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Reactive attachment disorder

Reactive attachment disorder is when an infant or young child doesn't establish healthy attachments with parents or caregivers due to neglect.
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Delayed sleep phase

Learn more about this sleep condition that causes a delay in usual sleep patterns.
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Sleep terrors (night terrors)

These are times of screaming or crying, intense fear, and sometimes waving arms and legs during sleep. The person often sits up in bed, looking scared.
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Jet lag disorder

Jetting across time zones can take a toll on your body's internal clock. Find out how to cope with fatigue and other symptoms while traveling.
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Narcolepsy

Learn more about this sleep condition that causes periods of involuntary sleep, sleep paralysis and early rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
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Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

This condition can cause your child's breathing to become partly or completely blocked many times during sleep. Get to know the symptoms and treatments.
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Gender dysphoria

Learn about treatments that can help ease the distress that can happen when there's a difference between gender identity and sex assigned at birth.
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Rectal cancer

Learn about the symptoms, causes and prevention of this cancer that starts in the rectum. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
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Broken arm

Treatment of this injury depends on the site and severity of the break. Simple breaks might be treated with a sling and ice. Complicated fractures may require surgery.
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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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Acute myelogenous leukemia

Learn about this cancer that forms in the blood and bone marrow. Treatments include medicines and bone marrow transplant, also called stem cell transplant.
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Back pain

Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical help. Home treatment and proper body mechanics often can treat back pain within a few weeks.

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