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Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is a common means of treating many types of cancer. Find out what to expect during your radiation therapy treatment.
COVID-19 diagnostic testing
Find out how to test to learn if you're infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.
Awake brain surgery
Awake brain surgery is performed while you are awake and alert. This type of brain surgery may be used to treat some brain tumors or epileptic seizures.
Circumcision (male)
Learn about the benefits and risks of surgery to remove the skin that covers the tip of the penis.
Epilepsy surgery
Surgery may provide relief from epileptic seizures when medications aren't working.
Proton therapy
Learn about this newer form of radiation therapy, used to treat cancer and noncancerous tumors, and how it's different from X-ray radiation.
Minimally invasive heart surgery
Learn more about this surgery that uses small incisions in the chest as an option to open-heart surgery.
Feminizing hormone therapy
Find out more about feminizing hormonal treatment used to better align the body with a person's gender identity.
Pelvic exam
Find out what happens during this exam, why it might be needed and how to prepare.
Spirometry
This common test shows how well your lungs work and helps diagnose conditions that affect the ability to breathe.
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