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This dramatic cardiac imaging technique is proving valuable in the operating room and the intensive care unit, as well as in the echocardiography laboratory.

Although a cure has not been found, certain drugs can relieve symptoms and may actually slow disease progression.

Long classified as psychosomatic, irritable bowel syndrome is now considered a motor disorder in which a number of factors are at play.

No good screening test exists for ovarian cancer, yet women are being advised to demand screening.