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Your Achilles tendon is a large band of tissue in the back of your ankle. It connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. You use it almost every time you move your leg. But repeated stress can make the tendon more prone to injury. A complete tear through the tendon is known as an Achilles tendon rupture.

A Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM) is a birth defect of the brain. It means that the cerebellum doesn’t form the right way as a fetus develops.

An abscess is a pocket of infection that has liquid called pus. An infection like this in the kidney is called a renal abscess.

Subcutaneous mastectomy and chest contouring is done to give a person a more male-looking chest.

Facial feminization surgery includes plastic and craniofacial surgeries that soften facial features. Learn more here about how and why it's done plus questions you may have for your provider.

Benzodiazepines are medicines used to treat some health conditions, such as anxiety and trouble sleeping. Learn how to use these medicines safely.

Male-to-female breast augmentation is done to give a person a more female-looking chest. A plastic surgeon increases breast size, often with implants.

You may not agree with the gender you were given at birth. You may instead feel like you are a different gender. If this mismatch between your own gender identity and that assigned at birth seriously upsets you, you may have gender dysphoria.

ECMO provides life support care. The ECMO machine takes over the work of the heart, lungs, or both.