Maureen Salamon
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Polycystic ovary syndrome: Symptoms and treatment
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AIDS & HIV: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
By Maureen Salamon published
While AIDS remains incurable, patients are living much longer — even decades after infection — because of the development of medications to suppress the virus.

Impacted Wisdom Teeth: Oral Surgery and Extraction
By Maureen Salamon published
Pulling wisdom teeth easier before 30

Erectile Dysfunction: Symptoms and Treatment
By Maureen Salamon published
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to get or keep an erection. It is caused when penile tissues do not fill up with blood.

Wrong Resolutions: 5 Tips for Finally Changing Your Habits
By Maureen Salamon published
To keep your new year's resolutions, aim to change your habits, rather than setting specific goals, experts say.

Anti-Aging Skin Treatments: What Really Works?
By Maureen Salamon published
Here's the lowdown on what works, and what to avoid.

Health Care Infections: A 'Winnable' Public Health Battle?
By Maureen Salamon published
Nobody wants to get sicker in a hospital than they were at home, but that's the reality for 1.7 million Americans every year, who develop healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Chicago Hit Hard by Nationwide, Drug-Resistant Germ
By Maureen Salamon published
Infections from a deadly, drug-resistant strain of bacteria spreading around the nation tripled in Chicago in the past year, according to a recent survey in the city.

How Do You Know Your Kids' Immunizations Are Up to Date?
By Maureen Salamon published
How to protect your children against measles, mumps, chickenpox and more.

Study: Disease, Not Old Age, Causes Forgetfulness
By Maureen Salamon published
Brain changes related to forgetfulness are associated with aging, but aging alone does not cause memory loss.

Facing Up to the Facts: New Images Show How Exercise Affects Aging
By Maureen Salamon published
How will you look in 20 years?

Sun Protection Clothing: As Good as Sunscreen, or Better?
By Maureen Salamon published
Are we better off slathering on sunscreen or donning sun protection clothes?

5 Ways to Prepare Your Skin for Winter
By Maureen Salamon published
We don't have to submit to all of winter's indignities here are five ways to prepare your skin for winter.

How to Organize Your Medicine Cabinet
By Maureen Salamon published
What to keep and not to keep in your cupboard of cures.

As Women's Depression Drops, So Does the Excess Weight
By Maureen Salamon published
Treating obese women's depression may help them lose weight, a new study suggests.
Q&A: Poverty and Soda Consumption a Recipe for Obesity?
By Maureen Salamon published
The issue of stopping American from getting fatter continues to cook up controversy.
The Hidden Illnesses of Presidents
By Maureen Salamon published
Previous commanders-in-chief hid their illnesses, afflictions and even their surgeries from the public.
Tail of the Tadpole: Frog May Teach Humans How to Regrow Limbs
By Maureen Salamon published
Tadpoles could regrow their tail within an hour of treatment.
Alcohol and Pot Damage Young Brains' Decision-Making Center
By Maureen Salamon published
Teens who are heavy users of alcohol or marijuana end up with more than a high.

Auto Injuries: A 'Winnable' Public Health Battle?
By Maureen Salamon published
Even with recent advances in safety and increases in drivers' compliance with the rules of the road, traffic crashes are still the leading killer of Americans under age 35.

Memory, Attention Problems Persist into Adulthood for Tiniest Preemies
By Maureen Salamon published
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