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saccade initiation failure, congenital

Sacral Agenesis, Congenital

Sacral Nerve Root Cysts

Sacral Regression

Sacrococcygeal Chordoma

Sacrococcygeal Teratoma

SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)

Saethre Chotzen Syndrome

Safe Food Handling

Safe Sex

Safety Tips When Taking Anticoagulants

Safety, Children

Sakati Syndrome

Sakati-Nyhan Syndrome

Salaam Spasms

Salivary Gland Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Salivary Gland Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Salivary Gland Disease, CMV Type

Salivary Gland Infection

Salivosudoriparous Syndrome

Salmonellosis

SAM-e

Sandhoff Disease

Santavuori Disease

Santavuori-Haltia Disease

Sao Paulo Typhus

Sarah's Story: Dealing With the Emotions From COPD

Sarcoid of Boeck

Sarcoidosis

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

Saw Palmetto

SBMA

SC Phocomelia Syndrome

SC Syndrome

SCA

Scabies

SCAD Deficiency

SCAD Deficiency, Adult-Onset (Localized)

SCAD Deficiency, Congenital (Generalized)

SCADH Deficiency

Scalded Skin Syndrome

Scalp Defect Congenital

Scalp Problems

Scaphoid Fracture of the Wrist

Scapula Elevata

Scapuloperoneal Muscular Dystrophy

Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, Myopathic Type

Scarlet Fever

Scarring hair loss

Schaumann's Disease

Schereshevkii-Turner Syndrome

Schilder Disease

Schimke Immuno-osseous Dysplasia

Schindler Disease

Schinzel Acrocallosal Syndrome

Schinzel Giedion Syndrome

Schinzel Syndrome

Schinzel-Giedion Midface-Retraction Syndrome

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia, Taking Medicines for

Schlatter Disease

Schmid metaphyseal dysostosis

Schmid-Fraccaro Syndrome

Schmidt Syndrome

Schnitzler Syndrome

Schnitzler’s Syndrome

Schonlein-Henoch Purpura

Schwannoma of the Acoustic Nerve

Schwartz Jampel Syndrome

Schwartz-Jampel-Aberfeld Syndrome

Sciatica

SCID

SCKL

Scleral buckling surgery for retinal detachment

Sclerocystic Ovarian Disease

Scleroderma

Sclerosing Panniculitis

Sclerosis, Diffuse Familial Brain

Sclerosis, Familial Progressive Systemic

Sclerotherapy for varicose veins

SCLS

Scoliosis

Scoliosis, Back Brace for

Scoliosis, Brace for

Scoliosis, Orthotic Brace for

Scoliosis, Spinal Fusion for

Scoliosis: Should I (or my child) have surgery?

Scott Aarskog syndrome

Scott Craniodigital Syndrome

Scott Syndrome

Scrapes

Screening for Disease

Screening Tests, Which do You Need?

Scrotal Tongue

SCS

SD

SDYS

Sea Lice

Seabather's Eruption

Seafood Allergy

Seasickness

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Seasonal affective disorder: Using light therapy

Seasonal Conjunctivitis

Sebaceous Nevus Syndrome

Seborrheic Keratosis

Seborrheic Warts

Seckel Syndrome

Seckel Type Dwarfism

Seckel Type Primordial Dwarfism

Secondary Blepharospasm

Secondary Intrcranial Hypertension

Secondary Non-tropical Sprue

SED Congenital

SED Tarda

SEDC

Segawa Disease

Segawa Syndrome

Segmental Cranial Dystonia

Seitelberger Disease

Seizures

Seizures (Epilepsy)

Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Patient Information [NCI]

