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New MedlinePlus topic: Acute flaccid myelitis
Acute flaccid myelitis has made headlines recently, but what exactly is this strange disease that affects children? Using MedlinePlus' new health topic page,...
Acute Flaccid Myelitis
NIH collaborates on national limb loss registry
Limb loss is an important medical issue, especially for U.S. military service members. Now the first national database on limb loss is...
Limb Loss
HPV vaccine approved for ages 27 to 45
January is Cervical Health Awareness month, and there is good news on the protection front for one cause of cervical cancer: the human...
HPV
Help your child through winter ear infections
The onset of winter often means the worst part of cold and flu season, and with that, the dreaded ear infection. An ear...
Ear Infections
A wearable blood pressure monitor may be in our future
More and more consumers are using health monitors they can wear. These wearables make it easier for patients to track their own health...
Blood Pressure
Restoring beneficial gut bacteria in cancer patients
Could our own bacteria be helpful in cancer treatment? Maybe, say researchers sponsored in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Cancer
High blood sugar during pregnancy increases chances of mother’s type 2 diabetes, child’s obesity
A mother's health during pregnancy can have a lasting impact on both her health and that of her child. A new NIH...
Diabetes
A family battle with scleroderma
Joy Blanc, 34, lives in the Bay Area of California with her husband and daughter. She was diagnosed with scleroderma and related conditions five...
Scleroderma
Struggling for answers: A patient’s scleroderma journey
It took Dee Burlile four frustrating, painful years to find out that all the symptoms she had been suffering from were the result...
Scleroderma
What’s new on the horizon for scleroderma?
There may not be a cure yet, but many scleroderma experts are optimistic about ongoing research into new treatments. “Stem cell transplants...
Scleroderma
Scleroderma: An overview for you
The name scleroderma means "hard skin"—a simple description of a complex disease that causes thick, hard scar tissue to...
Scleroderma
5 things to know if you have scleroderma
Maureen Mayes, M.D., is the founder and director of the Scleroderma Clinical and Research Program at the University of Texas Health Science...
Scleroderma
Fighting the opioid crisis: NIH HEAL initiative takes on addiction and pain management
More than 115 Americans die from opioid overdose every day. That's four times higher than the number of opioid overdose deaths that occurred 20...
Opioids
Renewal and recovery after opioid dependence
For the past six years, James M. was in and out of jail, courtrooms, detox, and halfway houses. "I started using marijuana...
Opioids
