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Caregiving for someone with atrial fibrillation
Learn what to expect when caring for someone with this common heart rhythm condition. Get tips to prevent caregiver burnout.
Post-traumatic stress: How can you help your loved one?
Use these tips to help someone cope with stress from a traumatic event, whether it's acute stress disorder (ASD) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Intervention: Help a loved one overcome addiction
Make a plan to help a loved one break free from an addiction to alcohol, drugs, food or gambling before it destroys them.
When cancer returns: How to cope with cancer recurrence
Learn what cancer recurrence means, and find out what you can do to cope when cancer returns.
Do you have a living will?
Life-threatening situations can happen to anyone, so it's important to have a living will or other advance directive. These documents spell out your preferences regarding medical treatments you would or would not want to keep you alive. You can also outline your preferences for other medical decisions, such as pain management or organ donation. By planning ahead, you can get the medical care you want and save your family from having to make tough decisions in a crisis.
Teens and social media use: What's the impact?
Find out how to help limit the negative impact of these popular apps on your teenager.
Vasectomy
Find out more about this procedure that provides nearly 100 percent effective male birth control by cutting the supply of sperm to semen.
Penile implants
Explore your choices and learn what to expect from penile implant surgery.
Auditory processing disorder (APD)
This type of hearing loss involves the brain. Learn about ways that can help people with the condition hear better.
Low sperm count
Having a low sperm count can make conceiving a child difficult, but not necessarily impossible. Learn about possible causes and treatment.
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