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  • Polio for Parents


    Polio is a contagious disease that can be prevented with vaccination.

  • Sinusitis for Teens


    If you've been waking up with headaches, feeling stuffy or congested, and experiencing swelling around your eyes, you may have sinusitis - an infection of the sinus air spaces found in the bones around the nose.

  • Blood for Parents


    Here are the basics about the life-sustaining fluid called blood.

  • Appendectomy for Parents


    Learn the basics of an appendectomy so you know what to expect if your child has this surgery.

  • Ears for Parents


    Hearing may be the ears' main job, but it's not all they do. Learn all about the ears in this Body Basics article.

  • Sepsis for Parents


    Sepsis is a serious infection usually caused when bacteria make toxins that cause the immune system to attack the body's own organs and tissues.

  • Hemodialysis for Parents


    Hemodialysis is a medical treatment that uses a machine with a special filter to take waste and extra water out of the blood.

  • Dialysis for Parents


    Dialysis is a medical treatment that can take over the job of cleaning the blood when the kidneys can't.

  • Tuberculosis for Parents


    Tuberculosis (TB) is making a comeback in the United States today. Find out who's at risk, what to watch for, and how doctors treat TB.

  • Clubfoot for Parents


    Clubfoot is a birth defect that makes one or both of a baby's feet point down and turn in. Most clubfeet can be successfully corrected using the nonsurgical Ponseti method.