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Tapeworm infection

Tapeworms in the intestines usually cause mild disease. Immature tapeworms, called larval cysts, can cause serious disease in other parts of the body.
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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.
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