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HIV and pregnancy

If you are infected with HIV and pregnant, learn how certain medicines can lower the risk of passing HIV on to your baby.

Pinworms

Learn about the symptoms, treatment and prevention of pinworms.

Dust mite allergy

A dust mite allergy is a sensitivity or reaction to the waste of microscopic parasites called dust mites. Learn about the symptoms and how to reduce exposure to dust mites in your home.

Safe handling of food after transplant

Preventing choking in toddlers and preschoolers

Understand and prevent the most common causes of choking.

Pilonidal sinus

Learn what causes a pilonidal sinus and how it can be treated.

Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up recommendations: 36 month visit

Recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies at 36 months old who are patients in the neonatal developmental follow-up clinic.

Feeding and nutrition of newborn babies

Learn about your newborn baby's nutritional requirements and how to successfully feed them.

Catheter drainage for pleural effusion (PleurX drainage system)

A drainage catheter is a soft flexible tube placed into the pleural space around the lung. The tube drains fluid that is compressing the lung and restricting breathing. Learn about the insertion procedure and how to care for the drainage catheter.

Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up recommendations: Eight month visit

Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at eight months.

Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up recommendations: 12 month visit

Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at 12 months.

Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up recommendations: 18 month visit

Recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies at 18 months old who have spent time in the neonatal neurodevelopment follow-up clinic.

Colic

Learn about the possible causes of colic and ways to treat it. Colic, though upsetting for you and your baby, often goes away by three or four months of age.

Pamidronate

Your child needs to take the medicine called pamidronate. This information sheet explains what pamidronate does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Caring for your child at home after a blood and marrow transplant

Learn about your child's care at home, after a blood and marrow transplant.

Meconium and meconium-related conditions

Learn what meconium is and what meconium-related conditions can occur in newborns.

Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up recommendations: Six week visit

This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.

Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up recommendations: Four month visit

This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in four month old babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.

Hepatitis C

World Hepatitis Day is July 28. Learn about hepatitis C, a virus that affects the liver, and find out how to live with the disease as a teen.

Vein of Galen malformation

A vein of Galen malformation can affect the brain, heart and other organs in the body. Learn what a vein of Galen malformation is, the signs and symptoms, how it is diagnosed, and the treatment options available.

Cerebral palsy

An overview of the causes, symptoms and treatment of this group of disorders that affect movements, balance and posture.

Transport to specialized neonatal facilities

Learn about how newborns and infants are safely transported from a community hospital or nursing station to a hospital that can provide the necessary expertise to care for sick premature or term babies.

Heart conditions: Overview

Learn about different types and possible signs and symptoms of heart conditions in children.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

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.

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a liver disease. Learn about the causes of hepatitis B and what you need to know about living with hepatitis B.