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Dental braces
Wire-based appliances or clear aligners that orthodontists use to correct crowded and crooked teeth or a misaligned jaw (an overbite or an underbite).
Stress fractures
Stress fractures are tiny cracks in bones often caused by overuse or osteoporosis. Learn how to prevent and treat them.
Need a reason to exercise? Here are 7!
Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Exercise is the answer. Here are seven ways exercise improves your life: 1. Exercise improves your mood. 2. Exercise combats chronic diseases. 3. Exercise helps you manage your weight. 4. Exercise boosts your energy level. 5. Exercise helps keep your brain sharp. 6. Exercise can help you live longer. 7. Exercise can be fun. Find an activity you enjoy, and go for it.
Concussion
This brain injury can cause headaches, dizziness, trouble concentrating and other symptoms that often improve within days to weeks.
Brain AVM (arteriovenous malformation)
Tangled blood vessels in the brain affect typical blood flow in this rare condition. Learn more.
Narcolepsy
Learn more about this sleep disorder that causes periods of involuntary sleep, sleep paralysis and early rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder)
In this mental health condition, people can't resist urges to pull out hair from their body. They do this often. Therapy may help reduce or stop urges.
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a relatively uncommon disease of the pancreas that may be mistaken for pancreatic cancer.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Why concussion screening is important
Concussion screening can help determine when athletes can return to play.
Acne
Learn more about this common skin condition, including causes, treatments and simple skin care steps you can do at home to help control it.
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