Conditions
Concerned about cancer? Worried by high blood pressure? Discover why certain conditions happen, what you can do to avoid them and what the current treatments are.
If you have been diagnosed with a particular medical condition, the entries in this section can help you understand more about it. The information may also help you formulate questions to ask your doctor.
Many patients benefit from knowing more about a particular medical condition they might have. Knowledge can help you understand what you must do improve your health, diet and lifestyle and, in some cases, avoid many medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Scroll through the A-Z list below to find out about the most common medical conditions.
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
- Ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) conditions
- Angina
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Astigmatism
- Bladder cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Breast cancer
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Colds & Flu
- Colorectal cancer
- Cystic fibrosis
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Diabetes
- Down's syndrome
- Gestational diabetes
- Glaucoma
- Heart attack
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myocardial infarction
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Pneumonia
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Pressure ulcers
- Prostate cancer
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Spina bifida
- Stroke
- Urinary tract infections
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