An overview of the first aid treatment of bleeding and the prevention of shock.
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.
Learn about surgery to repair a hernia and how to care for your child after the operation.
Learn how to prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.
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.
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 about what blood does for the body, the different components of blood and what different blood types mean.
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 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.
Read about various types of congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Learn about hereditary spherocytosis, how it is diagnosed, treated, and what the potential complications are for people living with the condition.
Learn why blood counts are important after your child's blood and marrow transplant.
An overview of boils (abscesses) including the symptoms, treatments and treatment options.
Information about signs, symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of muscle strain.
An in-depth look at what is involved in a biopsy as part of the medical diagnosis of brain cancer.
A guide on how to insert your child's nasogastric tube.
An osteotomy is a surgical procedure in which the bone is cut and realigned or reshaped. Learn why a child with developmental dysplasia of the hip may need an osteotomy and what to expect after surgery.
Some teens may experience pain or numbness after scoliosis surgery. Find out how other teens recovering from scoliosis surgery feel about their pain.
Learn how to wear and take care of a thoracic-lumbo-sacral orthosis (TLSO).
Learn the steps for disintegrating mercaptopurine (6-MP) tablets in an oral syringe.
Try these yoga poses when you wake up to relieve morning stiffness, or throughout the day to relieve tension.
A buckle fracture occurs when a bone slightly crushes in on itself. Learn how this common childhood fracture is treated with a splint.
Bacteria can attach itself to shunts and become infected. Read about the surgery your child needs, and the antibiotics that will help clear the infection.
