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Help your child through winter ear infections
The start of winter often means the worst part of cold and flu season, and with that, the dreaded ear...
Ear Infections![The polio-like disease can cause symptoms such as sudden arm or leg weakness.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/acuteflaccidmyelitis-w19.jpg)
New MedlinePlus topic: Acute flaccid myelitis
Acute flaccid myelitis has made headlines recently, but what exactly is this strange disease that affects children? Using MedlinePlus'...
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NIH collaborates on national limb loss registry
Limb loss is an important medical issue, especially for U.S. military service members. Now the first national database on...
Limb Loss![NIH-supported researchers are testing a wearable blood pressure monitor. They hope to develop a wireless version, like the one seen here, soon.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/wearablebpmonitor-w19.jpg)
A wearable blood pressure monitor may be in our future
More and more consumers are using health monitors they can wear. These wearables make it easier for patients to track...
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Restoring beneficial gut bacteria in cancer patients
Could our own bacteria be helpful in cancer treatment? Maybe, say researchers sponsored in part by the National Institute of...
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High blood sugar during pregnancy increases chances of mother’s type 2 diabetes, child’s obesity
A mother's health during pregnancy can have a lasting impact on both her health and that of her child. ...
Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes![Joy Blanc, right, with her family.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/blanc-w19.jpg)
A family battle with scleroderma
Joy Blanc, 34, lives in the Bay Area of California with her husband and daughter. She was diagnosed with scleroderma and...
Scleroderma![Dee Burlile, pictured center with her family, credits her three children with saving her life.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/burlilefamily-w19.jpg)
Struggling for answers: A patient’s scleroderma journey
It took Dee Burlile four frustrating, painful years to find out that all the symptoms she had been suffering from...
Scleroderma![Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Ph.D. (left) and John Varga, M.D. (right) work with NIH on scleroderma research.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/feghali-bostwick-varga-w19.jpg)
What’s new on the horizon for scleroderma?
There may not be a cure yet, but many scleroderma experts are optimistic about ongoing research into new treatments. We...
Scleroderma![Scleroderma can lead to painful bumps under the skin, red spots, patches of hard skin, and even digestive problems.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/sclerodermaoverview-w19.jpg)
Scleroderma: An overview for you
The name scleroderma means "hard skin"—a simple description of a complex disease that causes thick, hard scar tissue to form...
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5 things to know if you have scleroderma
Maureen Mayes, M.D., is the founder and director of the Scleroderma Clinical and Research Program at the University of...
Scleroderma![NIH Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is working across NIH to address the opioid crisis.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/franciscollins-w19.jpg)
Fighting the opioid crisis: NIH HEAL initiative takes on addiction and pain management
More than 115 Americans die from opioid overdose every day. That's four times higher than the number of opioid overdose...
Opioids![James M. maintains a drug-free lifestyle with support from UTEC, Inc.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/jamesmatutec-w19.jpg)
Renewal and recovery after opioid dependence
For the past six years, James M. was in and out of jail, courtrooms, detox, and halfway houses. "I started...
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Did you know? Nobel Prize winners at NIH
Out of just 12 Nobel Prize winners in 2018, three were NIH-supported researchers. And they're not the first. NIH grantees have...
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Supporting rare disease research at NIH
Tiina K. Urv, Ph.D., leads the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network, part of NIH’s Office of Rare Diseases Research....
Rare Diseases![Andrea L. Gropman, M.D. researches urea cycle disorders with funding from NIH. She works at Children’s National Health System in the Washington, D.C. area.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/andreagropman-w19.jpg)
What is it like to research a rare disease?
Andrea L. Gropman, M.D., studies rare diseases with support from NIH and the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. She...
Rare Diseases![Zoey Zalusky, right, was 19 years old when she passed away suddenly from a rare disease.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/zoeysstory2-w19.jpg)
Zoey’s story: One family’s experience with a rare disease
In 2015, college student Zoey Zalusky was 19 years old with an exciting future ahead of her. She had a supportive, loving family,...
Rare Diseases![Judy Perkins receiving an infusion of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes as part of her cancer treatment.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/judyperkins-w19.jpg)
Clinical trial gives breast cancer patient a second chance
When Judy Perkins got the diagnosis of stage IV metastatic breast cancer, or breast cancer that has spread, she felt defeated. ...
Cancer Immunotherapy![Steven Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., in his lab at the National Cancer Institute.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/stevenrosenberg-w19.jpg)
Using your own immune system to fight cancer
For more than 30 years, Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., has pioneered the development of immunotherapies and gene therapies...
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Healing and haiku: One parent’s experience with addiction and loss
Haiku is a form of poetry that can express complex emotions and ideas in a short and simple form. In...
Opioids![Barbara Gillmeister and her son Gilly.](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/gillimeisters-w19.jpg)
A safe home for young men struggling with addiction
Barbara Gillmeister knows what it's like to worry about a child with an opioid addiction. "When you have someone...
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The opioid crisis: An overview
Who is affected? Roughly 2 million people live with an opioid addiction in the U.S. "It's important to note...
Opioids![Diana Bianchi, M.D., is working with a team to address issues associated with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome](/images/uploads/main_images/_main_article_list/dianabianchi-w19.jpg)
Acting now to help newborns with opioid withdrawal
At the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Director Diana Bianchi, M.D., is...
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