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People with certain types of spinal cord injuries (SCI) may need to use a ventilator to help with breathing. Learn more about using a ventilator when you have an SCI.

Spinal cord disease can cause a loss of sensation and movement. Learn more about resources that can help you.

Varicose veins are swollen, enlarged veins. They happen most often in the legs. RFA treatment uses radiofrequency to heat up the vein. This closes off blood flow to the damaged vein.

EVLT is a procedure that uses laser heat to treat varicose veins. Read on to learn what you can expect before, during, and after this treatment.

Venous thrombolytic therapy is a treatment that uses medicine to dissolve a blood clot in a vein in your arm or leg. Here's what you need to know about this procedure.

Vena cava filter implantation is a procedure to place a device in the inferior vena cava. The inferior vena cava is the large vein that returns blood from the lower body to the heart. The device is a filter that traps blood clots in the lower body. It prevents the clots from traveling to the lungs.

Learn how to get ready for a proctoscopy, an exam of your rectum and anus.

Dilation and evacuation (D&E) is a procedure to end a pregnancy in the second trimester. It may be done for many reasons.

A functional movement disorder (FMD) is a problem with body movement that doesn’t have a clear physical cause, such as nerve damage.