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What Are Immunizations? for Kids
This is the long word for what most kids know as vaccines.
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What Is Neuropathy? for Kids
Neuropathy is the medical word for disease of the nervous system.
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What Is Gingivitis? for Kids
Got gums? Then you have to protect them against gingivitis, the word for gum disease.
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What Is Cerumen? for Kids
This word means wax.
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What Is Retinopathy? for Kids
Retinopathy is the medical word for disease of the retina.
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What Is a Glycosylated Hemoglobin Test (Hemoglobin A1c)? for Kids
This blood test can tell someone with diabetes if his or her diabetes is under control or out of control.
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What Are Hormones? for Kids
Hormones are special chemicals your body makes to help it do certain things - like grow up!
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What's a Radiologist? for Kids
When a kid gets an X-ray or a CT scan (two types of pictures taken of the inside of the body), those funny-looking pictures can be tough to understand.
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What's a Biopsy? for Kids
Sometimes, when doctors are not sure what's wrong with a part of your body, they might decide to do a test called a biopsy.
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What's a Urinalysis? for Kids
Here's why doctors sometimes have kids pee in a cup.