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Learn how the immune system mistakenly attacks brain cells to cause swelling in the brain related to this group of conditions.
Asthma is a long-term condition that makes breathing difficult because airways in the lungs become narrow. Symptoms of asthma attack include coughing, wheezing, ...
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. This is sometimes called the "bad" cholesterol. Too much LDL cholesterol in the blood causes plaque to build up in ...
It measures the amount of a protein in red blood cells called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen to the body's organs and tissues when you breathe in. Then ...
This rare, inherited disease causes a buildup of fatty acids that damages the brain and typically results in muscle control loss, blindness and paralysis.
Scarring in the bile ducts blocks the flow of bile from the liver and damages liver tissue. A liver transplant is the only known cure.
An aortic aneurysm is a bulge that occurs in the wall of the body's main artery, called the aorta. The aorta carries blood from the heart to the body.
If you have an enlarged spleen, a less forceful trauma might cause rupture. Without emergency treatment, the internal bleeding caused by a ruptured spleen can ...
Learn what can cause this bone-softening disease in children and how supplements may prevent or treat the condition.
A small gland in the brain called the pituitary gland drives these changes by making too much growth hormone (GH). High GH levels increase another hormone ...
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