our usual discussion of novel and interesting medical research findings this week to highlight a new MedlinePlus.gov service that provides reliable health information in 44 languages. The new multilingual service, which was added recently to MedlinePlus, expands the availability of medical information and especially helps bilingual patients and caregivers in the United States...

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Protect Your Skin from the Sun

Protect your skin when you're out in the sun. Visit the sun exposure health topic page to learn more.


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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

New Issue of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Read the latest issue of the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. Highlights include:

Childhood Diseases

Vaccines

Global Health

Eating Disorders

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

New Issue of NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Read the latest issue of the NIH MedlinePlus Magazine. Highlights include:

Childhood Diseases

Vaccines

Global Health

Eating Disorders

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Brain Tumors Are in the News

Brain tumors are in the news. Visit the brain cancer health topic page, which includes an interactive tutorial. Also, learn more by reading the latest news.

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Brain Tumors Are in the News

Brain tumors are in the news. Visit the brain cancer health topic page, which includes an interactive tutorial. Also, learn more by reading the latest news.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

High Blood Pressure Education Month

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. Check out the MedlinePlus high blood pressure topic page, which includes an interactive tutorial. Also, learn more by reading the latest news.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Director's Comments: Research Rigor

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Research Rigor. The transcript is also available.

Two recent studies and a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association candidly reveal that some refereed clinical research sponsored by for-profit companies needs more rigor, reconsideration, and reform. Two JAMA studies suggest a pharmaceutical company apparently misrepresented research data, plus allegedly manipulated clinical research articles and reviews that were published widely in internationally respected, refereed, medical journals (including JAMA)...

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High Blood Pressure Education Month

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. Check out the MedlinePlus high blood pressure topic page, which includes an interactive tutorial. Also, learn more by reading the latest news.

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High Blood Pressure Education Month

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. Check out the MedlinePlus high blood pressure topic page, which includes an interactive tutorial. Also, learn more by reading the latest news.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

High Blood Pressure Education Month

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. Check out the MedlinePlus high blood pressure topic page, which includes an interactive tutorial. Also, learn more by reading the latest news.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

New on NIHSeniorHealth: Eating Well As You Get Older

Visit the new NIHSeniorHealth page Eating Well As You Get Older. Also, visit the MedlinePlus nutrition for seniors topic page.

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New on NIHSeniorHealth: Eating Well As You Get Older

Visit the new NIHSeniorHealth page Eating Well As You Get Older. Also, visit the MedlinePlus nutrition for seniors topic page.

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New on NIHSeniorHealth: Eating Well As You Get Older

Visit the new NIHSeniorHealth page Eating Well As You Get Older. Also, visit the MedlinePlus nutrition for seniors topic page.

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New on NIHSeniorHealth: Eating Well As You Get Older

Visit the new NIHSeniorHealth page Eating Well As You Get Older. Also, visit the MedlinePlus nutrition for seniors topic page.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Thinking of Mom

Give your mother reliable health information for Mother's Day! Visit the women's health topic page and sign her up for This Week in Women's Health. Also, check out all the e-mail lists and RSS feeds available through MedlinePlus.

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New on NIHSeniorHealth: Eating Well As You Get Older

Visit the new NIHSeniorHealth page Eating Well As You Get Older. Also, visit the MedlinePlus nutrition for seniors topic page.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

National Women's Health Week

This is National Women's Health Week. Learn more. Also, check out the MedlinePlus women's health topic page and the latest news on women's health.

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New Health Topic: Clostridium Difficile Infections

Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on Clostridium difficile infections.

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a bacterium that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis. Symptoms include watery diarrhea (at least three bowel movements per day for two or more days), fever, loss of appetite, nausea, and abdominal pain or tenderness. People in good health usually don"t get C. difficile disease. You might get the disease if you have an illness that requires prolonged use of antibiotics. Increasingly, the disease can also be spread in the hospital...

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Director's Comments: Heparin Safety

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Heparin Safety. The transcript is also available.

A medical mystery (why patients in several nations became ill or died after taking a widely used blood thinner) recently seemed closer to resolution — following some Congressional testimony by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials and two insightful studies. Eighty one Americans died and 785 persons had allergic reactions in winter 2007 through spring 2008 after receiving heparin, a blood thinner that prevents blood clots and is common in kidney dialysis...

