Nutrition plays an important role in supporting a healthy pregnancy. Find out how to get the right nutrients to support you and your baby.
Learn about the types of heart conditions that arise in children. Congenital heart defects and heart rhythm problems are among the conditions discussed.
Contraception is used to prevent pregnancy. Learn about the different types of contraception including how they work and how you can get them.
Information for parents about trisomy 18, a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delay and affects many different organ systems.
Learn about different types and possible signs and symptoms of heart conditions in children.
Information for parents about trisomy 13, a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delay and affects many different organ systems.
Discover the role of folate in the body and how to get enough in your diet.
Learn about the definition of and the causes and medical conditions associated with prematurity.
A teacher's guide to congenital heart defects. Learn what you can do to help and what to expect if one of your students has a congenital heart defect.
Read about coping with a diagnosis. While the diagnosis may be upsetting, the good news is that a child's pain is no longer a mystery.
Discover how to help your teenager manage their diabetes and how it will affect their day-to-day lives.
June is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Learn about the four different types of spina bifida, their causes and how it is diagnosed.
Read about Tetralogy of Fallot, a condition involving four congenital defects that occur when the heart does not develop normally.
Understanding your child's cleft lip and/or palate through genetic assessments.
Your child needs to take the medicine called asparaginase. This information sheet explains what asparaginase does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Learn about coarctation of the aorta. This condition involves a narrowing of the major artery leading from the heart to the body, affecting blood pressure.
Read about the symptoms of neonatal withdrawal syndromes and approaches to treatment.
Your child needs to take the medicine called bleomycin. This information sheet explains what bleomycin does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Learn about aortic atresia. With this condition, there is no opening from the left ventricle into the aorta.
Your child needs to take the medicine called vincristine. This information sheet explains what vincristine does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Your child needs to take the medicine called ganciclovir. This information sheet explains what ganciclovir does, how it is given, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
If you are infected with HIV and pregnant, learn how certain medicines can lower the risk of passing HIV on to your baby.
