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      Radon: Reducing your risk at home

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      Learn the facts about radon, what it is, health risks, and practical tips on reducing radon exposure in the home.

      Needle pokes: Reducing pain with comfort positions and distraction

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      ​Find out how you can use comfortable positions and distractions with your child to ease pain from needle pokes.

      Sickle cell disease: Reducing negative thoughts and increasing positive thoughts

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      Learn how to replace negative thoughts with more positive thoughts to help reduce stress, tension and pain.

      Pain relief: Comfort kit

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      Learn techniques to help distract your child from, and manage, their pain in the hospital and at home.

      Food safety and vitamin D supplementation after a bone marrow transplant (BMT)

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      Learn about vitamin D supplementation and reducing your child's risk of foodborne illness following a bone marrow transplant (BMT).

      Acute pain: How to assess in older children

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      Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.

      Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

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      Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is rare in people with epilepsy. However, it is important to be aware of the risk factors and how to prevent it in your child.

      Bulimia nervosa: How you can help your child at home

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      Find out how you can help your child or teen recover from bulimia nervosa.

      Needle pokes: Reducing pain in infants aged up to 18 months

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      Find out how to reduce the pain of needle pokes for your baby.

      Needle pokes: Reducing pain in children aged 18 months or over

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      Discover the CARD system, which offers strategies your child or teen can use to cope with the pain and fear associated with vaccination.

      Sudden unexpected infant death

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      Read about sudden infant deaths while sleeping and about ways parents and caregivers can lower the risk in infants.

      Acute pain: How to assess in teens

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      ​Find out how to recognize the signs of acute pain at home and how your teen's pain is assessed in medical settings.

      Needle pokes: Reducing pain with sucrose or breastfeeding

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      ​Find out how to offer sucrose or breastfeeding to ease your child's pain from needle pokes.

      Anorexia nervosa: How to help your child at home

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      Learn how you can support your child or teen as they recover from anorexia nervosa.

      Effective management of diabetes care at home

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      Proper diabetes care at home includes sharing responsibility and creating and maintaining a routine. Find out how to do this in a way that works for your family.

      Acute pain: How to assess in young children

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      Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.

      School-aged children with diabetes

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      Learn about sharing responsibility for diabetes care with your school-aged child, and the impact diabetes management will have on them.

      Acute pain: How to assess in infants and toddlers

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      Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.

      Home hemodialysis for a child

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      Learn what is involved in performing home hemodialysis and how it can benefit your child.

      Chronic lung disease of prematurity

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      Learn about the common causes of chronic lung disease in premature babies and the ways to diagnose and treat it.

      Needle pokes: Reducing pain with numbing cream

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      Learn when, where and how to apply numbing cream to ease the pain of needle pokes for your child.

      Intramuscular injections: Injecting at home

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      Learn how to give your child injections into the muscle (intramuscular) at home and tips to make the injections less painful for your child.

      Subcutaneous injections: Injecting at home

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      Step-by-step instructions for parents on giving injections into the fatty layer below the skin (subcutaneous) at home, as well as tips to make injections less painful for your child. 

      Information about cannabis for recreational use

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      ​Learn about cannabis (also known as marijuana, weed or pot) and find out about the short- and long-term effects of using it recreationally.

      Sickle cell disease and communication: Keeping it positive

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      While it may not be possible to completely eliminate negative communication with your teen, you can create balance by increasing positive communication. Discover five tips for more positive communication with your teen.

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