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Cancer – After Cancer Treatment
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. Get emergency care if you or a loved one has serious thoughts of suicide or harming others. From the day you were diagnosed with cancer, you’ve probably looked forward to getting back…
Antioxidants – What You Need to Know
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. Your body’s cells face threats every day. Viruses and infections attack them. Free radicals also can damage your cells and DNA. Some cells can heal from the damage, while others cannot. Scientists…
Male Infertility
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What is infertility? Infertility is the inability to get pregnant after trying for at least 1 year without using birth control. About 16% of couples are infertile. How often are male…
Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What is lumbar spinal canal stenosis? The lumbar spinal canal is the space inside the lower spine that carries nerves to your legs. It is very narrow. Over the course of…
Lipomas
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What are lipomas? Lipomas are benign (not cancerous), slow-growing tumors that come from fat cells. They are usually round, moveable, flattened lumps under the skin. They feel soft and doughy or…
Labyrinthitis
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What is labyrinthitis? Labyrinthitis (say: “lab-uh-rinth-eye-tus”) is a condition that affects a part of the inner ear called the labyrinth. Normally, the labyrinth helps you keep your balance. When it gets…
Labour Induction
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. What is labour induction? Sometimes, if labour hasn’t started on its own, healthcare providers use medicines to make a woman’s labour start so she can deliver her baby vaginally. This is called…
Kidney Cysts
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What do the kidneys do? The kidneys remove waste from your blood. They do this by filtering the blood and making urine. What are kidney cysts? As people get older, sacs…
Keloids
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What are keloids? After your skin is injured, your cells try to repair it by forming a scar. In some people, the scar tissue keeps forming long after the wound heals….
Kawasaki Disease
If you are having any symptoms or have any questions, please call 811 to speak with a registered nurse 24 hours a day. OVERVIEW What is Kawasaki disease? Kawasaki (say: “kah-wuh-sock-ee”) disease is an illness that young children can get (usually children younger than 5 years of age). How soon will my child be over…