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Mayo Clinic Minute: Meningitis 101 for college students
College life can increase the risk of bacterial meningitis, a potentially serious infection – but a vaccine can offer protection.
Add antioxidants to your diet
Antioxidants may play a role in preventing heart disease, cancer and other diseases. See which foods are abundant in antioxidants.
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatment of this blood vessel disease, also called IgA vasculitis, that causes a purplish rash on the lower legs.
What is BPA? Should I be worried about it?
Find out more about BPA, a chemical used in some plastics and resins, and explore options for reducing your exposure.
Sea salt vs. table salt: What's the difference?
Should you take health claims about sea salt with a grain of salt? What makes it different from table salt?
Cuts of beef: A guide to the leanest selections
Whether you're watching your health or your weight, you can still enjoy this type of red meat once in a while. This guide points you to lean choices.
Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious?
Understand the differences between organic foods and traditionally grown foods when it comes to nutrition, safety and price.
Keloid scar
Learn about how to prevent, remove or flatten these problematic raised scars that form over scars from acne, tattoos, piercing and other injuries.
Pap smear
A Pap smear, also called a Pap test, is used for cervical cancer screening. Learn how it's done and what the results might mean.
HPV vaccine: Who needs it, how it works
Learn about how the HPV vaccine works, who needs it and what side effects to expect.
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