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Energy (calorie) boosting for teens and kids

Your child may need to add more calories to their diet if they do not gain weight at the expected rate for their age. Find out how to add calories to meals and snacks to increase weight and energy.

High-potassium diet

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Learn about the best foods to eat and how to prepare them to maintain a high potassium diet.

Other vitamins and minerals

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Discover the role and food sources of vitamins A, B, C, E and K and key minerals such as potassium and selenium.

Preventing choking in toddlers and preschoolers

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Understand and prevent the most common causes of choking.

About leukemia

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Leukemia is the general term for cancer of the blood. This resource centre will focus on the two most common forms of childhood leukemias: ALL and AML.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML): In the hospital

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Learn how to help your child get used to staying in the hospital.

Acute myeloid leukemia: An overview

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Learn about how acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develops and what factors may affect the development of the disease.

Acute myeloid leukemia: bone marrow transplant

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Learn which children with acute myeloid leukemia are recommended for a bone marrow transplant (BMT).

Blood, marrow, and the lymphatic system

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Learn how blood works, what bone marrow is and how the lymphatic system works inside our bodies.

Ewing sarcoma

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Ewing sarcoma is a type of cancer that can start in bone and sometimes soft tissue. It is most commonly found in children, teens and young adults. Learn about the signs and symptoms and how it is diagnosed and treated.

Fertility preservation: A guide for people with testes

Learn how chemotherapy, radiation and other treatments affect sperm production and explore fertility preservation options such as sperm banking, electroejaculation, testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and testicular biopsy.

Genes and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children

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Learn how gene changes can cause acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Good nutrition during leukemia treatment

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Learn why good nutrition during leukemia is so important and how to manage nutritional side-effects of chemotherapy.

Helping your child cope with leukemia

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Learn what you can do to help your child cope with leukemia treatment, procedures, and side effects.

Leukemia and financial issues

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Learn about services available for patients and families to assist with finances during your child's leukemia treatment.

Leukemia and weight gain

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Learn why children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk for becoming overweight.

Leukemia treatment and learning and memory

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Learn how treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can cause neurocognitive changes in your child, such as learning difficulties.

Leukemia: Central venous line

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Learn why your child acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will receive a central venous line (CVL) and how to care for it.

Leukemia: Understanding diagnosis

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Learn how leukemia is diagnosed and which tests help doctors determine its subtypes.

Living with leukemia and helping siblings cope

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Learn how to recognize when siblings of a child with leukemia feel left out, guilty, or resentful of the attention on their sick brother or sister.

Looking ahead for leukemia survivors

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Learn what to expect after your child with leukemia goes into remission.

Managing symptoms when your child has cancer

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Find strategies to help children manage their cancer related symptoms.

Mouth care for children receiving chemotherapy or undergoing blood/marrow transplant

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Cells in the mouth can be affected by chemotherapy and radiation to the head and neck area. Learn how to help your child avoid infection with good mouth care.

Natural health products and cancer treatment

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Learn about possible interactions between cancer treatments and natural health products

Parenting a child with leukemia

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Learn about ways you can manage the stress of parenting your child with leukemia.