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Rubella is a viral illness that causes a mild fever and a skin rash. It is also called German measles, but is not caused by the same virus that causes measles (rubeola).

Syncope is a brief loss of consciousness and muscle tone caused when not enough blood gets to the brain. Syncope is commonly called fainting. In most children, it’s usually harmless. But in a few children, syncope is serious. This is usually because of a heart problem, or less often a neurological problem.

IgA nephropathy is a chronic kidney disease. It progresses over 10 to 20 years, and can lead to end-stage renal disease. Read on to learn about causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

The only safe sex is no sex, most doctors say. But certain precautions and safe behaviors can reduce a person's risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease.

Urinary incontinence is the loss of urine control. It may be a short-term problem caused by another health issue or a long-term problem that you’ll have to manage. Learn more about this condition, including what causes it, who is at risk, what the symptoms are, and how it's diagnosed and treated.

The skin is the body's largest organ. It serves as a protective shield against heat, light, injury, and infection.

Most pituitary tumors are not cancer (benign). But they can cause the pituitary to make too few or too many hormones, causing problems in the body. Here's what you should know.

Obesity is when a teen has too much body fat. Obesity is a serious, long-term disease.

Girls experience puberty as a sequence of events, and their pubertal changes usually begin before boys of the same age. The first pubertal change in girls usually is breast development.