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New Topic Page: Lymphedema

Visit the new MedlinePlus Health Topic page on lymphedema.

The lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs. It is made up mainly of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and lymph. Lymph vessels, which are different from blood vessels, carry fluid called lymph throughout your body. The lymphatic system collects excess fluid and proteins from body tissues and carries them back to the bloodstream. Edema, or swelling, may happen when there is an increase in the amount of fluid or because of a blockage in the lymphatic system. The accumulation of lymph is called lymphedema...

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Thinking of Mom

Give your mother reliable health information for Mother's Day! Visit the women's health topic page and sign her up for This Week in Women's Health. Also, check out all the e-mail lists and RSS feeds available through MedlinePlus.

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I'm dealing once again with cancer. This time a bone tumor in my head

During this last few months, Precious and my family found out that I had second caner tumor in my skull. It was bone tumor about the size of a small orange. I had the tumor removed from my neurosurgeon in SLC at Salt Lake Regional Hospital on April 14.

I was then in the hospital for about 3 days. I stayed in ICU for about 2 days. Then I came back home on Wednesday night that week. I was very tired from this operation and have been taking pain pills since I came back home.

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Right now my family and I are preparing for my chemo. I'm going to have a PET scan on Tuesday at St.Lukes Cancer Center in Twin Falls and my doctor is is going to putting in a "port" for my chemo on Wednesday here in Burley. I'll update the blog as after my doctor's appointment's next week. Stay tuned.

Thinking of Mom

Give your mother reliable health information for Mother's Day! Visit the women's health topic page and sign her up for This Week in Women's Health. Also, check out all the e-mail lists and RSS feeds available through MedlinePlus.

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New on MedlinePlus: Consumer Health Information in Multiple Languages

Check out the new collection of consumer health information in multiple languages on MedlinePlus. The new collection complements the English and Spanish content on MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en espaol with links to health information in over 40 languages covering nearly 250 topics.


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May NIH News in Health Now Available

The May issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover living with food allergies and air pollution's effects. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.

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New on MedlinePlus: Consumer Health Information in Multiple Languages

Check out the new collection of consumer health information in multiple languages on MedlinePlus. The new collection complements the English and Spanish content on MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en espaol with links to health information in over 40 languages covering nearly 250 topics.


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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

May NIH News in Health Now Available

The May issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover living with food allergies and air pollution's effects. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

May NIH News in Health Now Available

The May issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover living with food allergies and air pollution's effects. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Director's Comments: NLM Global Health Exhibition

Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on the NLM Global Health Exhibition. The transcript is also available.

Dedicated persons who make a difference in improving global health are featured in a National Library of Medicine special exhibit that opens this spring. The exhibit, called 'Against All Odds,' notes how citizens and international organizations (plus scientists, physicians, and governments) have reduced 11 public health challenges in more than a dozen nations around the world...

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Live Webcast: Surgery for Skull-Based Tumors

Watch a live webcast of a surgery for skull-based tumors on May 8 at 3:00 PM EDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Live Webcast: Total Knee Replacement

Watch a live webcast of a total knee replacement surgery on May 2 at 12 p.m. EDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

May is Healthy Vision Month

May is Healthy Vision Month! Learn more from theNational Eye Institute.

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Live Webcast: Total Knee Replacement

Watch a live webcast of a total knee replacement surgery on May 2 at 12 p.m. EDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Live Webcast: Surgery for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Watch a live webcast of a surgery for abdominal wall reconstruction on April 30 at 7 p.m. EDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Live Webcast: Total Knee Replacement

Watch a live webcast of a total knee replacement surgery on May 2 at 12 p.m. EDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

May is American Stroke Month

May is American Stroke Month. Check out the MedlinePlus stroke topic page, which includes interactive tutorials on stroke prevention and stroke rehabilitation . Also, learn more by reading the latest news.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]

Live Webcast: Surgery for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Watch a live webcast of a surgery for abdominal wall reconstruction on April 30 at 7 p.m. EDT.

Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.

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[Source: What's New on MedlinePlus]