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.
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 about surgery to repair a hernia and how to care for your child after the operation.
Learn how to gradually increase your activity level and plan for active and rest days to manage sickle cell pain.
Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.
Learn how to prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.
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.
Discover how to improve fatigue with daily exercise, saving your energy when you feel tired and getting a good night's sleep.
Post-thrombotic syndrome occurs when deep-vein thrombosis damages the vein valves and walls. Learn the signs and symptoms and how it's treated.
Read about motor development in the first six months of a baby's life. Milestones such as head control, sitting up and rolling over are discussed.
Read about various types of congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
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.
Learn why blood counts are important after your child's blood and marrow transplant.
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.
Learn how to keep your child's stoma healthy, and what to do if the stoma or surrounding area become infected.
Learn about hereditary spherocytosis, how it is diagnosed, treated, and what the potential complications are for people living with the condition.
An in-depth look at what is involved in a biopsy as part of the medical diagnosis of brain cancer.
Learn how to wear and take care of a thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis (TLSO).
Some teens may experience pain or numbness after scoliosis surgery. Find out how other teens recovering from scoliosis surgery feel about their pain.
Learn about what blood does for the body, the different components of blood and what different blood types mean.
Learn the signs and symptoms of hepatitis A and how a doctor will help your child if they have hepatitis A and how it can be prevented.
An overview of boils (abscesses) including the symptoms, treatments and treatment options.
Information about signs, symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of muscle strain.
