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Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)
A lazy eye is when the vision of one of your eyes doesn’t develop the way it should. In older kids, the doctor will cover one eye and use pictures ...
Read moreHelp When Epilepsy Treatment Doesn't Work
If your doctor says you have refractory epilepsy, it means that medicine isn't bringing your seizures under control. It's natural to feel anxious w...
Read moreLennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Others may continue to have seizures often, as well as problems with thinking, development, and behavior, and will need help with daily living acti...
Read moreUnderstanding Absence Seizure -- The Basics
Affecting about two of every 1,000 people, absence seizures (formerly called ''petit mal'' seizures) are caused by abnormal and intense electrical ...
Read moreFirst Aid for Epilepsy Seizures
There isn't much you can do to stop a seizure once it starts. Contrary to popular myth, you can't swallow your tongue during a seizure. Remember, t...
Read moreWhat is Antiphospholipid Syndrome?
Blood clots are the most common symptom of APS. APS affects five times as many women as men. Women with APS can have a hard time getting pregnant, ...
Read moreThrombophlebitis
Thrombophlebitis is when a blood clot forms in one of your veins and slows the blood flow in the vein. It's a blood clot in a vein deep in your bod...
Read moreBlood Thinner Basics
These keep your blood from clotting, or turning into solid clumps of cells that stick together. But they do keep blood from forming new clots. They...
Read moreWhat is Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome?
Treatment of ZES depends on whether the gastrinoma is sporadic or part of the inherited MEN I syndrome. People who have ZES develop tumors known as...
Read moreWhy Do I Hiccup?
If you’ve been hiccupping for more than 2 days, or if they are severe enough to interfere with eating, breathing, sleeping or are causing you distr...
Read moreWhat is Whipples Disease?
Researchers have found that many people with the disease work with or near soil, like on farms or in construction, or have a problem with their imm...
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