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Carbon monoxide poisoning
This gas has no color, odor or taste. It can be deadly. Learn how to prevent it.
Mosquito bites
Learn about the many ways to prevent mosquito bites and how to ease the itch if you are bitten.
Kawasaki disease
Learn more about this condition that primarily affects young children and causes inflammation in the walls of the arteries throughout the body.
Peripheral nerve tumors
Learn about these growths that form in or near nerves connecting to the spinal cord. Surgery is the most common treatment.
Niemann-Pick disease
A condition passed down in families that affects how the body breaks down and uses fats. Fat buildup in cells damages the nerves, brain and other organs.
Epilepsy
Learn about this condition that causes seizures. Find out which symptoms are associated with different types of seizures and how they're treated.
Influenza (flu)
Learn more about the symptoms, causes and prevention of this potentially fatal viral infection that attacks the respiratory system.
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Damage to the small blood vessels in the kidneys can cause clots that clog the organ's filtering system. This can lead to life-threatening kidney failure.
Conjoined twins
If an early embryo only partially separates and two babies develop, they remain physically connected — most often at the chest, abdomen or pelvis.
Cerebral palsy
Learn about this group of conditions that affect movement. It's caused by damage to the developing brain, usually before birth.
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