Skull base tumors are abnormal growths at the base of the skull that can be benign or cancerous and cause symptoms such as headaches, dizziness and nosebleeds. Treatment may include surgery, radiation or careful monitoring.
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Frontal lobe seizures
In this common form of epilepsy, the seizures stem from the front of the brain. They can produce symptoms that appear to be from a mental illness.
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Post-polio syndrome
This syndrome causes a number of potentially serious symptoms that appear decades after the polio virus.
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Exercise headaches
Learn about the causes and treatments of this puzzling disorder.
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Patellofemoral pain syndrome
This pain at the front of the knee is more common in people who run and who play sports that involve running and jumping.
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Bone spurs
Joint damage due to osteoarthritis is the most common cause of these bony growths.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
This progressive nervous system disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, destroys nerve cells.
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Pediatric brain tumors
Pediatric brain tumors include medulloblastoma, glioma, embryonal tumor, germ cell brain tumor, spinal cord tumor, craniopharyngioma and pineoblastoma.
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Neuromyelitis optica
Understand more about this condition that affects the spinal cord and eye nerves and is sometimes mistaken for multiple sclerosis.
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Radiation sickness
Read about what happens when someone is exposed to high doses of radiation, and what you can do to prevent such exposure in an emergency.
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Pulmonary hypertension
This lung condition makes the heart work harder and become weak. Changes in genes and some medicines and diseases can cause it. Learn more.
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Metatarsalgia
With this condition, the ball of the foot becomes painful and irritated. Learn about the causes, treatments and prevention of this injury.