Infant health
Learning Center
COPD
This chronic inflammatory lung disease causes obstructed airflow from the lungs, resulting in breathing difficulty, cough, mucus production and wheezing.
Bedsores (pressure ulcers)
These areas of damaged skin and tissue are caused by sustained pressure — often from a bed or wheelchair — that reduces blood flow to vulnerable areas of the body.
Kyphosis
This excessive forward rounding of the back is often caused by osteoporosis in older women. Spinal malformations can cause kyphosis in infants or teens.
Dry mouth
With this condition, also known as xerostomia, the salivary glands in the mouth don't make enough saliva to keep the mouth wet.
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.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Learn more about this stage between the typical cognitive decline of aging and the more serious decline of dementia.
Undescended testicle
Learn about causes, complications and treatment of this condition in which one or both testicles aren't in the usual place within the scrotum.
Prostate cancer
Learn about detection, diagnostic approaches, treatment options and advances for prostate cancer, including robotic prostatectomy and current research.
Varicose veins
This common condition causes lines or cords to develop under the skin. Learn self-care steps to take and what treatments there are.
Craniopharyngioma
Learn more about this noncancerous tumor that forms near the brain's pituitary gland, including diagnosis and treatment options.
Refine Your Search
Type
- All
- Disease
Gender
Age
- All
- 45 to 64 middle
- 19 to 44 younger
- 65 to 80 older
- 80 and over
- 13 to 18 years teen
- 06 to 12 years elementary/preteen
- 03 to 5 years preschool
- 02 months to 2 years infant/toddler
- 00 birth to 01 month newborn
- 29 to 40 middle
Focus
- All
- Causal Risk Factor
- Complication
- Symptom (reportable)