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Health Care Providers: Gastroenterologists for Parents
A gastroenterologist is a doctor who studies, diagnoses, and treats diseases and conditions that affect the stomach and intestines.
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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.
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Health Care Providers: Orthopedists for Parents
An orthopedist, or orthopedic surgeon, studies, diagnoses, and treats conditions that affect muscles, joints, and bones, such as infections, sports injuries, broken bones, and joint problems.
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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.
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School-Based Health Centers for Parents
School-based health centers provide a range of services to meet kids' and teens' health care needs. Centers usually are inside a school building or right next door.
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Health Care Providers: Endocrinologists for Parents
An endocrinologist is a doctor who studies and treats diseases and conditions that affect growth, development, puberty, and energy levels.
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Health Care Providers: Oncologists for Parents
An oncologist is a doctor who diagnoses and treats different types of cancer.
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Health Care Providers: Cardiologists for Parents
A cardiologist is a doctor who a doctor who studies, diagnoses, and treats medical problems that affect the heart and blood vessels.
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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.
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Health Care Providers: Nurses for Parents
Nurses provide much of the day-to-day care in hospitals, doing vital jobs like giving medicine and educating patients about self-care. Many kinds of nurses provide varying levels of care.
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