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Foods and medicines can change the color of urine. But a color change also could be a sign of disease.

Learn about a rare inherited disease that often shows up in infancy and causes fragile, blistering skin on the palms and feet. Severe disease may be fatal.

In this heart muscle disease, the heart's main pumping chamber stretches and can't pump blood well. Learn about the causes and treatment.

Stuttering, sometimes called stammering, is a speech condition that involves problems with rhythm and flow when speaking.

Know the signs and what to do for this dangerous increase in body temperature.

Lots of things can cause bloody urine. Some are serious problems, and others are harmless. Find out why it's always important to get a checkup.

Find out how your risk factors affect the types of tests you'll likely need for sexually transmitted infections.

Make a plan to help a loved one break free from an addiction to alcohol, drugs, food or gambling before it destroys them.

Standard treatments may not help much at all, or your symptoms may improve, only to keep coming back. Explore options for treatment-resistant depression.

Very short stature of 4 feet 10 inches or less that results from a genetic or medical condition is considered dwarfism. Learn about causes and treatment.

Treatment of this injury depends on the site and severity of the break. Simple breaks might be treated with a sling and ice. Complicated fractures may require surgery.

Turner syndrome affects only females as the result of a missing or partially missing X chromosome, causing a variety of medical and developmental problems.

Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of this itchy rash that most often begins before age 5, is persistent, and has periods of clearing and relapse.

A sprained ankle usually can be treated with at-home care and exercises to get you back on your feet.

When your memory suddenly disappears, it can be frightening — but transient global amnesia is typically temporary and harmless.

People who get up and walk around while sleeping may not need treatment. But if it happens often, it could be a sleep disorder that needs treatment.

Nightmare disorder involves disturbing or scary dreams that awaken you, causing distress or preventing adequate sleep.

These are times of screaming or crying, intense fear, and sometimes waving arms and legs during sleep. The person often sits up in bed, looking scared.