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Bruising or bleeding more easily than expected. Most has a simple explanation, and the pattern — where, how easily, and with what else — identifies th...
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Bruising or bleeding more easily than expected. Key takeaways Common causes: medicines, aging skin, minor injury, alcohol Medicines involved: blood th...
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Excess iron building up in the body, most often from inherited hemochromatosis. It is more common than generally assumed, it silently damages the live...
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Excess iron building up in the body, most often from inherited hemochromatosis. Key takeaways Most common inherited form: hereditary hemochromatosis T...
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What the common blood tests measure and how to read the results sensibly. Reference ranges are statistical, so a proportion of healthy people fall out...
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What the common blood tests measure and how to read the results sensibly. Key takeaways Reference range: defined so that some healthy people fall outs...
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The symptoms that warrant a checkup because they can indicate cancer. Most turn out to be something else entirely, and stage at diagnosis is one of th...
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The symptoms that warrant a checkup because they can indicate cancer. Key takeaways Persistent cough: one that does not go away or keeps getting worse...
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Testing people without symptoms to find cancer or precancerous changes early. Screening is recommended only where benefit outweighs harm, and a normal...
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Testing people without symptoms to find cancer or precancerous changes early. Key takeaways Colorectal: adults 45 to 75; options include a yearly stoo...
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The changeable factors linked to lower cancer risk. A substantial share of US cancers are linked to factors that can be changed, and smoking tops the...
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The changeable factors linked to lower cancer risk. Key takeaways Largest single preventable cause: smoking Also significant: excess weight, alcohol,...
Continue Reading : Your Questions About Reducing Cancer Risk, Answered Melanoma and other skin cancers, almost all linked to UV exposure. Melanoma found early is usually highly treatable, often with simple surgery, and fo...
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Melanoma and other skin cancers, almost all linked to UV exposure. Key takeaways ABCDE: Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving Most important fe...
Continue Reading : Skin Cancer: Common Questions Answered Cancer of the colon or rectum, one of the most common cancers in the US. It is highly treatable when found early, screening can find it before symptom...
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