Knowing more about different diseases and conditions can make it easier for you to ask your doctor important questions and to take a more active role in keeping you and your family healthy.
To help you learn more, we have listed links to pages with helpful information on different diseases and conditions.
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Acromegaly is a rare disease caused when your pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone.
Cancer that has developed in one area of the body can spread beyond that site and invade other parts of the body.
Breast cancer happens when cells in the breast start to grow out of control.
Cancer usually occurs as a tumor. There are cancers, however, that don't make tumors, such as leukemia.
Carcinoid tumors occur most often in the stomach or intstines.
In leukemis, the body produces a lot of abnormal blood cells that don't work properly.
Hypercalcemia occurs when calcium moves from the bones into the bloodstream.
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