Learn how to recognize life-threatening bleeding, prevent shock and stop severe bleeds.
A supracondylar humerus fracture is a fracture just above the elbow. Learn how to help your child recover and when to see a doctor.
Learn how to gradually increase your activity level and plan for active and rest days to manage sickle cell pain.
Addison's disease is a rare autoimmune disease. Learn about the signs and treatment and why it occurs more often in people with type 1 diabetes.
Read about various types of congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Learn about surgery to repair a hernia and how to care for your child after the operation.
Information about signs, symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of muscle strain.
Learn why blood counts are important after your child's blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about open-heart, closed-heart, and minimally invasive heart surgery.
Learn how to prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.
Learn about possible causes of limping in children.
Bacteria can attach itself to shunts and become infected. Read about the surgery your child needs, and the antibiotics that will help clear the infection.
Discover how to improve fatigue with daily exercise, saving your energy when you feel tired and getting a good night's sleep.
Learn how to wear and take care of a thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis (TLSO).
A guide on how to insert your child's nasogastric tube.
Tethered cord occurs when the spinal cord gets stuck to the bottom of the spinal column and is stretched. Learn about how tethered cord is treated.
Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.
Finishing cancer treatment is a major milestone, but it may take time to readjust to "normal" life. Read about adjusting to life off treatment.
Learn the steps for disintegrating mercaptopurine (6-MP) tablets in an oral syringe.
Vitiligo is a condition that causes skin and sometimes hair to lose their pigmentation and turn white. Learn about its causes and how it is diagnosed and treated.
A spinal brace is worn over a cotton undershirt. Learn about making stockinette undershirts.
A calorimetry test measures a child's resting metabolic rate. Learn about what happens during a calorimetry test as well as how to prepare your child.
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a rare but serious disease that affects the bowels of premature or newborn infants. Learn more about the symptoms, causes and treatment of the condition.
Post-thrombotic syndrome occurs when deep-vein thrombosis damages the vein valves and walls. Learn the signs and symptoms and how it's treated.
