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Find out what potassium is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about potassium supplements.

Find out what biotin is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about biotin supplements.

Your health is important wherever you go. And now that many people are spending most of their day sitting at a desk or inside an office, implementing health programs inside the workplace has become a vital piece of a healthy lifestyle.

Pregnant women should not stop or start taking any type of medicine that they need without first talking with a health care provider. Women who are planning to become pregnant should discuss the need for any medicine with their health care provider before becoming pregnant and ensure they are taking only medicines that are necessary.

CDC works to identify causes of birth defects and opportunities to prevent them. By applying a public health approach incorporating three essential elements—surveillance or disease tracking, research to identify causes, and prevention research and programs—we can rapidly translate scientific findings into appropriate public health interventions.

Late effects of cancer treatment can cause serious, disabling, and life-threatening chronic health conditions that adversely affect the health of aging childhood cancer survivors. Learn about subsequent neoplasms and the cardiovascular, cognitive, psychosocial, digestive, endocrine, immune, musculoskeletal, reproductive, and urinary late effects of pediatric cancer treatment in this expert-reviewed summary.

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Bladder cancer treatment options depend on if it is nonmuscle or muscle invasive and may include surgery, BCG, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. Get detailed information about the diagnosis and treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent bladder cancer in this summary for clinicians.

Kaposi sarcoma treatment depends upon the type and can include curettage and desiccation, radiation therapy, surgery, and sometimes chemotherapy. Get detailed information about the diagnosis and treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent Kaposi sarcoma in this summary for clinicians.

Melanoma treatment options include excision, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy, intralesional therapy and palliative local therapy. Get detailed information about the diagnosis and treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent melanoma in this summary for clinicians.