Learn about veno-occlusive disease, which is an uncommon complication after blood and marrow transplant.
Your child needs to take the medicine called ursodiol. This information sheet explains what ursodiol does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Legal information for AboutKidsHealth.ca
Here is an introduction to scoliosis surgery. Links are provided to pages that give information about what will happen before, during, and after surgery.
Health games and videos for kids.
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A list of helpful glossary terms for Teens Taking Charge Managing Your Hemophilia program.
This page gives an overview of how to help your teen with arthritis take control of their arthritis. It leads to pages on how to help your teen learn to manage own health care.
This resource contains both general diabetes information and a series of educational videos about diabetes management and nutrition.
This page contains a series of links to activities and games that support the different strategies of the CARD system.
In this edition: Child life specialist, Rachael, and Librarian, Brian, practice book stretching.Please note that this video was filmed prior to COVID-19.
25 minutes; Ages 11 and under
Choose your captain and complete missions in space by learning to recognize emotions and respond to them appropriately.
A list of resources for young people who may be questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation.
Learn about resources that are available for parents to help their children improve their writing and printing skills.
2 minutes; Ages 7–11
A walk through the pathology lab, where doctors examine blood and other bodily fluids, organs and tissues.
30 minutes; Ages 8–13
Click through conversations to learn about building relationships on common interests, traits and experiences.
2:19; Ages 4–8
Hear from other kids about what bullying is, the different types of bullying, and why someone might bully.
