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Elevated blood pressure

If your blood pressure is slightly elevated, eating better and moving more can help prevent prehypertension from becoming high blood pressure.
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Embryonal tumors

Learn about these malignant brain tumors that happen most often in babies and young children. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
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Emphysema

Often caused by smoking, this lung disease causes problems with breathing that worsen over time. It's one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Encephalitis

Learn about this potentially fatal condition associated with inflammation of the brain and what you can do to prevent it.
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Encopresis

If constipation causes stool to become impacted, liquid stool may leak out around the hard stool. Find out what causes this condition and ways to treat it.
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End-stage renal disease

When kidneys no longer function well enough to meet a body's needs, treatment involves kidney dialysis or kidney transplant.
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Endocarditis

Learn what causes this infection of the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves (endocardium) and find out how to prevent and treat it.
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Endometrial cancer

Learn about the symptoms and causes of this cancer of the uterus. Treatments include hysterectomy, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy and other medicines.
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Endometriosis

Learn about endometriosis, including possible treatments for this condition that can cause pain and sometimes infertility.
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Enlarged breasts in men (gynecomastia)

Learn how an imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone can cause breast tissue swelling in boys or men.
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Enlarged heart

Cardiomegaly is another word for this sign or symptom that may be caused by certain heart conditions or even pregnancy. Know how it's treated.
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Enlarged liver

Having a larger than usual liver is a sign of a serious condition, such as liver disease, congestive heart failure or cancer.
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