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MyPlate Food Guide for Parents
The USDA's food guide icon is designed to make meal planning easy. Here's how to get MyPlate onto your table.
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Ears for Teens
Hearing is their main job, but it's not all your ears do. Find out all about them in this body basics article for teens.
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Healthy Eating for Kids With Diabetes for Kids
Learning how to make healthy choices and balance carbohydrates, protein, and fat can help you keep your blood sugars in a healthy range.
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Basic Blood Chemistry Tests for Parents
Doctors order basic blood chemistry tests to assess a wide range of conditions and the function of organs.
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Yoga for Stress Relief for Teens
Yoga can help reduce stress because it promotes relaxation, which is the natural opposite of stress. These tips for teens can help you tap into yoga's stress-reducing benefits.
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Type 1 Diabetes: How Is It Treated? for Teens
People with type 1 diabetes need to follow a treatment plan to manage their diabetes and stay healthy and active.
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Your Kidneys for Kids
You need at least one kidney to live. Find out why in this article for kids.
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Blood Test: Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) for Parents
A basic metabolic panel (BMP), commonly ordered as part of routine medical exam, is a set of blood tests that gives information about sugar (glucose) and calcium levels, kidney function, and electrolyte and fluid balance.
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A to Z Symptom: Dizziness for Parents
Dizziness refers to feelings of lightheadedness, imbalance, or vertigo (the sensation that one’s surroundings are spinning or moving).
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Blood Test: Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) for Parents
A comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) blood test helps evaluate kidney and liver function, sugar (glucose) and protein levels in the blood, and electrolyte and fluid balance.