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Sentir ocasionalmente ansiedade 茅 uma parte normal da vida, mas pessoas com transtornos de ansiedade experimentam sentimentos frequentes e excessivos de ansiedade, medo, pavor e p芒nico em situa莽玫es cotidianas. Esses sentimentos se tornam prejudiciais 脿 sa煤de quando afetam sua qualidade de vida e impedem que voc锚 funcione normalmente. Neste alerta do especialista, Siri Kabrick, enfermeira praticante em Psiquiatria e Psicologia no Sistema de Sa煤de da Mayo Clinic em Fairmont, Minnesota, compartilha 11 dicas para lidar com um transtorno de ansiedade.

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You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can you tell whether you or someone else who has fainted should go to the emergency department or perhaps even see a cardiologist? Elijah Behr, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, explains five things it is important to know about fainting.

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Lifesaving cancer therapies can cause serious side effects, both immediately and later in life. "It is essential to continue to study innovative approaches that will eradicate the disease but won't diminish the quality of life for patients diagnosed with cancer," says Roberto Leon-Ferre, M.D., a breast medical oncologist at Mayo Clinic. With breast cancer rates rising among younger people, the need for treatments that provide excellent outcomes with fewer side effects is only increasing.

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Durante m谩s de 15 a帽os, Ronald Gary Woods terminaba la mayor铆a de sus d铆as con dolor en las rodillas.

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People who are overall healthy and living with well-controlled Type 2 diabetes can donate a kidney, thanks to a change in national policy.

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Aproximadamente la mitad de la poblaci贸n mundial vive en zonas vulnerables a dengue, una infecci贸n viral potencialmente mortal transmitida a trav茅s de las picaduras de mosquitos infectados. No hay tratamiento, y solo las personas que ya han tenido dengue son elegibles para la vacuna.

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As doen莽as sexualmente transmiss铆veis (DSTs) continuam a aumentar nos EUA e ao redor do mundo. A Organiza莽茫o Mundial da Sa煤de relata que mais de 1 milh茫o de novas doen莽as sexualmente transmiss铆veis s茫o adquiridas diariamente, sendo que a maioria delas 茅 assintom谩tica.

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Las infecciones de trasmisi贸n sexual (ITS) siguen aumentando en los EE. UU. al igual que en el resto del mundo. Seg煤n la Organizaci贸n Mundial de la Salud, hay m谩s de un mill贸n de nuevas infecciones de trasmisi贸n sexual al d铆a, la mayor铆a de las cuales son asintom谩ticas.

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Beber alcohol con moderaci贸n es clave para una buena salud, en especial para las mujeres que intentan minimizar los s铆ntomas de la menopausia, de acuerdo con una experta en salud femenina de Mayo Clinic.

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O mito de que pessoas com pele escura s茫o imunes ao melanoma (um tipo de c芒ncer de pele) persiste h谩 muitos anos.

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Jewel Kling, M.D., assistant director of the Women's Health Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains that stigma and discrimination create barriers to healthcare, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer due to delayed cancer screenings as well as challenges with survivorship care.

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A medida que los hombres envejecen, incluso aquellos acostumbrados a una buena salud pueden desarrollar s铆ntomas que afecten su calidad de vida y es importante que se los mencionen a sus m茅dicos. Vikas Mehta, Licenciado en Medicina y Cirug铆a, un m茅dico de Mayo Clinic Healthcare en Londres, describe varios signos f铆sicos que vale la pena controlar.

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As pesquisas sobre dissec莽茫o espont芒nea de art茅ria coron谩ria aumentaram muito na 煤ltima d茅cada, diz a Dra. Sharonne N. Hayes, cardiologista da Mayo Clinic e especialista principal nessa doen莽a card铆aca rara.

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La investigaci贸n sobre la disecci贸n espont谩nea de la arteria coronaria se ha disparado en la 煤ltima d茅cada, dice la Dra. Sharonne N. Hayes, cardi贸loga en Mayo Clinic y experta destacada de esta afecci贸n card铆aca poco frecuente.