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December can be stressful. But you and your family can adopt some new traditions that may help ease the season's stress and make your holidays healthy and happy.

Medicines can be an important part of treatment for serious infections. They can help relieve pain and lift depression.

For a parent who needs to take an infant's or child's temperature, there are now five digital thermometer choices.

Most of us lie to some degree, especially when faced with an alternative like hurting someone's feelings. Some of us, however, lie so often that we stop realizing it.

Achalasia is a rare disease that makes it hard to swallow food and liquids. In achalasia, there is a problem with the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach (esophagus).

Hypothyroidism is when the thyroid gland doesn't make enough thyroid hormone. The condition is more common in adults. But it’s the most common thyroid disorder in children. Not enough thyroid hormone leads to signs, such as slow growth, lack of activity, and poor performance in school.

Detailed information about double outlet right ventricle (DORV), a heart malformation that is present from birth.

Internal abdominal injuries from blunt trauma are serious injuries that occur when the body hits or collides with a large object. These types of injuries are most common in contact sports like football, ice hockey, soccer, and lacrosse.

Most people get an occasional bout of heartburn—that burning feeling in the chest about a half-hour after eating. But if you get it often, you may have GERD.