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Featured Article: Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a severe developmental disorder caused by exposure to alcohol before birth. See more »

Canker sore

Canker sore is a small, painful sore on the tongue or inside the mouth.

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Celiac disease

Celiac disease is a disorder characterized by an intolerance to certain proteins, commonly referred to as gluten, found in grains such as wheat, barley, and rye.

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Dyslexia

Dyslexia, dihs LEHK see uh, is the most common type of learning disability.

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Falling sickness

Falling sickness is another name for epilepsy.

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Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a severe developmental disorder caused by exposure to alcohol before birth.

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Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia, fy broh my AL jee uh, is a condition in which people experience long-lasting, severe pain in muscles and other soft tissues throughout their bodies.

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Fistula

Fistula, FIHS chu luh, is a deep, sometimes twisting, passage that develops abnormally in the body.

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Fragile X syndrome

Fragile X syndrome, often called FXS, is the most common inherited form of mental retardation.

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Gulf War syndrome

Gulf War syndrome is a puzzling pattern of symptoms reported by some veterans of the Persian Gulf War of 1991.

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Incontinence

Incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine or feces (solid waste matter) from the body.

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Infertility

Infertility, ihn fur TIHL uh tee, in human beings, is the inability of a man and a woman to produce children together.

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Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease is the general term for two disorders that cause irritation, swelling, bleeding, and open sores in the digestive system.

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Macular degeneration

Macular degeneration, MAK yuh luhr dih jehn uh RAY shuhn, often called MD, is a serious disorder of the eye that can result in vision loss.

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Metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is a term to describe a set of symptoms that often occur together and are related to the development of heart disease.

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Minimata disease

Minimata disease is the name of a type of mercury poisoning.

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Scleroderma

Scleroderma, sklihr uh DUR muh, is a rare disease that causes stiffening and thickening of body tissues, particularly the skin.

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Shaken baby syndrome

Shaken baby syndrome is a pattern of severe injuries that can occur when an adult or older child violently shakes an infant.

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Sunstroke

Sunstroke is the common name for conditions that result from overheating the body.

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Thrush

Thrush is an infection with a yeastlike fungus known as Candida albicans.

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Toxic shock syndrome

Toxic shock syndrome, SIHN drohm, or TSS, is a rare disease that most frequently occurs in young women who are having a menstrual period.

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