Fitness basics
Learning Center
Lack of sleep: Can it make you sick?
Lack of sleep can affect your immune system. Here's what you need to know.
Laryngospasm: What causes it?
Laryngospasm is a brief spasm of the vocal cords, which temporarily interrupts breathing.
Mayo Clinic Minute: How to hit your target heart rate
Learn how to exercise at your target heart rate.
Microcephaly
Learn more about microcephaly, when an infant's head is smaller than expected. The condition affects child development.
Mononucleosis: Can it recur?
Mono can return in some rare cases. Learn why that happens.
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is cancer that occurs in the nasopharynx, which is located behind your nose and above the back of your throat.
Obstructive sleep apnea
Learn the signs that point to this common and potentially serious sleep disorder. And find out the treatments that can help you sleep better.
Ovarian cysts and infertility: A connection?
Certain types of ovarian cysts can contribute to fertility problems.
Paraneoplastic syndromes of the nervous system
This group of conditions affects people who have cancer and occurs when parts of the immune system attack parts of the nervous system.
Peritonitis
Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of peritonitis.
Refine Your Search
Type
Gender
Age
- All
- 19 to 44 younger
- 45 to 64 middle
- 65 to 80 older
- 06 to 12 years elementary/preteen
- 03 to 5 years preschool
- 13 to 18 years teen
- 02 months to 2 years infant/toddler
- 80 and over
- 00 birth to 01 month newborn
- 15 months
- 12 months
- 16 months to 2 years toddler
- 9 months
- 6 months
- 4 months
Focus
- All
- Complication
- Home Treatment
- Prevention
- Definition