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  • Heart Health: Keeping Your Heart Healthy

    Learn how you can prevent and manage heart disease as well as treat conditions that lead to heart attack.

  • A child’s hand with red and swollen skin around fingernail caused by a skin infection. Paronychia is a skin infection around the nails. It usually affects the skin at the base (cuticle) or up the sides of the nail.

    Paronychia

    Paronychia is a skin infection around the fingernails or toenails. It usually isn’t serious and can be treated at…

  • close up image of a man's body suffering severe urticaria nettle rash.

    Exercise-induced Urticaria

    Exercise-induced urticaria is a condition that produces hives and other allergic symptoms.

  • A doctor examines the ear of a boy suffering from eustachian tube dysfunction.

    Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

    Eustachian tube dysfunction is when your ear is plugged with fluid. Sounds may be muffled, and your ear may feel…

  • Male Doctor Wearing Blue Gloves Holding Cotton Swab And DNA Test Tube to test for monkeypox

    Mpox (monkeypox)

    Mpox (monkeypox) began making the news following a surge in new cases in summer 2022. This outbreak includes reports of…

  • What Should I do if I Get a Spider Bite?

    Spiders are found everywhere. But each kind of spider is unique. Some tend to live outdoors. Some are common inside…

  • A man does sit ups on a mat on the floor as part of his exercise routine.

    Why Exercise?

    Exercise is powerful medicine. Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Exercise prevents health problems, builds strength, boosts…

  • Male clinician testing vaccine in lab

    Smallpox Vaccine

    A case of smallpox hasn’t been seen since 1977, but it was once a serious virus. Symptoms included a rash,…

  • An infant girl sucks on a plastic pacifier in her mouth. Pacifiers have pros and cons, depending upon how long your baby uses one. Your doctor can help you make that decision.

    Pacifiers: Benefits and Risks

    Pacifiers have pros and cons, depending upon how long your baby uses one.

  • Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS)

    Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a joint problem that usually affects the hip or knee. It also can occur in the…

  • Overweight female with fat folds under her bra clasp in the back

    Intertrigo

    Intertrigo is a rubbing of the skin in areas where the skin folds and becomes moist.

  • Baby sleeping in a position on his father’s arm to help treat colic

    Colic

    Colic is when your baby cries for longer than 3 hours a day at least 3 days per week. It…

  • A young pregnant woman sit up on an exam table in her doctors office during a routine prenatal check-up. She wearing a medical gown and her doctor is seated across from her as the two talk.

    Pregnancy and RSV

    In August 2023, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the maternal RSV vaccine (Abrysvo) to help prevent severe RSV…

  • A mom changes her newborn baby's diaper on baby changing table.

    Preparing for Parenthood: Diaper Changing

    Bringing a new baby home is one of the most exciting times in a parent’s life. It can also be…

  • A medical professional prepares to give a vaccine to a an older woman patient.

    Pneumococcal Vaccines for Seniors

    Pneumococcal vaccines help to prevent pneumonia. Adults 65 and older, for whom pneumonia can be fatal, should get two different…

  • Baby boy taking first steps to mother sitting on floor

    Baby’s First Steps

    Watching a baby take their first steps is exciting, but it also leads to a new set of challenges for…

  • Young male runner sitting on the ground holding his sprained ankle in pain

    Ankle Sprains

    Ankle sprains range from mild to severe and need immediate treatment.

  • Illustration of enlarged adenoid. Adenoids are tiny pieces of tissue in the back of your throat. They hang above your tonsils. They help fight infections in your body.

    Enlarged Adenoids

    Adenoids are tiny pieces of tissue in the back of your throat. They hang above your tonsils. They help fight…