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Insulin in diabetes management

Insulin allows sugar to be stored as energy. Learn what role insulin plays in diabetes management.

What is cancer?

There are many types of cancer, but there are some things that are similar in most cancers. Learn about cells, tumours and how cancer spreads.

Harvesting donor stem cells for an allogeneic blood and marrow transplant

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Learn what happens during a donor's stem cells harvest.

Harvesting stem cells for an autologous blood and marrow transplant

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Learn how your child's stem cells are harvested, before the blood and marrow transplant.

Sickle cell treatments

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Your health-care team may offer red blood cell transfusions or stem cell transplants to treat your sickle cell disease. Learn about both treatments, including their benefits and risks.

What is a blood and marrow transplant?

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Learn what a blood and marrow transplant is, and where blood stem cells come from.

Blood tests and cancer diagnosis

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Blood tests can help your health-care team diagnose cancer and see how your treatment is working. Discover how blood tests are done, the types of blood tests and why they are done.

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.

Blood tests and JIA

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Learn about the various blood tests that are used to either diagnose or rule out JIA. These include a complete blood count, blood culture, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), antinuclear antibody (ANA), rheumatoid factor (RF), and human leukocyte antigen.

Bone marrow and the immune system

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Parents can learn about bone marrow and the immune system, as they prepare for their child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT)/cellular therapy (CT).

Blood tests and JIA

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Learn about the various blood tests that are used to either diagnose or rule out JIA. These include a complete blood count, blood culture, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), antinuclear antibody (ANA), rheumatoid factor (RF), and human leukocyte antigen.

Leukemia

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Leukemia is a type of cancer. Learn about the more common types of leukemia, how leukemia is diagnosed, treated and what the prognosis is.

Signs and symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children

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Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which can cause physical and neurological changes in your child.

Blood, blood components and blood types

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Learn about what blood does for the body, the different components of blood and what different blood types mean.

Signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

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Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which can have more severe symptoms than acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

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.

Hereditary spherocytosis

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Learn about hereditary spherocytosis, how it is diagnosed, treated, and what the potential complications are for people living with the condition.

Measuring blood sugar levels for a child with type 1 diabetes

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Learn how people with diabetes measure their blood sugar levels and why it is important to do so.

Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN): ABO incompatibility

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Learn about hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn and ABO incompatibility and how it can affect your fetus and/or newborn, as well as how it is treated.

Chemotherapy for brain tumours

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Chemotherapy may be used to treat some types of brain tumours. Learn general information about how chemotherapy is given, how it works and coping with side effects.

Acne (acne vulgaris)

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Acne is the most common skin condition in teens. Discover the different types and causes of acne and how they can be treated.

Vitiligo

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Vitiligo is a condition that causes skin and sometimes hair to lose their pigmentation and turn white. Learn about its causes and how it is diagnosed and treated.

Abdominal and pelvic laparoscopic surgery

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Learn about laparoscopic surgery, a technique that uses small cuts to insert a camera and tools into the abdomen or pelvic area to perform a surgical procedure.

Thalassemia

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An overview of the causes, symptoms and treatment of this blood disorder caused by a defect in the gene that controls the production of hemoglobin.

Skin biopsy

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Find out how a skin biopsy is used to diagnose a change or growth on the skin.