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Outcomes for premature babies

Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.

Substance use and substance use disorder: Overview

Find out which substances teens use most often, and why, and what to do if you are concerned about your teen’s substance use.

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Goal of treatment

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Find out how limb reconstruction surgery can lengthen and repair shorter or crooked limbs.

Cyberbullying: Talking to your children

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Learn how to help your child use technology safely and what to do if your child has been bullied, has bullied others or has seen cyberbullying.

Acute pain: How to assess in older children

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Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.

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Caring for your child's hip spica cast

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A hip spica cast extends from the chest to below the knees. Learn how to care for your child's hip spica cast.

Acute pain: Effective parenting for teens

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Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.

Performing school, work, and computer-based activities with arm and hand differences

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Learn from young people with arm and hand differences about how they perform school, work, and computer-based work in their own way.

Hemophilia: Recognizing bleeds

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Teens living with hemophilia can learn why trusting their senses and speaking up is the best way to recognize bleeds

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Your child's patient journey

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Discover the phases of your child's limb lengthening and reconstruction treatment.

Juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA)

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Juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis includes swelling and pain where tendons and ligaments attach to bone. It affects more boys than girls.

Myelogram: Caring for your child at home after the procedure

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Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.

Signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

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Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which can have more severe symptoms than acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Plexiform neurofibroma in children with neurofibromatosis type 1

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Plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) are types of tumours that grow along nerves, most commonly occurring in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Learn about the symptoms, causes, treatment and long-term outcomes.

Congenital hand anomaly (hand difference)

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A congenital hand anomaly is a hand or arm deformity that develops during pregnancy or birth. Learn how to help your child function independently.

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Taylor Spatial Frame

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Learn how the Taylor Spatial Frame works to lengthen or correct your child's limb.

Vaccines: Concerns about immunizing your child

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Learn about the safety of vaccines, their side effects, how they are given and what they protect your child against.

Olanzapine

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Your child needs to take the medicine called olanzapine. This information sheet explains what olanzapine does, how to give it and what side effects your child may have when they take this medicine.

Performing grooming and personal care activities with arm and hand differences

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Sheriauna is a young adult who is a below-the-elbow amputee. In this video, she demonstrates how she applies her makeup.

Complications of diabetes

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Learn what the potential complications of diabetes are, the risk factors and how they can be reduced.

Scoliosis: Treatment with a body cast

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A body cast is a special type of cast that helps treat your child’s spinal curvature or protect spinal instrumentation after surgery. Learn how to take care of your child while they wear the cast and after it is removed.

Roseola

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Find out how to recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of a roseola infection.

Rubella (German measles)

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Learn about rubella (German measles) and how it can be prevented.

Using gender-inclusive language

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No matter how others identify, it is important to respect the words people use to describe themselves. Learn tips about how to be more gender-inclusive and use gender-neutral language.