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Food allergy
For people with food allergies, symptoms can range from annoying to life-threatening. Learn about diagnosis and treatment of this common immune reaction.
Mitral valve disease
Learn more about diseases that affect the valve between the left heart chambers, including mitral valve regurgitation and mitral valve stenosis.
Pectus excavatum
Pectus excavatum causes the breastbone to sink into the chest. This can affect heart and lung function. Surgery helps correct the deformity.
Down syndrome
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in extra genetic material from chromosome 21.
Food poisoning
Learn more about foodborne illnesses that can cause upset stomach, vomiting and diarrhea within hours of eating contaminated food.
Fetal alcohol syndrome
This condition results from alcohol exposure before birth. The exposure causes lifelong problems with behavior, learning, thinking and physical development.
Autism spectrum disorder
Autism spectrum disorder is a serious condition related to brain development that impairs the ability to communicate and interact with others.
Choroid plexus carcinoma
This rare type of cancerous brain tumor occurs mainly in children under 2. Treatment usually involves surgery and radiation therapy.
Dural arteriovenous fistulas
Learn about these rare, irregular connections that can occur between arteries and veins in the protective covering of the brain and spinal cord.
Aortic valve stenosis
Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of this condition that reduces or blocks blood flow from the heart to the body.
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