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Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a disorder that slowly weakens muscles. MD can make movements such as walking and standing up hard to do. It may even cause deformities in the joints.

Hydronephrosis is when your kidneys fill with too much urine and swell up. It's cause by a problem in the urinary tract that stops urine from draining normally.

You can help prevent illness and injury by reading the container label for each hazardous substance you use.

Sometimes an injury damages the part of the brain that controls balance, sight, or hearing. Or memory loss may keep a person from remembering certain sights, sounds, smells, or tastes. Some people have trouble handling abstract ideas, such as time. Or they may simply forget what they are doing from 1 moment to the next. Here are things that can help.

A traumatic brain injury can affect other parts of the body too. As a result, people who have a brain injury may have little or no control over their bodies. Read on to learn more.

A brain perfusion scan is a type of brain test that shows the amount of blood in certain areas of your brain. This can help show how your brain is functioning.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a type of therapy that uses electrical stimulation to treat neurological conditions, such as Parkinson disease (PD), tremors, and dystonia. It can ease symptoms and decrease the amount of medicines you need, and improve your quality of life.

A bone biopsy is a procedure done to remove tissue or cells from the body to be looked at under a microscope.

Puberty that happens late is called delayed puberty. This means a child's physical signs of sexual maturity don’t appear by age 12 in girls or age 14 in boys. This includes breast or testicle growth, pubic hair, and voice changes. These are known as secondary sexual characteristics.