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Total cystectomy is surgery to remove the bladder. It is most often done to treat bladder cancer. After the bladder is removed, the surgeon must make a new way to drain urine from your body. This is called urinary diversion.

At home, you need to take good care of your catheter. A catheter has a high risk of infection. You must take extra care to protect it from germs.

ENG-VNG tests are done to help diagnose dizziness, vertigo, and balance problems.

Low-dose CT scans for cancer screening can reduce the risk of dying from lung cancer for those at high risk.

Functional dystonia is a condition that causes muscle spasms (contractions) you can’t control. Dystonia causes clenching, bending, or twisting or limbs or joints.

Sometimes problems with the heart's electrical signals lead to a fast heart rhythm. Too many signals may make the heart beat very fast (tachycardia). Or signals may be sent so rapidly and irregularly that the heart muscle sometimes quivers and doesn't beat at all (fibrillation).

Angiography is a special type of x-ray that allows your coronary arteries to be viewed and recorded on film. Your doctor can see if the blood vessels to your heart are clogged.

A transthoracic echocardiogram (echo) is an imaging test. It helps your doctor assess your heart. Here's how it works.

If you have cardiomyopathy, you have a problem with the muscle tissue that makes up your heart. Cardiomyopathy means "heart muscle disease." Your heart may not be pumping as well as it should.