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      Impact of pain

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      Impacts of chronic pain on children are discussed, including impact on mood, school, socializing, hobbies, sleep, and family.

      Effects of brain tumours and treatment on growth in childhood

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      Find out how a brain tumour diagnosis and/or its treatment can impact your child’s growth and how the effects can be managed.

      Potential late effects of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment

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      Learn about long-term and late effects from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment.

      Posterior urethral valves: Overview

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      Find out what to expect if you have a child with posterior urethral valves (PUV). This document reviews the condition and how it is managed with medications, tests, interventions and surgeries.

      Cerebral palsy

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

      Consequences of pain

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      Read about the long-term consequences of pain on a child, the importance of a child's pain management. A discussion of pain myths is included.

      Sleep and your mental health: Overview

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      Sleep is a very important part of your mental and physical health. Check out the guided meditations on this page to help you fall asleep.

      Hemophilia: The impact of transition

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      When teens take more responsibility over their hemophilia care, they start the process of transition. Learn how transition impacts their lives.

      Puberty and fertility in boys after diagnosis and treatment for brain tumours

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      Detailed information on the effects that brain tumour treatment may have on a child's fertility and pubertal development.

      Ostomy: Day-to-day activities for children aged 1–11 years

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      Learn how an ostomy impacts your child's day-to-day activities and about considerations for protecting the stoma and ostomy pouch.

      Physical activity and sport post kidney transplant

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      Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a kidney transplant.

      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.

      Diagnosis of heart-related syndromes

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      Learn about heart-related syndromes. A syndrome is a medical term for a collection of signs and symptoms that generally stem from a single cause.

      Potential late effects of acute myeloid leukemia treatment

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      Learn about long-term and late effects from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment.

      Helping families cope following a traumatic injury

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      ​Find out how you can manage your own health while caring for your family after your child experiences a traumatic injury. 

      Physical activity and sport post heart transplant

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      Find out why physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a heart transplant.

      Physical activity and intestinal failure

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      Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have intestinal failure.

      Puberty and fertility in girls after diagnosis and treatment for brain tumours

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      Detailed information on the effect that brain tumour treatment may have on a girl’s pubertal development and fertility.

      Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID): Medical complications

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      Learn how avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder can cause long-term health problems.

      Lung, heart, kidney and bladder effects of brain tumour treatment

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      Find information on how your child's lungs, heart, kidneys, and bladder may be affected by chemotherapy.

      Obesity: Medical complications

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      Obesity leads to a range of short- and long-term medical complications. Learn about the possible medical complications.

      Physiotherapy and heart transplant

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      Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.

      Living with asthma

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      Optimizing your child’s asthma management can help them lead a normal, healthy life. Learn about asthma triggers, exercising with asthma, and asthma management at school.

      Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in premature babies

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      Read about intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), or bleeding in the brain, in premature babies.

      Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD)

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      Learn about atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) in children. This condition involves the lung overfilling with blood.

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