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Choosing a Pediatrician for Your New Baby for Parents
Along with considering baby names and buying a crib, choosing the right health care provider should be on your to-do list when you're expecting.
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Casts for Parents
Casts keep bones and other tissues in place while they heal. Here's what to expect, and how to care for casts.
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Your Baby's Care Team in the NICU for Parents
If your baby is getting medical care in you NICU, find out who will be caring for your baby and how they can help.
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Halo-Gravity Traction for Parents
Halo-gravity traction is a way to pull the head and spine upward. Doctors use it to treat curvature of the spine and to prepare kids for spinal fusion surgery.
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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: Anesthesiologists for Parents
An anesthesiologist is a doctor who oversees the medicine given to patients to prevent pain during medical procedures.
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Can a Doctor Tell During Your Pelvic Exam if You've Had Sex? for Teens
Most of the time, a doctor can't tell if a girl has had sex just from a pelvic exam. But you should let your doctor know if you've had sex anyway. Here's why.
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome for Parents
Sometimes when babies are born premature, they have trouble breathing. This can be caused by respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Learn what RDS is, and how babies can be helped.
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Health Care Providers: Midwives for Parents
A midwife specializes in female reproductive health care needs such as prenatal care, labor, delivery, postpartum care, and newborn care for low-risk pregnancies.
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Does My Mom Have to Be in the Room During My Gyn Exam? for Teens
It's up to you if your mom stays in the room with you during a gyn exam.