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  Developmental psychology

  Developmental psychology is the scientific study of progressive psychological changes that occur in human beings as they age. Originally concerned with infants and children, and later other periods ... > more
• Mad Cow Disease
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  Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

  Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions that affect the brain and nervous system of humans and animals and are transmitted ... > more
• Parkinson's Research
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  Essential tremor

  Essential tremor is a neurological disorder characterized by shaking of hands (and sometimes other parts of the body including the head), evoked by intentional movements. The incidence is unknown, ... > more
• Anxiety
  Psychiatry
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  General anxiety disorder

  General anxiety disorder or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry about everyday things. The frequency, intensity, and ... > more
• Educational Psychology
  Language Acquisition
  Perception
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  Dyslexia

  Developmental dyslexia is a condition or learning disability which causes difficulty with reading and writing. Its standard definition is a difficulty in reading and writing in spite of normal ... > more
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  Birth Defects
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  Restless legs syndrome

  Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a poorly understood and often misdiagnosed neurological disorder. RLS (which is also sometimes referred to as Jimmy Legs, spare legs or "the kicks") may be described ... > more
• Children's Health
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  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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  Language acquisition

  Language acquisition is the process by which language develops in humans. First language acquisition concerns the development of language in children, while second language acquisition focuses on ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
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  Thyroid Disease
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  Pituitary gland

  The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea that sits in the small, bony cavity at the base of the brain. The anterior pituitary secretes growth hormone, ... > more
• Gastrointestinal Problems
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  Colitis
   

  Lactose intolerance

  Lactose intolerance is the condition in which lactase, an enzyme needed for proper metabolization of lactose (a constituent of milk and other dairy products), is not produced in adulthood. A hydrogen ... > more
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  Pacifier

  A pacifier (American English), dummy (British English) or soother (Canadian English), is a rubber or plastic nipple given to an infant or other young child to suck ... > more

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