Your skin is extra sensitive to the sun during chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Find out how you can protect yourself from the sun both during treatment and after.
Learn the facts about radon, what it is, health risks, and practical tips on reducing radon exposure in the home.
Learn about keeping yourself and your child safe during a solar eclipse.
Parents can learn helpful tips on how to manage behaviour changes in children who are ill.
Learn what to do if your child is at risk for malignant hyperthermia and has to have surgery.
Find out how negative and positive thinking can affect how you feel and how you manage stress and pain.
Learn how to prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.
Learn how to recognize and deal with behaviour changes in your child with leukemia.
Find out how seizures are classified, or grouped together and how they may impact a child.
A PET scan is a diagnostic test that shows where cancer cells are in the body. Find out how PET scans are done, what to expect during the scan and when you get your results.
Learn about HLAs, a group of genes tested through pharmacogenetic testing to predict an individual’s response to certain medications.
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder. Learn about the signs and symptoms, potential treatments and when to call 911.
Learn how your child can exercise their lungs to reduce the risk of breathing problems.
Find out how sport-related concussions can occur and how best to respond to them.
Learn about the everyday activities, like playing games, you can do with your young child to help develop their math skills.
Find out how to set up a new sleep schedule to help you spend more of your time in bed sleeping instead of tossing and turning.
This page describes the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of arthritis.
Learn how to prepare, store and cook food safely to minimize the risk of illness.
A stress MIBI test looks at the flow of blood through the heart during rest and exercise using a radioactive agent.
Learn how child life specialists can help during your child's blood and marrow transplant/cellular therapy.
An overview on fever and a side effect of chemotherapy, called neutropenia. Learn how this side effect will be managed.
Find out how to adjust your child's insulin doses at home when using a pump.
In addition to anemia and pain, some people with sickle cell disease can have other less common complications. Learn about some of the complications that can happen because of sickle cell disease.
