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What is prevention? Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the chance of getting cancer. By preventing cancer, the number of new cases of cancer in a group or population is lowered. Hopefully, this will lower the number of deaths caused by cancer. To prevent new... by | | Learn
At a Glance Estimated New Cases in 2017: 16,940 % of All New Cancer Cases: 1.0% Estimated Deaths in 2017: 15,690 % of All Cancer Deaths: 2.6% Percent Surviving 5: Years 18.8% (2007-2013) Number of New Cases and Deaths per 100,000: The number of new cases of esophageal... by | | Learn
Focusing on Fibromyalgia A Puzzling and Painful Condition You’ve probably heard of fibromyalgia, but you may not know what it is. Fibromyalgia is a long-term (chronic) pain condition that affects 5 million or more Americans ages 18 and older. For unknown... by | | Learn
Gastritis Introduction Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach lining. Many things can cause gastritis, but most often it is caused by an infection of the bacteria H pylori. Gastritis may come on suddenly (acute gastritis) or gradually (chronic gastritis). In most... by | | Learn
Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia affects about 4 million US adults, about 2% of the adult population. The cause of fibromyalgia is not known and there is no long-term cure, but it can be effectively treated and managed. Treatments tend to suppress or decrease pain, improve...
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