Selective dorsal rhizotomy

Self-Care Checklist

Self-Care Tools

Self-esteem, Helping your child build

Semilobar Holoprosencephaly

Seminoma Testicular Cancer, Stage I, Deciding About Treatment

Semont and Epley maneuvers for vertigo

Senile Dermatitis Herpetiformis

Senile Keratosis

Senile Warts

Senior Health

Senior-Loken Syndrome

Sennetsu Fever

Sennetsu Type

Sensory Integration Dysfunction

Separated Shoulder

Sepsis (septic shock)

Sepsis of the Newborn

Septic Arthritis

septooptic dysplasia

Septoplasty

Serous Circumscribed Meningitis

Serpiginous Choroidopathy

Serum Carnosinase Deficiency

Serum Protease Inhibitor Deficiency

Setleis Syndrome

Seven Day Fever, Dengue Type

Seven Day Fever, Leptospirosis

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Nezelof Type

severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI)

Sex Education, Talking With Children/Teenagers

Sexual Abuse or Assault (Rape)

Sexual Abuse, Child

Sexual Infantilism

Sexual Problems in Women

Sexuality and Physical Changes With Aging

Sexuality and Reproductive Issues (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Sexuality and Reproductive Issues (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

SGB Syndrome

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Shaking

Sheehan Syndrome

Shellie's Story: Finding Time for Physical Activity

Sherri's Story: Medicines Do Work

Shift Work Sleep Disorder

Shigellosis

Shimpo syndrome

Shin Splints

Shingles

SHML

Shock

Short Arm 18 Deletion Syndrome

Short Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (SCAD)

Short Stature and Facial Telangiectasis

Short Stature, Facial/Skeletal Anomalies-Retardation-Macrodontia

Short Stature, Telangiectatic Erythema of the Face

Short Stature-Hyperextensibility-Rieger Anomaly-Teething Delay

Short Stature-Onychodysplasia

SHORT Syndrome

Shoulder Problems and Injuries

Shoulder replacement surgery

Shoulder Separation

Shoulder SLAP Tear

Shprintzen Syndrome

Shulman Syndrome

Shwachman Syndrome

Shwachman-Bodian Syndrome

Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome

Shwachman-Diamond-Oski Syndrome

Shy-Magee Syndrome

SI Deficiency

Sialadenitis

Sialidase Deficiency

Sialidosis

Sialolipidosis

Sick Building Syndrome

Sick-Day Guidelines for People With Diabetes

Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Disease, Blood Transfusions for

Sickle Cell Disease, Bone Marrow Transplant for

Side Effects and Interactions of Medicines, Dealing With

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

Siegel-Cattan-Mamou Syndrome

Siemens Syndrome

Siemerling-Creutzfeldt Disease

Silver Syndrome

Silver-Russell Dwarfism

Silver-Russell Syndrome

Simian B Virus Infection

Simmond's Disease

Simpson Dysmorphia Syndrome

Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Syndrome

Singleton Merten Syndrome

Singultus, Intractable

Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma

Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy

Sinusitis

Sinusitis, Endoscopic Surgery for

Sinusitis, Open Surgery for

Sinusitis: Should I have surgery?

Sinusitus Surgery, Deciding About

Sirenomelia Sequence

Sirenomelus

Siti

SJA Syndrome

Sjogren Syndrome

Sjögren's Syndrome

SJS

Skeletal Dysplasia, Weismann Netter Stuhl Type

Skin Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Skin Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Patient Information [NCI]

Skin Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Skin Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Patient Information [NCI]

Skin Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Skin Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Skin Cancer, (Melanoma), Radiation Therapy for

Skin Cancer, Melanoma

Skin Cancer, Melanoma, Lymphadenectomy (Lymph Node Removal) for

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma, Cryosurgery for

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma, Curettage for

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma, Electrosurgery for

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma, Excision for

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma, Mohs Micrographic Surgery for

