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About 18% of cancers have been linked to things such as carrying excess pounds and not getting enough exercise.

What can you feed your sprouts so that they grow up healthy and strong? Consider a plant-based diet.

Want a healthier brain? Move your body, tend to your home, and connect with your loved ones, new research suggests.

Ankle fusion is a type of surgery to fuse the bones of your ankle into one piece. It's also known as ankle arthrodesis. The surgery is usually done to treat arthritis in the ankle.

Intensive behavioral therapy is a treatment for obesity. Through this treatment, you learn how to change your eating and exercise habits. This helps you lose weight.

A thoracic epidural injection is a shot that temporarily helps ease pain in your thoracic region. That's the upper to middle part of your back. Medicine is injected into an area around your spinal cord. This area is known as the epidural space.

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a small hole between the two upper chambers of the heart, the right and the left atrium. A robotic-assisted patent foramen repair is a type of surgery to fix this hole in the heart.

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a special kind of MRI test. Your healthcare provider uses it to look at the pancreatic system. This includes the pancreas, the bile ducts, gallbladder, and liver. The procedure uses a combination of magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make detailed images. A contrast dye may be used for even better images.

Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is a type of treatment for people with certain bladder and bowel problems. You may hear it called sacral nerve stimulation (SNS).