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Palliative care focuses on improving a patient's quality of life by improving their illness symptoms, such as pain, shortness of breath, and difficulty sleeping. It's used with a variety of ailments, such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kidney failure, or congestive heart failure.

2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), also known as COVID-19, is a virus that causes a respiratory illness. Coronaviruses are a very common cause of bronchitis. They may sometimes cause lung infection (pneumonia).

More than ever, men are actively involved throughout the pregnancy experience. The term expectant father really fits, as men support, worry, and plan right along with their pregnant partners. Some of the more common experiences for expectant dads are included here.

For many people, pregnancy brings glowing skin, rosy cheeks, and shiny hair. But others can experience skin changes that aren't so attractive, including acne, dark spots, and stretch marks. Read on to learn more.

Pityriasis rosea is a mild, common rash. Read on to learn more about diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment.

A child with an arrhythmia may need a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). These devices require a simple surgery to implant. They can increase a slow heartbeat or correct a possibly life-threatening fast or chaotic beat.

Detailed information on what to expect when your child has a physical exam to help find possible heart conditions, or to find out how well your child is coping with existing heart problems.

Detailed information on craniofacial anomalies, including cleft lip, cleft palate, craniosynostosis, hemifacial microsomia, vascular malformation, hemangioma, and deformational plagiocephaly.

A national program exists to screen all newborns for certain disorders in the first few days of life.