More children are being diagnosed with this blood sugar condition. Learn how to help manage or prevent this chronic disease in your child.
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Ulcerative colitis
This type of inflammatory bowel disease causes swelling and sores in the digestive tract. Learn more about symptoms, treatment and managing flares.
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Ureteral cancer
Find out how doctors use minimally invasive surgery to treat this rare cancer that forms in the tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder.
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Urine color
Foods and medicines can change the color of urine. But a color change also could be a sign of disease.
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Vaginal cancer
Learn about the symptoms of this rare type of cancer. Treatments for cancer of the vagina include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
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Vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia
Learn more about this stroke-related type of dementia that causes memory loss and can affect reasoning. Prevention is possible, and good heart health is key.
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Vocal cord paralysis
Find out more about this condition that happens when nerve signals that control the voice box are interrupted.
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Vulvar cancer
Learn about this rare cancer that forms on the skin that surrounds the urethra and vagina. Treatments include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
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Whooping cough
Learn more about the symptoms, causes, treatment of this highly contagious lung infection that can be prevented with a vaccine.