Learn how to recognize life-threatening bleeding, prevent shock and stop severe bleeds.
Learn how to gradually increase your activity level and plan for active and rest days to manage sickle cell pain.
A supracondylar humerus fracture is a fracture just above the elbow. Learn how to help your child recover and when to see a doctor.
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 why blood counts are important after your child's blood and marrow transplant.
Learn how to wear and take care of a thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis (TLSO).
Discover how to improve fatigue with daily exercise, saving your energy when you feel tired and getting a good night's sleep.
Learn about surgery to repair a hernia and how to care for your child after the operation.
Learn about open-heart, closed-heart, and minimally invasive heart surgery.
Learn about possible causes of limping in children.
A guide on how to insert your child's nasogastric tube.
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.
A spinal brace is worn over a cotton undershirt. Learn about making stockinette undershirts.
Learn how to recognize a concussion after a head injury and when to see a health-care provider or seek emergency care.
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 the steps for disintegrating mercaptopurine (6-MP) tablets in an oral syringe.
Learn about hereditary spherocytosis, how it is diagnosed, treated, and what the potential complications are for people living with the condition.
An ostomy is an opening to collect urine or stool outside the body. Learn about different types of ostomies and what they look like.
An in-depth look at what is involved in a biopsy as part of the medical diagnosis of brain cancer.
Periorbital and orbital cellulitis are infections around the eye. Learn about what causes these infections, how they differ and how they are treated.
Learn how to prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.
Information about signs, symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of muscle strain.
Some teens may experience pain or numbness after scoliosis surgery. Find out how other teens recovering from scoliosis surgery feel about their pain.
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.
