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With correct asthma management and good prenatal care, most women with asthma can have healthy pregnancies.

The signs of pregnancy vary from woman to woman, but the most obvious sign usually is a missed period.

Detailed information on measles, including symptoms, complications, prevention, and treatment.

The common cold leads to more healthcare provider visits and absences from school and work than any other illness each year. It is caused by a virus and is easily spread to others.

Some of the more common complications of pregnancy are miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and bleeding.

Lyme disease is an infection caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. This spiral shaped bacterium is most commonly spread by a tick bite.

One Escherichia coli strain that causes a severe intestinal infection in humans is known as enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC). It’s the most common strain to cause illness in people. It’s different from other E. coli because it makes a potent toxin called Shiga toxin. This toxin damages the lining of the intestinal wall, causing bloody diarrhea.

Detailed information on interventional radiology, including what procedures interventional radiologists do.

One newer therapy combines radiation and chemotherapy, because in some cases, radiation may improve the effects of chemotherapy, and vice versa. Another therapy uses external beam radiation during surgery to treat cancerous tumors or certain other forms of cancer.