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  • Car Seat Safety and Distracted Driving
    Detailed information on car safety.
  • Chronic Venous Insufficiency
    Detailed information on chronic venous insufficiency, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • Medical Management of Vascular Conditions
    Detailed information on the medical management of vascular conditions. Includes a description of the vascular system, risk factors for vascular conditions, causes of vascular conditions, and medical management of risk factors.
  • Refractive Errors
    Read on to learn about common refractive errors, including astigmatism, nearsightedness, and farsightedness.
  • Vaginal Cancer: Diagnosis
    Cancer of the vagina is rare. Certain factors thought to raise the risk for this type of cancer include advancing age, history of cervical cancer, and infection with the human papillomavirus.
  • Vaginitis
    Vaginitis is any inflammation or infection of the vagina. It's common in women of all ages. Learn more about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.
  • Varicose Veins
    Detailed information on varicose veins, including causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and full-color anatomical illustrations
  • Vascular Conditions and Diseases
    Detailed information on vascular conditions and diseases
  • Venomous Snakebites
    Treat all snakebites as though they were venomous. Get to a hospital emergency room as soon as you can.
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
    Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are illnesses caused by several types of viruses. Some of these viruses cause mild illness. Many others lead to life-threatening diseases with no known cures. One of the best known of this group is the Ebola virus.
  • Viral Hepatitis Overview
    Detailed information on the different types of hepatitis, including viral hepatitis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.
  • Viral Infections of the Skin
    Detailed information on the most common viral infections of the skin, including cold sores, molluscum contagiosum, shingles (herpes zoster), and warts
  • Vision Milestones
    Detailed information on a child's vision milestones.
  • Vision, Hearing and Speech Overview
    Vision, hearing, and speech are an important part of your child's life. When an infant is born, their eyesight is immature. The infant later develops the ability to focus. Hearing appears early as a baby develops in its mother's uterus. Hearing is needed for correct speech and language development. Keeping track of your child's ability to see, hear, and speak is an important part of your growing child's health.
  • Vision, Hearing, and Speech Milestones
    Detailed information on a child's vision, hearing, and speech milestones
  • Vital Signs (Body Temperature, Pulse Rate, Respiration Rate, Blood Pressure)
    Vital signs are useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems. Vital signs can be measured in a medical setting, at home, at the site of a medical emergency, or elsewhere.
  • Vocal Cord Disorders
    Vocal cord disorders can affect your voice or your ability to talk. They are often caused by using the voice too much when singing, talking, coughing, or yelling.
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
    VHL is a rare genetic disorder marked by an increased risk of developing benign tumors in the brain, spine, retina, and adrenal gland, and cancerous tumors in the kidney.
  • Vulvar Cancer: Treatment Questions
    Talking with healthcare providers about cancer can be overwhelming. It can be hard to take in all of the information. It helps to be prepared. Read on for a list of questions to ask during your appointments.
  • Vulvitis
    Vulvitis is inflammation of the soft folds of skin outside the vagina.
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