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Mayo Clinic Minute: 3 tips to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease
Exercise, mental stimulation and diet may be helpful in reducing Alzheimer's disease risk.
Lower your risk of breast cancer
Research shows that lifestyle changes can lower your risk of breast cancer, even if you're at high risk. To lower your risk: 1. Limit alcohol. Even small amounts increase your risk. 2. Limit postmenopausal hormone therapy. 3. Be physically active. 4. Maintain a healthy weight.
Latex allergy
This allergy is a reaction to proteins in natural rubber latex — found in medical gloves, balloons and more. Find out how to avoid many common triggers.
Labor positions
Learn about positions that might help you relax and ease pain during labor.
Labor and delivery: Pain medications
Understand the pros and cons of various labor and delivery pain medications.
Junk food blues: Are depression and diet related?
Depression and diet may be related, and junk food may increase the risk of depression.
Inducing labor: When to wait, when to induce
Find out who can benefit from getting the uterus to contract to start labor and why.
Incompetent cervix
Sometimes the cervix opens and thins early, putting a pregnancy at risk. Learn more about this hard-to-diagnose condition.
Hypnobirthing: How does it work?
Hypnobirthing — A Mayo Clinic specialist discusses this method of easing pain during childbirth.
How is brown fat different from other fat?
Researchers have uncovered a type of body fat, dubbed brown fat, that appears to burn regular fat.
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