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- Stool color: When to worry - Mayo Clinic
Stool color is generally influenced by what you eat as well as by the amount of bile — a yellow-green fluid that digests fats — in your stool As bile travels through your digestive tract, it is chemically altered by enzymes, changing the colors from green to brown
- Calorie calculator - Mayo Clinic
If you're pregnant or breast-feeding, are a competitive athlete, or have a metabolic disease, such as diabetes, the calorie calculator may overestimate or underestimate your actual calorie needs
- Ejection fraction: An important heart test - Mayo Clinic
Ejection fraction is a measurement of the percentage of blood leaving the heart each time it squeezes When the heart squeezes, it's called a contraction Ejection fraction is just one of many tests your healthcare professional may use to see how your heart works The heart squeezes and relaxes
- HDL cholesterol: How to boost your good cholesterol
People who have higher levels of HDL cholesterol often are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke
- Mental health: Know when to get help - Mayo Clinic
What is mental health? Mental health is the overall wellness of how you think, behave and manage your feelings A mental health condition may be present when patterns or changes in thinking, feeling, or behaving cause distress or disrupt a person's ability to do daily activities
- Creatinine test - Mayo Clinic
Creatinine is a chemical compound left over from energy-making processes in muscles Healthy kidneys filter creatinine out of the blood Creatinine exits the body as a waste product in urine
- Blood pressure chart: What your reading means - Mayo Clinic
Here's a look at the four blood pressure categories and what they mean for you If your top and bottom numbers fall into two different categories, your correct blood pressure category is the higher category For example, if your blood pressure reading is 125 85 mm Hg, you have stage 1 hypertension
- Hyponatremia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Hyponatremia is the term used when your blood sodium is too low Learn about symptoms, causes and treatment of this potentially dangerous condition
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