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  1. Kidney Failure (National Library of Medicine)  
    Healthy kidneys clean your blood by removing excess fluid, minerals, and wastes. They also make hormones that keep your bones strong and your blood healthy. ...
  2. Childbirth (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... completed weeks of pregnancy. Labor happens in three stages. The first stage begins with contractions. It continues until your cervix ... stretched) to about 4 inches wide. The second stage is the active stage, in which you begin ...
  3. Gallbladder Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... hard to diagnose gallbladder cancer in its early stages. Sometimes doctors find it when they remove the ...
  4. Palliative Care (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... But you may receive palliative care at any stage of an illness. The goal is to make ...
  5. Cleft Lip and Palate (National Library of Medicine)  
    Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby's lip or mouth do not form properly. They happen early during pregnancy. A baby can have ...
  6. Lymphoma (National Library of Medicine)  
    Lymphoma is a cancer of a part of the immune system called the lymph system. There are many types of lymphoma. One type is Hodgkin disease. The rest are called ...
  7. Healthy Sleep (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... rested. During sleep, your brain cycles through five stages: stage 1, 2, 3, 4, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Different things happen during each stage. For example, you have a different pattern of ...
  8. HIV (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is the final stage of infection with HIV. It happens when the ... and go within two to four weeks. This stage is called acute HIV infection. If the infection ...
  9. Ovarian Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is ovarian cancer? Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells in the body grow out of control and form a tumor. Ovarian cancer is a cancerous tumor ...
  10. Carcinoid Tumors (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... and don't produce symptoms in the early stages. As a result, the average age of people ... or lung carcinoids is about 60. In later stages the tumors sometimes produce hormones that can cause ...
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