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This condition happens when the pelvic floor muscles weaken and the bladder pushes into the front part of the vagina. Learn how it's treated..

This slow-growing, fatty lump most often is just below the skin. It isn't cancer and is typically harmless.

Blood sugar levels start to rise even before you get type 2 diabetes. Find out what steps you can take to prevent diabetes from developing.

Joint damage due to osteoarthritis is the most common cause of these bony growths.

This common knee injury affects the tendon that stretches from the kneecap to the shinbone.

Learn about this rare type of aggressive thyroid cancer. Treatment typically involves surgical removal of the thyroid gland.

This lasting opening between the heart's two major blood vessels is a type of congenital heart defect. Know the symptoms, causes and treatment.

Unpleasant symptoms can happen after drinking too much alcohol. But serious symptoms may mean alcohol poisoning, a life-threatening emergency.

This allergy is a reaction to proteins in natural rubber latex — found in medical gloves, balloons and more. Find out how to avoid many common triggers.

Understand the importance of an accurate diagnosis for this type of allergy and the best practices for antibiotic treatment.

Find out how this condition involving the enlargement of veins in the scrotum can affect sperm quality and production.

Ectopic pregnancy occurs outside the uterus, threatening the mother's life. It can't continue normally. But swift treatment can prevent deadly blood loss.

This heart problem that is present at birth causes a hole between the heart's upper chambers. It can be treated.

Calories count — Try these calorie-cutting basics to get a handle on your weight.

This mental disorder includes an unreasonably high sense of importance, a need for excessive admiration, fragile self-esteem, and troubled relationships.

This childhood mental health condition includes frequent and persistent anger, irritability, arguing, defiance or vindictiveness toward authority.

If you have asthma, find out how to keep your sneeze from turning into a wheeze due to colds or flu.

When the valve between the heart and lungs is narrowed, blood flow slows. Know the symptoms of this type of valve disease and how it's treated.

Using medicines that ease headache pain too often can start causing headaches. Learn about prevention and treatment.

Learn the possible benefits, risks and side effects of prescription sleeping pills. For long-term insomnia, behavior changes generally work best.