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma, Radiation Therapy for

Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma, Surgical Removal for

Skin Cancer, Squamous Cell Type

Skin cancer: Protecting your skin

Skin care for atopic dermatitis

Skin care for psoriasis

Skin Changes

Skin Peeling Syndrome

Skin Problems, Age 11 and Younger

Skin Problems, Age 12 and Older

Skin Protection from the Sun

Skull Base Chordoma

Slang; “Short telomere disease

SLAP Lesion (Shoulder)

Sleep and Your Body Clock

Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea (Obstructive), Adenoidectomy for

Sleep Apnea (Obstructive), Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy for

Sleep Apnea (Obstructive), CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) Therapy for

Sleep Apnea (Obstructive), Deciding About a Sleep Study

Sleep Apnea (Obstructive), Tonsillectomy for

Sleep Apnea (Obstructive), Traceostomy for

Sleep Apnea (Obstructive), Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for

Sleep apnea: Should I have a sleep study?

Sleep apnea: Should I have surgery?

Sleep Disorders (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Sleep Disorders (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Sleep Epilepsy

Sleep Problems because of Shift Work

Sleep Problems, Age 12 and Older

Sleep problems: Dealing with jet lag

Sleep study: Should I have a sleep study for sleep apnea?

Sleeping Better

Sleeping Pills, Deciding About Use for Insomnia

Sleeping with Restless Legs Syndrome: Getting more sleep

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

Slipped Disc

Slipped Neck Disc

SLO syndrome

SLOS

Slow Heart Rate (Bradycardia or Bradyarrhythmia)

Slow Heart Rate, Pacemaker for

SLS

Sly Syndrome

SMA

SMA 1

SMA, Infantile Acute Form

SMA3

Small bowel obstruction

Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Small Intestine Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Small Intestine Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Smallpox

Smallpox

Smart Decisions: Know Your Options

SMCR

Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome

Smith Magenis Syndrome

Smith-Magenis chromosome region

Smith-McCort dysplasia

Smith-McCort syndrome

Smoking and Heart Attack Risk Calculator

Smoking and Life Span Calculator

Smoking Cessation

Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Smoking Cessation and Continued Risk in Cancer Patients (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Smoking Cessation Readiness Calculator

Smoking Cessation, Deciding About Medication

Smoking cessation: Coping with cravings and withdrawal

Smoking cessation: Dealing with weight gain

Smoking cessation: Getting support

Smoking cessation: Helping someone quit

Smoking cessation: Preventing slips or relapses

Smoking Cessation: What to do when You Crave Nicotine

Smoking Cost Calculator

SMS

SMS

Snake and Lizard Bites

SNE

Sneddon Syndrome

Sneddon's Syndrome

Snoring

Snoring, Adenoidectomy for

Snoring, Radiofrequency Palatoplasty for

Snoring, Tonsillectomy for

Snoring, Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for

Social Anxiety Disorder

SOD

Solar Keratosis

Soldier's Heart

Somogyi Effect and Dawn Phenonemon

Sore Throat

Soroche

Sotos Syndrome

South African Genetic Porphyria

South American Blastomycosis

sparse hair

Spasmodic Dysphonia

Spasmodic Torticollis

Spasmodic Wryneck

Spastic Colon

Spastic Dysphonia

Spastic Spinal Familial Paralysis

Spastic Spinal Monoplegia Syndrome

Specialists, Medical Care

Speech and Language Development

Spermatocele (Epididymal Cyst)

spherophakia-brachymorphia syndrome

Sphingolipidosis 1

Sphingolipidosis, Krabbe's Type

sphingomyelinase deficiency

Spica cast, Caring for your child in a

Spider Bite, Black Widow

Spider Bite, Brown Recluse

Spider Bites

Spider Veins

Spielmeyer-Sjogren Disease

Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida

Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

Spinal Arachnoiditis

Spinal Ataxia, Hereditofamilial

Spinal Chordoma

Spinal Cord Cyst

Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain

Spinal Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

Spinal DISH

Spinal fusion (arthrodesis)

Spinal fusion for scoliosis

Spinal Fusion, Cervical

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

Spinal muscular atrophy type 3

Spinal Stenosis, Cervical

Spinal Stenosis, Deciding About Surgery

Spinal Stenosis, Decompressive Laminectomy for

Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, Decompressive for

Spinal Stenosis, Lumbar

Spinal stenosis: Should I have surgery?

Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type III (SCA 3)

Spinocerebellar Ataxia with Axonal Neuropathy

Spiritual Healing

Spirituality in Cancer Care (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Spirituality in Cancer Care (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Spirochetal Jaundice

Spirochetosis

Spitting Up

Splenic Ptosis

Splenomegalic Polycythemia

Splenomegaly with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Splenoptosis

Splint Care Tips

Splinter Removal

Split Hand Deformity-Mandibulofacial Dysostosis

Split Hand Malformation

Split Hand/Split Foot Malformation

Split-Hand/Foot Deformity

Split-Hand/Foot Malformation

Spondyloarthropathies

spondylocostal dysostosis

spondylocostal dysplasia

Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Tarda

Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia, Congenital

Spondylolisthesis

spondylothoracic dysostosis

spondylothoracic dysplasia

Sponge Kidney

Spongioblastoma Multiforme

Spongioblastoma Multiforme,Glioblastoma

Spongy Degeneration of the Central Nervous System

Sporadic Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Sporadic Short Stature

Sprained Ankle

Sprained ankle: Rehabilitation exercises

Sprained ankle: Using a compression wrap

Sprengel Deformity

Spring Ophthalmia

Sprue

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

SRS

SRY-Box 9, SOX9 Mutations Syndrome

SSADH Deficiency

SSPE

St. John's Wort

St. Vitus Dance

Stable Angina, Deciding About Angioplasty

Stage I Nonseminoma Testicular Cancer, Deciding About Treatment

Stage I Seminoma Testicular Cancer, Deciding About Treatment

Stale Fish Syndrome

Stan's Story: Getting There Hasn't Been Easy

Staph Food Poisoning

Staphyloccal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Startle Disease

Stasis Leg Ulcer

Statins for High Cholesterol, Deciding About

Stay Active, Having enough Energy to: Quick Tips

Steele-Richardson-Olszewski Syndrome

Steely Hair Disease

Stein-Leventhal Syndrome

Steinert disease

Stem Cell Transplant, Allogeneic

Stem Cell Transplant, Autologous

Stenosing Cholangitis

Stenosis, Mitral Valve

Stenosis, Spinal

Stents for Heart Attack and Unstable Angina

Step counter, Using a

Sterilization, Female

Steroid Abuse, Anabolic

Steroid Sulfatase Deficiency

Steroid Sulfatase Deficiency Disease; SSDD

Stevens Johnson Syndrome

Stickler Syndrome

Stickler Syndrome Type III

Stiff Man Syndrome

Stiff Person Syndrome

Still's Disease

Stillbirth

Stilling-Turk-Duane Syndrome

Stings, Insect

Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Patient Information [NCI]

Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Patient Information [NCI]

Stomach Pain, Age 11 and Younger

Stomach Pain, Age 12 and Older

Stomach Stapling for Obesity

Stomach Ulcer

Stomatodynia

Stomatopyrosis

Stopping a Nosebleed

Stopping Bleeding from a Minor Head Wound

Stopping unwanted thoughts: Positive thinking

Strabismus

Streeter Anomaly

Streeter Bands

Streeter Dysplasia

Strep Throat

Streptococcal Gangrene

Streptococcus Agalactiae

Streptococcus, Group B

Stress Headaches

Stress Incontinence Treatment, Deciding About

Stress incontinence: Should I have surgery?

