Find out how active transportation and child-friendly communities can help children be more independent and physically active.
Learn about the benefits of taking part in organized sports for your child.
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Learn about relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation and hypnosis, that can be used for pain management in children.
Information for parents and children with the inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis.
Learn about heart murmurs and the different types of heart murmurs heard in children.
Learn about IgA vasculitis (previously known as Henoch-Schönlein purpura), a condition that can cause inflammation of small blood vessels in the skin, joints, kidneys and bowel.
Learn how to prevent, recognize and treat dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in children.
You and your child may be asked to join a clinical research trial or other types of research to help research teams study new treatments and better understand the impact of sickle cell disease on families. Learn about types of research and where to find more information about sickle cell disease research.
Learn about the many different causes of epilepsy in children, which are classified into six categories: structural, genetic, infectious, metabolic, immune and unknown.
Learn about articulation milestones in children and when to consider a speech assessment with a speech-language pathologist for articulation difficulties.
An easy-to-understand overview of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of children who have experienced a natural or man-made disaster.
You may be asked to join a clinical research trial or other types of research to help research teams study new treatments and better understand the impact of sickle cell disease on families. Learn about types of research and where to find more information about sickle cell disease research.
Find out how much screen time your child should have each day and how screen time affects your child’s health and wellbeing.
Find out how a child’s speech and language skills usually develop between the ages of 3 and 5 years, when to be concerned and what you can do to support communication development.
Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.
Juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis includes swelling and pain where tendons and ligaments attach to bone. It affects more boys than girls.
Learn about the signs and symptoms of anxiety in children and teens.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
The types of cancer that children and teenagers get are often different from the types that older adults get. Learn about some of the more common types of cancer in young people.
Children with Down syndrome may be at a higher risk for some medical conditions. Learn what these conditions are and how to manage them.
Learn how parents can effectively participate in the care of a baby in the NICU.
Learn about the factors that affect pain assessment such as our emotions, behaviour and cultural attitudes to pain.
Learn about ongoing cancer research and your teenager's role in research and clinical trials.
Learn about the different subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and how they are diagnosed.
