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  • What's a Cochlear Implant? (Video) for Parents


    A cochlear implant is a surgically placed device that helps a person with severe hearing loss hear sounds. Doctors consider cochlear implants for children under 12 months of age with profound hearing loss in both ears. Older children with serious hearing loss also may get cochlear implants.

  • What's Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)? (Video) for Parents


    Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a problem that happens when the left side of a baby’s heart doesn't form as it should. It’s smaller than normal and can’t pump enough blood to the body. After the baby is born, doctors can treat the problem with medicines and several surgeries.

  • What's Type 2 Diabetes? (Video) for Parents


    Watch this video to see what happens inside the body when a person has type 2 diabetes.

  • Well-Child Visit: 8 Years for Parents


    Find out what this well-child visit will involve and what your child might be doing by the eighth year.

  • Well-Child Visit: 7 Years for Parents


    Find out what this well-child visit will involve and what your child might be doing by the seventh year.

  • Laryngoscopy for Parents


    Laryngoscopy, a visual exam of the voicebox and airway, can help discover the causes of voice and breathing problems, throat or ear pain, and other bothersome symptoms.

  • Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old for Parents


    Because your baby begins to show their personality during these months, your questions might focus on physical and social development.

  • Inguinal Hernias for Parents


    An inguinal hernia happens when part of the intestines pushes through an opening in the lower part of the abdomen. Doctors fix these hernias with surgery.

  • How to Stay Healthy With Type 2 Diabetes for Kids


    Kids with type 2 diabetes can do things to feel good and stay healthy. Find out more in this article for kids.

  • What Is Type 2 Diabetes? for Kids


    Diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose, a sugar that is the body's main source of fuel. Find out more about a kind of diabetes called type 2 diabetes in this article for kids.