Stress Level Calculator

Stress Management

Stress Management on the Job

Stress management: Breathing exercises for relaxation

Stress management: Doing guided imagery to relax

Stress management: Doing meditation

Stress management: Doing progressive muscle relaxation

Stress management: Managing your time

Stress management: Practicing yoga to relax

Stress management: Reducing stress by being assertive

Stress management: Relaxing your mind and body

Stress Reduction for Caregivers: Quick Tips

Stress Reduction for the Holidays: Quick Tips

Stress Relief and Relaxation

Stress Resiliancy Calculator

Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women

Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women, Tension-Free Vaginal Tape for

Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women, Urethral Sling for

Striatonigral Degeneration, Autosomal Dominant Type

striopallidodentate calcinosis

Stroke

Stroke Prevention with Anticoagulants, Deciding About

Stroke recovery: Coping with eating problems

Stroke Rehabilitation

Stroke Risk Calculator

Stroke, Carotid Endarterectomy for

Stroke, Deciding About Carotid Endarterectomy for

Stroke: Should I have carotid endarterectomy?

Stroke: Should I move my loved one into long-term care?

Struma lymphomatosa

Strumpell Disease

Strumpell's Familial Paraplegia

Strumpell-Lorrain Familial Spasmodic Paraplegia

Strumpell-Lorraine Syndrome

Sturge Weber Syndrome

Sturge-Kalischer-Weber Syndrome

Sturge-Weber Phakomatosis

Stuttering

Stuve-Wiedemann Syndrome

Styes and Chalazia

Subacromial smoothing and acromioplasty for rotator cuff disorders

Subacute Asthenia

Subacute Necrotizing Encephalopathy

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Subacute Spongiform Encephalopathy

Subcortical Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathy, SAE

Subcortical Dementia

Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Disease

Subendocardial Sclerosis

Substance Abuse Issues In Cancer (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Substance Abuse Issues In Cancer (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Substance Abuse, Teen

Substance abuse: Dealing with teen substance use

Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Succinylcholine Sensitivity

Succinylpurinemic Autism

Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency, Congenital

Sucrose Intolerance, Congenital

Sudanophilic Leukodystrophy

Sudanophilic Leukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Type

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Sudeck's Atrophy

Sugio-Kajii Syndrome

Suicidal Thoughts or Threats

Sulfatide Lipidosis

Sulfatidosis

Summer Encephalitis

Summitt Syndrome

Summitt's Acrocephalosyndactyly

Sunburn

Superior Oblique Tendon Sheath Syndrome

Support Groups and Social Support

Suppurative Arthritis

Supraventricular Tachycardia

Supraventricular Tachycardia, Catheter Ablation for

Surdocardiac Syndrome

Surgery for an Achilles tendon rupture

Surgery for chronic pelvic pain

Surgery for ovarian cysts

Surgery for tennis elbow

Surgery: What to Expect

Surgical excision of melanoma

Surgical nail removal for fungal nail infections

Surgical removal of genital warts by excision

Susac syndrome

Susac's Syndrome

Susan's Story: A Friend Really Helps

Sutton Disease II

Suxamethonium Sensitivity

Swallowed Objects

Sweat Retention Disease

Sweating Gustatory Syndrome

Sweet Syndrome

Swelling

Swimmer's Ear

Swimmer's Ear (Otitis Externa)

Swineherd Disease

Swiss Cheese Cartilage Syndrome

Swollen Glands and Other Lumps Under the Skin

Swollen Lymph Nodes

SWS

Swyer syndrome

symptomatic porphyria

Syncope (Fainting)

Syndactylic Oxycephaly

Syndactyly Type I with Microcephaly and Mental Retardation

Syndromatic Hepatic Ductular Hypoplasia

Synergistic Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Perineum and Genitalia

Synovectomy for rheumatoid arthritis

Syphilis

Syphilis, Acquired

Syphilis, Congenital

Syringobulbia

Syringohydromyelia

Syringomyelia

Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome

systemic elastorrhexis (obsolete)

Systemic Mast Cell Disease

Systemic Mastocytosis

Systemic Sclerosis

Systopic Spleen