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  • Health Care Providers: Neurosurgeons for Parents


    A neurosurgeon is a doctor who does procedures to treat and cure diseases and conditions that affect the brain and nervous system.

  • Health Insurance: Cracking the Code for Teens


    Health insurance has a language all its own. This article for teens explains what some key terms mean.

  • Health Care Providers: Optometrists for Parents


    An optometrist is a doctor who examines eyes for problems, prescribes contact lenses and glasses and eye exercises, and diagnoses and treats eye diseases. They provide many of the same services as ophthalmologists, but they don't perform surgery.

  • Health Care Providers: Hematologists for Parents


    A hematologist is a doctor who specializes in blood diseases, bleeding disorders, and cancers such as hemophilia, sickle cell disease, leukemia, and lymphoma. They’re trained in hematology and oncology.

  • Health Care Providers: Nephrologists for Parents


    A nephrologist is a doctor who cares for people with diseases and conditions that affect the kidneys.

  • Health Care Providers: Social Workers for Parents


    Social workers are mental health providers. They’re trained to evaluate and address each family’s unique emotional and social needs.

  • Health Care Providers: Physical Therapists for Parents


    Physical therapists are movement experts who help people with prescribed exercises, hands-on care, and patient education.

  • Health Care Providers: Speech Therapists for Parents


    Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) — also called speech therapists — are licensed professionals who diagnose and treat disorders that affect speech and interfere with communication. Speech therapists can work in schools, hospitals, or specialty clinics.

  • Health Care Providers: Plastic Surgeons for Parents


    A plastic surgeon is a doctor who does surgery to repair, rebuild, or replace a part of the body to improve how it looks and works. This can involve the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial (head and face) structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and other areas of the body.

  • Health Care Providers: Allergists/Immunologists for Parents


    An allergist is a doctor who diagnoses and treats asthma, allergies, or immune system conditions.