Learn how to recognize life-threatening bleeding, prevent shock and stop severe bleeds.
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.
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.
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.
A guide on how to insert your child's nasogastric tube.
Learn why blood counts are important after your child's blood and marrow transplant.
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 the steps for disintegrating mercaptopurine (6-MP) tablets in an oral syringe.
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 prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.
Teens living with hemophilia can find out what happens during a bleed. Learn about the symptoms of a bleed.
Learn about hereditary spherocytosis, how it is diagnosed, treated, and what the potential complications are for people living with the condition.
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.
Learn how to wear and take care of a thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis (TLSO).
An in-depth look at what is involved in a biopsy as part of the medical diagnosis of brain cancer.
Read about various types of congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Some teens may experience pain or numbness after scoliosis surgery. Find out how other teens recovering from scoliosis surgery feel about their pain.
Post-thrombotic syndrome occurs when deep-vein thrombosis damages the vein valves and walls. Learn the signs and symptoms and how it's treated.
Information about signs, symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of muscle strain.
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.
A buckle fracture occurs when a bone slightly crushes in on itself. Learn how this common childhood fracture is treated with a splint.
Your child’s health-care provider may recommend that you check your child’s blood pressure at home. Learn about blood pressure, instructions for taking blood pressure at home and what to do if it is too high or low.
