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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for Parents
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe and painless test that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of the body's organs and structures.
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Bringing Your Baby Home for Parents
Whether your baby comes home from the hospital right away, arrives later, or comes through an adoption agency, homecoming is a major event.
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Infantile Spasms for Parents
Infantile spasms is a seizure disorder in babies. The spasms usually go away by age 4, but many babies go on to have other kinds of epilepsy later.
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Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures for Parents
During a focal impaired awareness aware seizure, the person isn’t aware of what is going on around them.
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Lymphoma for Parents
Lymphoma is cancer that begins in the body's lymphatic tissue. It's a common type of cancer in children, but most recover from it.
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Focal Aware Seizures for Parents
Focal aware seizures is a seizure that happens while a person is awake and alert and aware of what is going on.
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Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures for Parents
During a generalized tonic-clonic seizure, the person loses consciousness and has stiffening and jerking of the muscles. These seizures usually are generalized, starting on both sides of the brain.
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Epilepsy for Parents
Epilepsy causes electrical signals in the brain to misfire, which can lead to multiple seizures. Anyone can get epilepsy at any age, but most new diagnoses are in kids.
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Epilepsy Surgery for Parents
Epilepsy surgery is an operation done on the brain to reduce or stop seizures.
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Non-Hodgkin (Non-Hodgkin's) Lymphoma for Parents
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (also called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) is a is a cancer of the lymphatic system. The majority of kids with this type of cancer are cured.