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Changes in your diet may help ease cancer-related diarrhea. If those don't help, medications are available.

Pressure on the sciatic nerve can cause pain and often numbness down a leg. Self-care measures might help.

Do you see distant objects clearly, but develop a blur as they come close? This vision condition, called farsightedness, is easily corrected with prescription lenses.

This condition narrows the amount of space within the spine. This can squeeze the nerves that travel through the spine. Surgery is sometimes needed.

This disease of the heart muscle makes it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body. Learn the different types and how they're treated.

Follow these tips for coping with pain and grief after a loved one's suicide.

Take action when you see warning signs that someone is thinking about suicide. Talk with the person. Be sensitive and direct. Urge the person to get help.

If you have suicidal thoughts, contact a suicide hotline or a mental health professional. Get help for depression. Make a plan to get through a crisis.

Testosterone therapy — Explore the potential benefits and risks of increasing your testosterone level.

Learn more about the different types of tumors that grow on or around the nerves that link to the brain and spinal cord.

Heart disease and heart attack symptoms may be different in women than in men. Know the warning signs and learn ways to protect your heart.

This electronic device improves hearing in people who have severe hearing loss from inner ear damage.

Checking your blood pressure helps you avoid health problems. Learn more about what your numbers mean.

Use these menus to jump-start your heart-friendly eating plan.

Learn about symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment, including transplant, for this rare cancer that affects the bile ducts of older adults.

Tired of squinting at objects in the distance? There are effective treatment options for this eye condition, and some preventive options are emerging.

Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of this sometimes life-threatening disease caused by fungal spores in bird and bat droppings.

Learn about functional dyspepsia, a digestive disorder with no clear cause. Treatment may help relieve this common condition.

Sexually transmitted infections are often the reason why a woman develops inflammation of the cervix, which can cause abnormal discharge and bleeding.

PKU is caused by a change in the gene that helps create an enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine. Treatment includes a special diet and medication.