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What Is Plasma?
White blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets are essential to body function, but plasma also plays a crucial, and mostly unrecognized, job. It carries these blood components throughout the body as the fluid in which they travel.
What Is Sports Medicine
Sports medicine healthcare providers have special training to restore function to injured patients so they can get moving again as soon as possible. They are experts on preventing illness and injury in active people.
Wheat Allergy Diet for Children
Detailed information on wheat allergy, a type of food allergy, including how to read a label for a wheat-free diet.
When a Baby Has Difficulty After Birth
Some babies may have difficulty at birth. These include babies who are born prematurely, have a difficult delivery, or have birth defects. Here's what you need to know.
When to Call Your Child's Healthcare Provider
Detailed information on when to call your baby's physician
When to Get Emergency Care for Your Child
In general, take your child to an emergency room after an injury any time you think the problem may need urgent care.
When to Seek Genetic Counseling
Genetic counseling gives you information about health concerns that run in your family.
When Your Baby Needs a Test, Procedure, or Surgery
Talk with your baby's healthcare provider about being present as much as possible for the test or procedure. Child development experts say it's best to keep to a minimum the amount of time your child is separated from you at this age.
When Your Child Has Cancer: Questions to Ask the Doctor
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, parents are entitled to a clear explanation about anything related to the condition. Here are some important questions you may consider asking your child's doctor.
When Your School-Age Child Needs a Test, Procedure, or Surgery
By age 7 or 8, school-age children are starting to develop coping skills as they think more logically and begin to understand cause and effect - if this happens, then that may happen. This way of thinking helps them find ways to cope with scary or stressful experiences.
When Your Teen Needs a Test, Procedure, or Surgery
During the teen years, abstract thinking begins and teens can fully understand how parts of the body function, the medical problem they have, and the reason for the test, procedure, or surgery.
When Your Toddler or Preschooler Needs a Test, Procedure, or Surgery
Helpful tips on how to prepare your toddler or preschooler child for a surgery, test, or procedure.