Are you having trouble conceiving a baby naturally and considering in vitro fertilization (IVF)? It has helped make many many eager couples like you into happy parents. IVF traditionally involves taking the egg of one woman and mixing it with the sperm of one man in a petri dish to create an embryo that is implanted into the woman's uterus. The hope is that the embryo attaches to the uterus and grows into a healthy baby.
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If you've recently been informed by your ophthalmologist that you've developed cataracts -- a condition that clouds and fuzzes the ordinarily clear lens that helps you process images -- you may be wondering about your surgical removal options. In the past, cataract surgery was a fairly invasive process that involved cutting the surface of your eye, peeling back the lens, removing the clouded portion, and replacing it with an artificial lens.
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Approximately 720,000 people in the United States have a heart every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A heart attack can happen when one of your coronary arteries gets blocked from buildup such as cholesterol. Some of the common symptoms of a heart attack include shortness of breath, dizziness, pain in chest and heartburn. A heart attack is very scary to think about, but you can lower your risk of having one.
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Many runners put off going to an orthopedist because they are secretly afraid that they might have to take a break from running or, even worse, stop running altogether. Most instances of runner's knee can be treated with rest, ice, compression, and elevation along with physical therapy and special braces. For those of you who have to undergo surgery to restore the cartilage in your knee or fix an alignment of your patella, there will be a recovery period when you cannot run and your doctor may suggest permanent changes to your exercise schedule, but most runners can start running again within six months of surgery.
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If you are like most people who throw your back out, you might blame one single, solitary action for your pain. You might angrily stare at that heavy school backpack, or wonder why you tried to move that bookshelf on your own. However, some back problems develop slowly over time, because of simple mistakes you make when you aren't paying attention. Here are three everyday habits that could be hurting your back, and what you can do to fend off trouble:
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