Fitness basics
Learning Center
Cast care: Do's and don'ts
Find out more about tips for keeping a cast safe — and your child comfortable — while an injury heals.
Inherited metabolic disorders
Caused by gene changes, these disorders affect the body's ability to change food into energy. They also affect how energy is used, such as for cell repair.
Child sleep: Put preschool bedtime problems to rest
When a child has trouble sleeping, a gentle but firm bedtime routine is often the key to a good night's rest.
Neuromyelitis optica
Understand more about this condition that affects the spinal cord and eye nerves and is sometimes mistaken for multiple sclerosis.
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
This childhood mental health condition includes frequent and persistent anger, irritability, arguing, defiance or vindictiveness toward authority.
Osteochondritis dissecans
Osteochondritis dissecans most commonly affects children who are very active in sports. Learn about the symptoms and treatment of this joint condition.
Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count)
Thrombocytopenia — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of a low platelet count.
Trachoma
Trachoma is the leading preventable cause of blindness worldwide. Find out about symptoms, treatment and prevention of this serious eye disease.
Pink eye: How long is it contagious?
Many parents wonder how long pink eye (conjunctivitis) is contagious. Find out.
Hip dysplasia
In infancy, this condition often can be corrected with a soft brace. Older children and young adults might require surgery to correct the misalignment.
Refine Your Search
Type
- All
- Disease (288)
- Article (80)
- Answer (59)
- TestProcedure (31)
- HealthTip (20)
- Video (12)
- FirstAid (1)
- Symptom (1)
Gender
Age
- All
- 03 to 5 years preschool
- 19 to 44 younger
- 45 to 64 middle
- 06 to 12 years elementary/preteen
- 13 to 18 years teen
- 02 months to 2 years infant/toddler
- 00 birth to 01 month newborn
- 65 to 80 older
- 80 and over
- 16 months to 2 years toddler
- 06 to 10 years elementary
- 2 years
- 15 months
- 12 months
- 02 to 15 months infant
- 19 to 28 young adult
- 6 months
- 9 months