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… to a Healthy Pregnancy (Health Canada) Mercury in fish (HealthLinkBC File #68m) … Healthy eating guidelines for …
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… record Electronic medical records (EMRs) are electronic files that a doctor or other provider uses instead of paper files stored on shelves. The doctor types the information into a computer. Those computer files stay in your doctor's computer system. Keeping records …
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… HealthLink BC www.healthlinkbc.ca – Get medically approved non-emergency health information. HealthLinkBC File #68h Fibre and Your Health at …
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… swelling (edema) in the arms and legs. Normally, lymph nodes filter fluid as it flows through them. If the lymph … it? One cause of lymphedema is surgery to remove lymph nodes , usually during cancer treatment. Medicines such as … (Nolvadex), radiation therapy, and injury to the lymph nodes can also cause it. This type is called secondary …
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… occur because the normal pacemaker of the heart (the sinus node) does not work properly. Sick sinus syndrome is also called sinus node dysfunction. What causes it? Sick sinus syndrome can … most commonly results from the effect of age on the sinus node. As we get older, scarring of the sinus node can occur …
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… . This is the removal of the whole breast and the lymph nodes under the arm (axillary lymph nodes). Radical mastectomy. This is the removal of the breast, chest muscles, and all of the lymph nodes under the arm (axillary lymph node dissection). This …
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… Breast Cancer, Metastatic or Recurrent Breast Cancer: Lymph Node Surgery for Staging Cancer Breast Implant Surgery for … Problems From Smoking Lung Surgery for Lung Cancer Lymph Node Removal (Lymphadenectomy) for Melanoma Lymph Node Removal Surgery (Lymphadenectomy) for Endometrial …
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… activity of the heart starts in the sinoatrial (SA) node in the upper chamber (atrium) and travels through the atrioventricular (AV) node to reach the lower chamber (ventricle). Heart block may … are the types? Heart block of the atrioventricular (AV) node can be of several types, and a doctor generally can …