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Diet and Nutrition

Can drinking liquid help prevent or relieve kidney infections? Yes. Drink six to eight, 8-ounce glasses a day. Talk with a health care professional if you can’t drink this amount due to other health problems, such as urinary incontinence, urinary frequency, or kidney...

How is appendicitis diagnosed?

A health care provider can diagnose most cases of appendicitis by taking a person’s medical history and performing a physical exam. If a person does not have the usual symptoms, health care providers may use laboratory and imaging tests to confirm appendicitis. These...

Vision Care Can Change Lives

Early treatment is critically important to prevent some common eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (gradual breakdown of light-sensitive tissue in the eye) from causing permanent vision loss or blindness. Of the estimated 61 million US adults at high...

How Is Narcolepsy Diagnosed?

It can take as long as 10 to 15 years after the first symptoms appear before narcolepsy is recognized and diagnosed. This is because narcolepsy is fairly rare. Also, many narcolepsy symptoms are like symptoms of other illnesses, such as infections, depression, and...

How Is Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosed?

Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. Memory problems are typically one of the first warning signs of cognitive loss. According to the National Institute on Aging, in addition to memory problems, someone with Alzheimer’s disease may experience one or more...