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Learn about diagnosis and treatments for this rare cancer that often affects the eyelid. Treatments include Mohs surgery and radiation.

Gastric bypass is a type of weight-loss surgery that reduces your stomach to the size of an egg. Learn about its risks and benefits.

Learn about a weight-loss surgery technique that involves removing part of the stomach to make it smaller.

Learn about a two-part weight-loss procedure that involves making the stomach smaller and reconnecting parts of the small intestine.

Learn about this rare cancer that begins in the blood vessels and lymph vessels. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of this kidney cancer have greatly improved the outlook for children with the condition.

A type of stress-related mental condition brought on by a life change.

A chronic disease including uncontrolled drinking and preoccupation with alcohol.

One or more missing or extra chromosomes.

A mental illness involving obsessive focus on a perceived flaw in appearance.

An inflammatory bronchial reaction in young children and infants.

A group of thinking and social symptoms that interferes with daily functioning.

A broad term for any brain disease that alters brain function or structure.

Ongoing or recurrent burning in the mouth with no obvious cause.

To intentionally pretend to have a disease in order to achieve another goal.

Too many of a type of disease-fighting and wound-healing cells (mast cells).

A nail fungus causing thickened, brittle, crumbly, or ragged nails.

A condition that occurs when pressure inside the skull increases for no obvious reason.

A mental disorder causing dysfunction in thinking, perceiving, and relating to others.