Blood pressure chart: What your reading means
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Imperial, California - This blood pressure chart can help you figure out if your blood pressure is at a healthy level or if you'll need to take some steps to improve your numbers.
Fever treatment: Quick guide to treating a fever
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Rochester, Minnesota - A fever is a common sign of illness, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, fevers seem to play a key role in fighting infections. So should you treat a fever or let the fever run its course? Here's help making the call.
Mayo Clinic’s Measles Virus Therapy for Cancer Profiled in VICE Documentary on HBO
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Rochester, Minnesota - HBO has broadcast a documentary entitled Killing Cancer. VICE founder and host Shane Smith follows pioneering researchers across the U.S. - including specialists from the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center - who are changing the face of modern-day medicine through their work with oncolytic virus therapy.
Antibiotics: Misuse puts you and others at risk
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Rochester, Minnesota - Antibiotics are important drugs. It would be difficult to overstate the benefit penicillin and other antibiotics have played in treating bacterial infections, preventing the spread of disease and minimizing serious complications of disease.
Can chronic stress cause depression?
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Scottsdale, Arizona - Depression has many possible causes, such as genetics, brain chemicals and your life situation. Chronic stressful life situations can increase the risk of developing depression if you aren't coping with the stress well. There's also increasing evidence of links among poor coping, stress and physical illness.
Mosquito-Borne Disease Activity in Mexico and Latin America
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Sacramento, California - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging the public to protect themselves against mosquito bites and mosquito-borne diseases if traveling to Mexico or Latin America. These regions reported increased chikungunya and continued dengue transmission in 2014, and reported cases of these mosquito-borne diseases among travelers returning to California have increased.
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