Learn about the definition of and the causes and medical conditions associated with prematurity.
Information for parents about hereditary multiple osteochondromas (previously called hereditary multiple exostoses), a genetic condition that causes growths (bumps) on the bones.
Discover how to help your teenager manage their diabetes and how it will affect their day-to-day lives.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) occurs when a fetus is infected with a virus called cytomegalovirus. Learn more about how cCMV happens, the signs and symptoms of cCMV and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Learn about the supports available to families coping with pregnancy and infant loss, including perinatal palliative care.
If you are infected with HIV and pregnant, learn how certain medicines can lower the risk of passing HIV on to your baby.
Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.
Learn about cleft lip and cleft palate and its impact on a baby's feeding, hearing, teeth and speech.
Very premature babies are at risk for metabolic bone disease, a condition that affects their bone health and increases the risk of fractures.
22q11DS is a genetic condition with a wide range of symptoms. Learn about some of the more common medical features of 22q11DS.
Learn about the common causes of chronic lung disease in premature babies and the ways to diagnose and treat it.
Learn all about your newborn baby's eyesight, hearing, and senses of taste, touch and smell.
Learn about what a premature baby needs to eat and how they can get proper nutrition.
Learn about respiratory distress syndrome, a common condition in very premature babies.
Learn about the safety of vaccines, their side effects, how they are given and what they protect your child against.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures.
Genetic counselling is a process that provides information and support to individuals and families at risk of, or with, a genetic condition.
Read about the symptoms of neonatal withdrawal syndromes and approaches to treatment.
Read about intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), or bleeding in the brain, in premature babies.
Learn about making sleep time easier and safer for your newborn baby.
Babies, children and adults all need iron to keep their bodies healthy. Discover sources of iron and how to get enough.
Information for parents about trisomy 13, a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delay and affects many different organ systems.
