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Learn about weight-loss dietary supplements, what they do, the ingredients in them, how they are regulated, and if they can be harmful.

Sara E. Luckhaupt, MD1, Geoffrey M. Calvert, MD1 (Author affiliations at end of text).

School-located vaccination: Administering Vaccine, Adverse Events, Recording Information, Legal Issues, FERPA, HIPAA - CDC

Tania A. Slade, MPH1, Benjamin G. Klekamp, MSPH1, Edhelene Rico, MPH2, Alvaro Mejia-Echeverry, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Beat the back-to-school rush! Make an appointment for vaccinations before the back-to-school rush begins at the doctor's office.

Get HPV vaccine for your sons and daughters at ages 11-12 to protect them from HPV cancers including cervical cancer.

The cost of excessive alcohol use in the U.S. rose to almost a quarter trillion dollars in 2010. Implementing effective community-based interventions can reduce excessive drinking and its costs.

Beat the back-to-school rush! Make an appointment for vaccinations before the back-to-school rush begins at the doctor's office.

If you have known risk factors for developing an aortic aneurysm, your doctor may recommend screening. To screen for an aortic aneurysm, your doctor may recommend an imaging study to look at and measure the aorta. An aneurysm can develop and grow without any symptoms until it ruptures or dissects—events that are both life-threatening. If the aneurysm is found early, treatment or surgery may slow its growth and prevent rupture or dissection.

Rectal cancer treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and active surveillance. Learn more about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent rectal cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.